*Uptempo Jazz Ride* Cymbal Technique Lesson - *Playing Fast* with Drum Master Ralph Peterson

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Jam-packed Jazz Drumming Lessons: 2h 20min Lesson, 60-min Interview, 4 Quartet Performances & 4 Play-Along MP3s and lots 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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[bentecho]

@MrGutentag69 yeah its a red hering all that not relyin on rebound stuff, ignore and proceed as common sense suggests

[geoffmasondrums]

great explanation, thanks!



[Beauxdeauxfinglok]

Yowza... that's some cookin' ride...

[digiblood]

@westyz86 I agree. I have problem playing fast on a cymbal which was taped. The sticks of course must be balanced.

The other thing is that, we can't do the even out swung notes in two groups ( a single hit follow by a double hit). The two groups are the ones we normally use for a regular swing pattern.

However we need to practice doing the even three notes with two group first to get the 3 rebounds to be even when we do it in one group.

[westyz86]

I've spent ages working on this. I find that the cymbals themselves can affect how well the stick rebounds. I used to have a dry k which absorbed alot of the stick shock, making it near impossible to play at 320b.p.m +. And the right sticks themselves help too.

[MrGutentag69]

I read something that said Tony Williams doesn't rely on the rebound of the stick. I find this hard to believe .

[bernieholland775]

Nah ! if it had been Purdie he would have had his "Hit Maker" hoarding set up over the top of the kit, with a large bucket of Southern Fried Chicken sittin' on the floor tom - but jokin apart, this guy knows exactly what he is talking about - it's all a matter of fine control with an even finer sense of timing . . . . . .what's the time ? - ten to ten

[djalexmac]

Whoever disliked this video aint a drummer.... Technique bang on the money, bit full on the way he describes it but hes right.... Technique is everything

[Wightonian]

Hi Ralph, that's a great help and cool too!

Thanks from Terry.

[mranonymous1966]

Totally inspiring!!!! HUGE thanks Ralph!!!!!!