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 Featuring brilliant
performances and insightful commentary by one of today’s most accomplished and
acclaimed drum artists, Steve Smith’s Drum Legacy: Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants provides an
unprecedented perspective on the history of jazz drumming and much, much more.
By combining Smith’s exceptional drumming and musicianship with his in-depth
analysis of major innovations made by jazz drumming giants Art Blakey, Philly
Joe Jones, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, this extremely
educational, double-DVD will give players of all styles a greater awareness and
deeper understanding of jazz drumming as well as a sense of its impact on many
forms of popular music over the past 50-plus years.
The five-hour Drum
Legacy program features the complete live performance of Steve Smith’s Jazz
Legacy group from the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival (including two previously
unreleased compositions) plus additional material recorded exclusively for this
project. The music on the DVD are songs originally associated with jazz drumming
legends Art Blakey (“A Night in Tunisia”), Elvin Jones (“Three Card Molly”),
Philly Joe Jones (“Two Bass Hit”), Buddy Rich (“Moments Notice”), Joe Dukes
(“Soulful Drums”) and Tony Williams (“Sister Cheryl”). Two drum solos in tribute
to Max Roach (“Drums Unlimited” and “For Big Sid”) plus two original solo
compositions are also included. Following each performance Smith, aided by
master jazz drummer, educator and author John Riley, offers thorough discussions
and demonstrations of the unique style and significant contributions of each
artist.
This special-edition three-disc package contains a wealth of
bonus footage and also includes:
- A 40-page printed booklet containing
written examples of Steve’s demonstrations in the DVD along with text, written
by Steve, further explaining the examples.
- A 47-page printable eBook
featuring bios, viewing and listening guide of the influential jazz drummers
discussed in the program, written by respected author/drummer Mark Griffith. The
eBook also includes printable PDF versions of the written examples and text
contained in the printed booklet, as described above.
- A 60 minute new "Live
On Tour" Jazz Legacy audio CD featuring Steve Smith (drums), Walt Weiskopf
(tenor sax), Andy Fusco (alto sax), Mark Soskin (piano) and Baron Browne (bass).
The songs included on the CD are: Two Bass Hit, Sister Cheryl, Insubordination,
For Steve (Marcus), The Peacocks, Inception, Ascendant, A Night In Tunisia, and
Moanin.’
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