Tag Archives: Keith Copeland

Keith Copeland: Building a Jazz Drummer’s Listening Library

SKF NOTE: Revisiting my drummer interviews from the early 1980s reminds me how digital audio is making so much music available at such reasonable prices. Many of the recordings drummer Keith Copeland talks about here were either out-of-print or expensive. … Continue reading

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Ballard and Rainey: Jazz is an Open-Source Code

Irish Times Never mind the whiplash, here’s some proper jazz drumming lessons Don’t believe everything you see at the movies: for great jazz sticksmen Jeff Ballard and Tom Rainey, being mentored was a joy – although Ray Charles was no … Continue reading

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