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*Brush Playing* Jazz Drumming: Ralph Peterson on Brushes Basic Patterns & Sweeps JazzHeaven.com

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This was an excerpt from the Ralph Peterson Jazz Drumming Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Jazz Drumming Demystified".
Jam-packed Jazz Drumming Lessons: 2h 20min Lesson, 60-min Interview, 4 Quartet Performances & 4 Play-Along MP3s and lots MORE.

A master drummer AND master teacher! (Incl. on Brush Playing.)
A rare combination, indeed.

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(Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Lee Konitz, Kenny Werner, Jerry Bergonzi, Jean-Michel Pilc, Oz Noy, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Walt Weiskopf & more.)

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For nearly 30 years, Ralph Peterson has been one of the most distinctive and recognizable drummers in jazz. His talent and drive as a drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader set him apart as a Master among his peers. In 1980, Ralph was accepted into the Jazz Studies program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Some of his teachers there included Kenny Barron, Paul Jeffrey and drummer Michael Carvin.

Peterson met master drummer Art Blakey in 1983. A few months after sitting in, Blakey called Peterson (then a college junior) to play along side him in his two-drummer big band. This was for a performance at the Boston Globe Festival. Ralph continued in the Jazz Messenger Big Band until Blakey's passing. Peterson takes seriously the honor and responsibility of being the "Last Messenger Drummer" and later paid homage to Blakey on his 1992 recording "Art." In 1985, a year after his graduation from Rutgers, Peterson was hired to perform with piano giant Walter Davis Jr., as well as with trumpeter Jon Faddis. Ralph has since become a member of the jazz elite. His recording and touring resume includes jazz greats like Terrence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, David Murray, The Count Basie Orchestra, Betty Carter, and Michael Brecker.

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