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June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can’t Beat
I’ve just made and published my first e-book. It’s available now at that link over at Amazon for a couple of bucks ($3.44 is the NZ rate). It’s comprised of the articles I wrote here under the banner Drummers You Just Can’t Beat and includes some new and edited pieces as well as many of the eulogies […]Archive
May 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jimmy Cobb
The great Jimmy Cobb has died, aged 91. He was the last surviving member of the dream team that played on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue – the jazz album that even non-jazz fans know and love (and probably own). Cobb was one of the great jazz drummers – a master of sensitivity and taste, […]Archive
May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ted Poor: You Already Know
Ted Poor You Already Know A New Deal Records / Impulse! Records Ted Poor is a session guy across folk and indie and pop music – but also a deep-pocket jazz guy, sitting in with small combos and teaching at the University of Washington. This is his first solo album – it’s mostly a set […]Archive
May 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Tony Allen
Reports are coming in that Tony Allen has died. He was just shy of his 80th birthday and had remained very active in music across the last decade; in fact he was super prolific – with a diverse range of collaborations across jazz, pop and funk music. But even if he had stopped playing 40 […]Archive
April 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Hamilton Bohannon
Hamilton Bohannon has died. The drummer and journeyman musician was 78. He was no household name, but there’s a good chance your household has heard his music – whether when a teenage Bohannon was playing drums for the teenaged (“Little”) Stevie Wonder and as the bandleader backing many other Motown players, or via his own […]Archive
April 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Nate Smith: Light and Shadow – EP
Nate Smith Light and Shadow – EP Nate Smith Nate Smith, master drummer – you’ve heard him pushing the groove hard for Vulfpeck and their Fearless Flyers offshoot, and for Jose James – so perfect as the James Gadson to his Bill Withers on a recent covers set and as well as many other sessions […]Archive
March 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Myele Manzanza: A Love Requited – The Remixes EP
Myele Manzanza A Love Requited – The Remixes EP First World Records Maybe there’s something in the fact that Myele Manzanza is a drummer – I mean first and foremost (he’s a DJ, producer, beatmaker, bandleader…) – but there’s just something, outside of an accessibility, that lends his tunes to being remixed. So much so […]Archive
February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen has died, aged 76. The Norwegian drummer was one of the greats of Euro jazz working with Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko and many others. It wasn’t just European jazz artists that he worked with – though he was a staple of the ECM label. That of course meant he worked with […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 19 – Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter – sadly thought of as a punchline by some, known to be an incredible singer and one half of the mega-successful sibling duo, the Carpenters – was a drummer. Brother Richard was in charge of song selection (covers) arranging, producing and composition. But if he was the boss Karen was the star. Ask […]Archive
December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gerald Cleaver and Violet Hour: Live at Firehouse 12
Gerald Cleaver and Violet Hour Live at Firehouse 12 Sunnyside Drummer/composer Gerald Cleaver is on fire here leading his band Violet Hour through some post-bop future-classics. Ben Waltzer (piano) is an early delight on the opener, Pilgrim’s Progress, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has a chance to rip here too. And Chris Lightcap (double bass) is urgent […]Archive
December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman