ryangruss.com » 220-240 BPM http://ryangruss.com Drum Loops - Made Fresh Fri, 04 May 2012 19:50:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ryangruss.com http://ryangruss.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/Film.ico ryangruss.com The Art of The Vamp http://ryangruss.com/style/jazz/the-art-of-the-vamp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-art-of-the-vamp http://ryangruss.com/style/jazz/the-art-of-the-vamp/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:52:56 +0000 Ryan http://ryangruss.com/?p=3403 As you might recall, I previously blogged about Art Taylor and his masterful uptempo timekeeping. Tonight, I’d like to focus on another aspect of his legendary drumming: playing over vamps.

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Art Taylor

For those of you who are new to this term (my wife just asked why I was writing about vampires), here’s a quick definition: A vamp is a repeating musical figure or accompaniment. A vamp may consist of a single chord or a sequence of chords played in a repeated rhythm

This sounds deceptively simple, but locking in with a band making it all swing is the hard part. Check out Art’s playing on John Coltrane’s “Syeeda’s Song Flute” to hear what I’m talking about:

Loop #78

Tonight’s loop is an 8 bar vamp that emphasizes the “1″ and the “and” of 2 of each measure. This is one of the more traditional rhythmic phrases in jazz vamps and is usually supported along with the piano and bass… and guitar (couldn’t leave Wes out).

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220 BPM

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Loop #62

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Tony Williams

Today’s loop is an eight bar phrase that incorporates a few things that were inspired by the great Tony Williams. No, I didn’t paint my kit canary-yellow and put black dot heads on every drum (though I’ve thought about it). I incorporated Tony’s distinct, hi hat on every beat approach (instead of the more traditional 2 & 4) along with some single stroke rolls and aggressive ride playing.

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220 BPM

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