Friday, May 18, 2012

The Drum Prophet by Cee Lopes

 Then, a guy who held two sticks in his hand said, Master, speak to us of great jazz drumming.
And he answered saying: You go too quickly into four. After one or two choruses you rush to
that ride cymbal as it were inevitable and in doing so, you forsake what might have been in the way
that a child might wish to be at a vacation destination without the long and arduous journey by
minivan. In this manner, you ere!
 So, I say to you my sons and daughters...Sometimes, go not too quickly into four, but play a funky
two-feel and stay in that funky two-feel and let the groove resideth there. Furthermore, purchase
some of the music of Roy Haynes, listen to the music of Roy Haynes and absorbeth the sound of Roy Haynes. Then you will feel it in your body and then,  and only then, shall you understand.

1 comment:

  1. And so he did it, n did it, n did it, and did it again and again!

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