Now available: Book of the Blog 2011 - Vol. 1: Transcriptions

UPDATE: I'm keeping this at the top of the blog this week- scroll down for new stuff.

OK, it took me longer than I had hoped to wrap this up, but it's  finally ready to order, professionally printed and bound from Lulu.com. This very fat first volume of stuff from 2011 includes all of my original transcriptions posted during our first year as a dedicated drumming blog. Volume 2 will contain the technical pieces- now that I've done one of these, it will hopefully be much faster coming together.

Included are transcriptions of the playing of Elvin Jones, Jack Dejohnette, Vinnie Colaiuta (epic!), Zigaboo Modeliste, Tony Williams, James Gadson, Philly Joe Jones, Frankie Dunlop, Ringo Starr, Paul Motian, Max Roach, and a whole lot more.

They're bargain-priced at $14.95 for 139 fully-packed pages, so, ah, "order your copy today!"

2011 Europe tour dates

My 2010 Europe tour with my group Pop Art 4 is firming up, ever so slightly. It will run approximately from October 26th through November 9th, with the bulk of the dates in Belgium- Ghent, Antwerp, Liege, and several dates in Brussels. After missing them in 2010, we'll be back at Dumont's in Aachen, Germany again- a great venue from our 2009 tour, with one of the best audiences I've ever had. We should also be making a date or two in Paris, and elsewhere in western Germany.

The rhythm section will consist of me, plus two excellent Belgian musicians, Bram Weijters of Antwerp (piano), and Olivier Stalon of Brussels (bass)- the horn player hasn't been determined yet.

Updates as they come in...