'Common Ground' réunit les talentueux Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham et Tony Royster Jr. Afin de savoir comment les batteurs trouvent l'inspiration. A travers des démonstrations et des interviews exclusives ce documentaire vous révélera les secrets des ces trois maîtres de la batterie. En angalis. / Batterie / Dvd

Drum Play Along-Performed by Hal Smith drumsAccompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-StarsMany people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well asJoseph ?King? Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a child of the Crescent City as is Harry Connick and Wynton Marsalis. The wholeMarsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of manystreet parades and steamboat gigs and asked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of the great hornmen of thiscity which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band on your own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans. Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; and two compact discs featuringcomplete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

This is a terrific Drumset book and CD instruction package with grooves and fills based on Latin clave patterns. Author and renowned percussionist John Snider Jr. thoroughly explains and demonstrates the traditional rhythmic pattern found in bossa nova rumba samba and other Latin styles. Included are how these patterns have been and can be applied to many other styles of music such as rock funk and pop opening up a new world of possibilities for drummers in any genre.

It's About Time consists of simple concepts that will aid in developing and strengthening your inner clock. By teaching actual beat placement and subdivisions this book will help you understand concepts such as playing behind the beat in the middle of the beat and on top of the beat. Also included are exercises designed to help you control and better compose drum fills within a given musical framework. The Playing the Space chapter can be used for trading twos four eights and solos in any style and challenges you to use your imagination for creating fills and variations while adhering to strict timekeeping and grooving principles. The two CDs included with the bookfeature many recorded demonstrations each followed by a corresponding play-along track so you can practice applying the concepts and techniques. The play-along tracks and the bonus Time Maze track offers an opportunity to perform with some of LA's top session players such as John Barnes Nick Smith Paul Jackson Jr. Reggie Hamilton Dwayne Smitty Smith Del Atkins David Leach Greg Moore Richie Garcia and Danny Diaz.

Great performances groundbreaking instruction and unprecedented play-along opportunities highlight this three-disc pack featuring top LA studio drummer Russ Miller.He performs with top musicians including Steve Gadd Steve Smith Jeff Hamilton Rick Marotta Zoro Johnny Rabb JR Robinson Akira Jimbo and Wolfgang Haffner.The DVD includes demonstrations and explanations of musical concepts and drumming techniques plus interview and exclusive documentary footage.The package also includes the full-length Arrival audio CD and a play-along disc with minus Drum tracks as well as printable transcriptions of both parts of the Drum duets.