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Title: Karas Jazz Drumming Book Post by: New York Frank on March 09, 2008, 09:48 AM Anyone ever see this book?
Jazz Drumming in Big Band and Combo (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0634089188?ie=UTF8&tag=drummercafe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0634089188) by Sperie Karas (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5175AV1PW9L._SS500_.jpg) Title: Re: Karas Jazz Drumming Book Post by: Bart Elliott on March 09, 2008, 10:32 AM I'm not familiar with it at all ... but it is a new book, published in April 2006.
Don't know how many people will be familiar with it actually, but I can see why you are inquiring ... with the Big Band emphasis. Title: Re: Karas Jazz Drumming Book Post by: New York Frank on March 14, 2008, 09:05 AM Being the sucker I am for materials, it was only a matter of time before I posted with book in hand. :)
Overall, a very good book. Some pluses and minuses: - When you read the description, you think you'll get something with high fun factor, with a creative, non ordinary approach. As in - learn something, then put it to immediate use inside of a song. Not really. The book is pretty traditional - a flurry of exercises, and then just a stream of tunes at the end. - The independence exercises are probably the best I have seen among the jazz books. Not too short to be incomplete, not too long to be overwhelming. It's a good, solid, complete independence tour. - Many exercises have MP3s which are very helpful. But, being the knucklehead I am, I don't like when All the exercises are not recorded, which is the case here. Only a percentage of the material is on the CD. - Good jazz fills examples. Very good. - Lots and lots of reading exercises - more than I expected, much more than I personally want. :) [being the lazy person I am.] Comparing to two other books I have - the Artt Frank book and the Riley Bop book - I'd say: - More complete than Frank - More fun than Riley Recommended. |