WELCOME TO FOUR ON THE FOUR: A BLOG ABOUT JAZZ DRUMMING AND ALL THINGS UNRELATED, BROUGHT TO YOU BY JON McCASLIN

Monday, January 2, 2017

The Monday Morning Paradiddle














And…we're back.

Welcome to 2017! Hope you all had a pleasant Christmas and New Year's break. Thanks for checking in and thanks again for all your continued support.

Anyways, let's get down to business. Here's a few items of interest to get us started in the New Year ahead...

- GQ magazine recently featured this hip article on several of our Jazz elder statesmen:

http://www.gq.com/story/living-legends-of-jazz

It's hard to argue against the fact that Roy Haynes is clearly still the hippest and baddest dude to walk the planet earth.

- New York Times also featured this photo essay "Photos That Give the Drummer Some":

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/photos-that-give-the-drummer-some/?_r=0

- Canadian Musician Magazine offers this column on musical drumming from contributors Mark Kelso, Terry Clarke, Larnell Lewis and Anthony Michelli:

https://issuu.com/cmonline/docs/canadian-musician-november-december

- Carl Allen interviewed over at Harmony Central:

http://www.harmonycentral.com/articles/carl-allen---new-york-state-of-mind

- Clarence Penn is interviewed at The Drummer's Resource Podcast:

http://www.drummersresource.com/podcast-222-clarence-penn/

Check out the other great audio interviews found here with the likes of Kenny Washington, Peter Erskine, Ed Soph, Ralph Peterson Jr., Michael Carvin and many, many others...

- A special shout out and thank you to my correspondents over at cymbalholic.com (of which I've been a member since 2005!) who informed me that the legendary John Von Ohlen (affectionately known as "The Baron") has recently released this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Gotta-Swing-John-Ohlen-Story/dp/1944581065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483383968&sr=8-1&keywords=John+Von+Ohlen

This is the first I've heard of this publication and look forward to checking it out.

John is also featured in this radio podcast from WVXU:

http://wvxu.org/post/celebration-john-von-ohlen#stream/0

And thanks to Todd Bishop over at his superb blog Cruiseship Drummer for digging up this great interview with Von Ohlen from 1985:

http://www.cruiseshipdrummer.com/2011/01/march-1985-modern-drummer-interview.html


- Jerome Jennings recently released his album "The Beast" (highly recommended) and took a break from his busy schedule (including playing with the likes of Christian McBride!) to speak with Neon Jazz about his new release:




- Ali Jackson Jr. and Jimmy Cobb both rummage through some old Jazz records that bring back some memories...






- Lewis Nash and Jeff Hamilton get busy in a serious percussion discussion:



And Nash and Terrell Stafford continue with their own duo...




- It's amazing to me that when Lewis Nash plays a drum set that isn't even a real drum set that Lewis Nash still sounds like….Lewis Nash!




- Thanks to the kind people over Vic Firth here's Justin Faulkner playing some serious drums:




- And what else can possibly bring a smile to your face than Ringo Starr playing some drums on a beach?




- What am I listening to these days?

Ted Warren's Warren Commission "The Great Regina Pizza Debate" - Ted Warren (drums & compositions)

Jerome Jennings "The Beast" - Jerome Jennings (drums)

Rudy Royston Trio "The Rise of Orion" - Rudy Royston (drums)

Tom Harrell "The Number Five" - Johnathan Blake (drums)

Pat Metheny "ECM :rarum Selected Recordings" - Danny Gottlieb, Bob Moses, Paul Wertico, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Higgins (drums), Gary Burton (vibes)

Grant Green "Street of Dreams" - Elvin Jones (drums), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes)

Joe Henderson "Power to the People" - Jack DeJohnette (drums)

- And today's Final Word(s) goes to Bruce Lee with some words of wisdom, inspiration and motivation to prepare us all for the year ahead:

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/08/01/bruce-lee-notebook/

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