Smitty Drums http://smittydrums.com Drumming Information and Advice from Austin, Texas. Thu, 06 May 2010 18:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 The Big “Six” – Plus One http://smittydrums.com/2010/05/06/the-big-six-plus-one/ http://smittydrums.com/2010/05/06/the-big-six-plus-one/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 18:57:37 +0000 brian http://smittydrums.com/?p=65 When I was at Berklee studying with John Ramsay I asked him for advice on starting a collection of great jazz drumming records. His list got me started on a musical journey that continues today. Folks, this is just the tip of the iceberg …. as they say. Here’s the list:

Max Roach
All Max with Clifford Brown Quintet
Deeds, Not Words
Drums Unlimited
Soul Survivors
Chattahoochee Red
Duets with Cecil Taylor and Dizzy Gillespie

Art Blakey
Keystone Delight
Free For All
Moanin’
Buhaina’s Delight
Live at Saint Germain

Philly Joe Jones
with Miles Davis:
Milestones
Relaxin’
Cookin’
Blue Train w/ John Coltrane
Kelly at Midnight w/ Wynton Kelly

Tony Williams
All 1960’s w/ Miles Davis or the Box Set on Columbia – same time period
Spring – First record as bandleader
Believe It
Fuchsia Swing Song w/ Sam Rivers
Out To Lunch w/ Eric Dolphy
Supertrios w/ McCoy Tyner
Emergency – Tony Williams Lifetime

Elvin Jones
All Coltrane !!!!
As a bandleader:
Dear John C.
The Ultimate
Puttin’ It All Together
Overseas w/ Tommy Flanagan
All McCoy Tyner
All Wayne Shorter
All Joe Henderson
Unity w/ Larry Young

Jack DeJohnette
All Keith Jarrett
All Special Edition
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Live at Montreux w/ Bill Evans

Roy Haynes
All w/ Chick Corea
As a bandleader:
Out of the Afternoon
We Three
Black Fire w/ Andrew Hill
Blues and The Abstract Truth w/ Oliver Nelson
Reaching Fourth w/ McCoy Tyner
Pat Metheny w/ Dave Holland and Roy

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Art Pepper +Eleven
Mel Lewis – drums

Thad Jones – Live At the Village Vanguard
Mel Lewis – drums

Shelley Mann – My Fair Lady

Hank Mobley – Soul Station
Art Blakey – drums

Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer
Tony Williams – drums

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John Ramsay

Stick Control for the Snare Drummer
Stick Control

The Drummer’s Rudimental Reference Book
DRRB

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