Drum Play Along-Performed by Hal Smith drumsAccompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-StarsMany people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well asJoseph ?King? Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a child of the Crescent City as is Harry Connick and Wynton Marsalis. The wholeMarsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of manystreet parades and steamboat gigs and asked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of the great hornmen of thiscity which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band on your own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans. Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; and two compact discs featuringcomplete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

Drum Play-Along Volume 53. Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the audio to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio files are accessed online for download or streaming and include PLAYBACK features that allow you to adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Bad Day (Daniel Powter) · Can't Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake) · Castle on the Hill (Ed Sheeran) · Counting Stars (OneRepublic) · Love Story (Taylor Swift) · Party in the U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus) · Sugar (Maroon 5) · What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction).

Turn the first page of THE FUNKMASTERS and you enter a domain of unrivaled musical feeling and groove as you become acquainted with names like Jab'o Starks Bernard Odum Clyde Stubblefield Sweet Charles Sherrell Bootsy Collins jimmy Nolen Country Kellum and the rest of the legendary bassists guitarists and drummers who ignited the Godfather of Soul's records and live shows of over three decades. Twenty-three James Brown classics have been transcribed broken down into individual lessons and meticulously re-created on two one-hour CDs' for drums bass and guitar. Also included is a full history of the James Brwon band along with rare photos. THEFUNKMASTERS will inspire and enlighten you as your groove takes new direction and finds primeval levels of rhythm you never knew were possible. It will challenge your musicianship your sense of time and most of all your soul. Are you bad enough to handle it?

The Complete Funk Drumming Book is one of the most complete presentations of today's popular funk drumming style available. This book takes you from the very roots of rock and rhythm`n'blues drumming to thehighly complex multidirectional funk styles of today. In the Complete Funk Drumming Book Jim Payne details certain subtleties heretofore only a seasoned veteran would understand. While most Druminstruction book concentrate on developing technique reading ability or independent coordination this unique book accurately documents what is hip in rock`n'roll drumming today. The contents are geared to prepare the studentfor survival in a live playing situation. This book is a valid representation of what people want to hear from a drummer in a working situation - live or in the studio. It contains exercises drawn from many differentinfluences covering coordination rhythms patterns and phrasing. This book includes access to online audio.