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Drumming and Comping to a medium-tempo Walking Bass Line. Song is in 12-Bar Form: 3 x Melody ONLY. Tempo at 120 bpm.

Kit is a Gretsch Club Jazz Drums including an all-time classic venerable Ludwig Acrolite LM404 with a mixed cymbal line-up:

  • Bosphorus: 17″ Traditional Crash, 18″ double-rivet Antique Crash and a 22″ Masters Vintage Ride.
  • Turkish: 9″ Classic Splash.
  • Zildjian: 14″ K Mastersound Hi-Hats.

Recorded with a stereo recorder: Zoom H2 Stereo Recorder.

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This is me playing to medium tempo Major 12-Bar Blues. I used a background track from Peter Retzlaff and Jim Rupp (Pick it up a little). Song is in 12-Bar Form: 2 x Melody; 1 x Piano Solo; 1 x Bass Solo; 2 x Trading 4’s; 1 x Melody. Tempo at 120 bpm.

Kit is a Gretsch Club Jazz Drums including an all-time classic venerable Ludwig Acrolite LM404 with a mixed cymbal line-up:

  • Bosphorus: 17″ Traditional Crash, 18″ double-rivet Antique Crash and a 22″ Masters Vintage Ride.
  • Turkish: 9″ Classic Splash.
  • Zildjian: 14″ (A)vedis New Beat Hi-Hats.

Recorded with a stereo recorder: Zoom H2 Stereo Recorder.

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This is me playing to easy tempo Minor 12-Bar Blues. I used a background track from Peter Retzlaff and Jim Rupp (Let’s Play One). Song is in 12-Bar Form: 2 x Melody; 1 x Bass Solo; 2 x Trading 4’s; 1 x Melody. Tempo at 100 bpm.

Kit is a Gretsch Club Jazz Drums including an all-time classic venerable Ludwig Acrolite LM404 with an all-Bosphorus Cymbal Line-up (13″, 17″ Traditional, 18″ double-rivet Antique and a 22″ Stanton Moore Signature Wide Ride)

The stereo recorder is a Zoom H2 Stereo Recorder.

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