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Steve Smith’s Drum
Legacy:
Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
Musical Tributes,
In-Depth Analysis and Great Performances.
Featuring brilliant performances and
insightful commentary by one of today’s most accomplished and
acclaimed drum artists, Steve Smith’s Drum Legacy: Standing On The
Shoulders Of Giants (Hudson Music) provides an unprecedented
perspective on the history of jazz drumming and much, much more. By
combining Smith’s exceptional drumming and musicianship with his
in-depth analysis of major innovations made by jazz drumming giants
Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Tony
Williams, this extremely educational, double-DVD will give players of
all styles a greater awareness and deeper understanding of jazz
drumming as well as a sense of its impact on many forms of popular
music over the past 50-plus years.
“A fundamental part of becoming a
musician is learning to assimilate the vocabulary, concepts, and
techniques of past generations in order to understand how the musical
language of today evolved,” explains Smith. “This is especially true
for drummers. The pioneers of modern drumming were clearly influenced
by the players that came before them and were only then able to build
on those foundations to create their own new ideas, sounds and
techniques.”
“For example, players like Earl Palmer,
Carmine Appice, Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Bernard
Purdie, John Bonham, Clyde Stubblefield, ‘Zigaboo’ Modeliste, etc.—
the prime innovators of rock and funk drumming in the 1950’s and 60’s—
came from jazz backgrounds and developed those new styles out of the
jazz concepts and ‘drumming vocabulary’ that existed at that time.”
“We didn’t just get here in the last 5
years or the last 10 years,” Smith continues. “It’s been a long
process, a long development. When you are informed of where we come
from you’ll have a better perspective of where we are today and how we
got this point. As we move into the future, it’s important to have an
understanding of how we got here and where we can go.”
The five-hour Drum Legacy program
features the complete live performance of Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
group from the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival (including two previously
unreleased compositions) plus additional material recorded exclusively
for this project. The music on the DVD are songs originally associated
with jazz drumming legends Art Blakey (“A Night in Tunisia”), Elvin
Jones (“Three Card Molly”), Philly Joe Jones (“Two Bass Hit”), Buddy
Rich (“Moments Notice”), Joe Dukes (“Soulful Drums”) and Tony Williams
(“Sister Cheryl”). Two drum solos in tribute to Max Roach (“Drums
Unlimited” and “For Big Sid”) plus two original solo compositions are
also included. Following each performance Smith, aided by master jazz
drummer, educator and author John Riley, offers thorough discussions
and demonstrations of the unique style and significant contributions
of each artist.
This special-edition three-disc package
contains a wealth of bonus footage and also includes:
• A 39-page printed booklet containing
written examples of Steve’s demonstrations in the DVD along with text,
written by Steve, further explaining the examples.
• A 47-page printable eBook featuring
bios, viewing and listening guide of the influential jazz drummers
discussed in the program, written by respected author/drummer Mark
Griffith. The eBook also includes printable PDF versions of the
written examples and text contained in the printed booklet, as
described above.
• A 60 minute new "Live On Tour" Jazz
Legacy audio CD featuring Steve Smith (drums), Walt Weiskopf (tenor
sax), Andy Fusco (alto sax), Mark Soskin (piano) and Baron Browne
(bass). The songs included on the CD are: Two Bass Hit, Sister Cheryl,
Insubordination, For Steve (Marcus), The Peacocks, Inception,
Ascendant, A Night In Tunisia, and Moanin.’
View free video and audio clips at
www.hudsonmusic.com or, for additional information, please contact
Hudson Music at tel: (888) 796-2992, fax: (914) 246-5282, e-mail:
hudsoninfo@aol.com, Internet:
www.hudsonmusic.com . Hudson Music DVDs and books are distributed
by the Hal Leonard Corp., 7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213,
tel: (414) 774-3630, fax: (414) 774-3259, Internet:
www.halleonard.com
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