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REVIEWS

Joe McCarthy: Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along
Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along Book/CD

Bart Elliott reviews the Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along book/CD which includes six contemporary Afro-Cuban charts from the Grammy® award-winning Caribbean Jazz Project album, Afro-Bop Alliance.

The CD features mallet percussionist and composer, Dave Samuels, and the play-along's author and founder of the Caribbean Jazz Project, Joe McCarthy on drums.

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Mika Yoshida: Mikarimba
Ramblin' Ant & the Locust Street Band
Ultimate Drum Play-Along: The Rolling Stones


CLINICS & EVENTS

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Steve Gadd
Friday, September 03, 2010

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Detroit International Jazz Festival
Friday, September 03, 2010

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Kenny Washington
1:00 PM, Friday, September 03, 2010

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Doug Tann
2:00 PM, Friday, September 03, 2010

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London Drum Show 2010
Saturday, September 04, 2010

LESSONS

Phil Collins: "Dance On A Volcano"
Dance On A Volcano

Bart Elliott notates this great odd-meter groove by legendary drummer/singer, Phil Collins, appears on the tune "Dance on a Volcano" from the Genesis 1976 album, A Trick of the Trail. The groove in the 7/8 time signature sections can be a little tricky to master at first, but Bart will walk you through it.

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: "How Long Do I Have To Wait
Getting Creative With Your Practicing
Tubular Bells: One or Two Pitch Performance Situations
Zach Danziger: “A Little Croaking Sound” drum groove


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Mission From Gadd Europe - The Sequel

Steve GaddAfter drawing record-breaking crowds on the first leg of "Mission From Gadd Europe" in April 2010, drumming icon Steve Gadd will be returning to key European markets in September 2010 for "Mission From Gadd Europe - The Sequel." Making ten stops in eight countries, beginning in Reading, England - including a special "Meet & Greet" at the London Drum Show - and finishing in Lisbon, Portugal, round two of the tour promises to be incredible.

The first "Mission From Gadd" US tour in 2005 marked Steve Gadd's return after a 20-year absence from the clinic scene and incorporated a completely new and revolutionary format. Subsequent tours in the US and Canada in 2005 and 2006 were the biggest events ever to be presented in their markets. "Mission From Gadd Europe 2010" was originally scheduled to begin in Dublin, Ireland and visit eleven cities in eight countries, but due to the volcanic ash over Iceland in April of 2010, the first four dates had to be postponed. Instead, Mission From Gadd Europe 2010 began in the Netherlands and continued through Germany, Italy and Spain, visiting seven of the scheduled eleven cities, with record-breaking crowds at each city.

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