Philly joe was one of my drummer heroes, as a young aspiring drummer back in the late 50s and early 60s. Apr 08, 2015 jones wanted to make a name for himself and show greats like davis that he could not only keep up with them but excel. In stockphilly joe jones solo bookover 350 pages of his transcribed solos. There are over 300 pages of every known solo and break done by the legendary jazz drummer, and a cross reference to the original recordings. More than any of his peers, it was philly joes time feel that defined the idea of swing in the 1950s. The philly joe jones solo book represents the pinnacle of jazz drumming transcription. His contributions to the art of jazz drumming are immeasurable. He should not be confused with papa jo jones, another drummer who had a long tenure with count basie.
Music profile for philly joe jones, born 15 july 1923. With its mix of postbop codas and early modal explorations milestones has to be one of the truly great miles davis albums. He was such a swinging player, his recorded legacy stands out as some of the best jazz drumming ever. Working with this book will give you the ability to take otherwise dry, square rudiments and make them sing. The transcription in the drum sheet, taken from miles davis album round about midnight 1955, is the drums chart of the intro and the finale of ahleucha, with the various philly joe jones drum breaks. This book is the goto for drummers ready to explore orchestral snare drum. Kenny barron embraceable you kenny barrons solo pdf.
The lick, as i see it, is composed of two different parts, let me break it down for you. There are over 300 pages of every solo and break done by the legendary philly joe jones, and a. Dec 06, 2010 philly joe jones is one of my favorite jazz drumming soloists. Featuring paul chambers and philly joe jones, this is all really good, excellent playing throughout, very nice. It is clean, rhythmically precise, and easy to hear, making it a great solo to learn and memorize. Mar 28, 2018 this interpretation is perfect for slow, medium and even medium up tempo jazz feels. Philly joe jones has also played with bill evans and was a founding member of band dameronia in 1981. The same applies to drummers using these 26 sticking patterns. Philly joe jones one for joe drum solo transcription francis. Jonathan david samuel jones october 7, 1911 september 3, 1985 was an american jazz drummer.
Check out this very cool clip where philly improvises over the kit using brushes and sticks showcasing some of his trademark licks. Each transcription includes stickings and lists the album that each solo is on. Philly joe jones locomotion ive been working through philly joe joness intro on lomotion, from the coltrane album blue train. Jones, philly joe philly joes beatelvin jones amazon. It is used around the world as the standard for training college percussionists. Philly joe jones, pot luck hugh denman march 27, 2008 recording and band pot luck is a blues head composed by wynton kelly. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, jones anchored the count basie orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. Miles davis, bill evans, hank mobley joseph rudolph philly joe jones july 15, 1923 august 30, 1985 was an american jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the first great miles davis quintet. He was sometimes known as papa jo jones to distinguish him from younger drummer philly joe jones.
Mccoy tyner theme for ernie by john coltrane theme for ernie mccoy tyners solo pdf. He was a virtuoso with a pair of brushes, and a genius at turning the rudiments into fluent musical ideas. When i was very young, i played drums the way i felt like playing them. Awesome philly joe jones lick and solo analysis learn jazz. There are over 380 pages of philly joe joness solos in the book. Although only three tracks in length this part of this combination album and the original single lp issued as atlantic lp 1428 is a few seconds short of 33 minutes. It is a fantastic tool for refining control and sensitivity. Awesome philly joe jones lick and solo analysis learn. I hope this inspires you to learn a philly joe jones solo.
Play with the jazz drums of philly joe jones touching the screen or with your pc keyboard, playing the keys matching the jazz drums elements. You can clearly hear in his soloing that he is using these rudiments in his own unique way, making them sound swinging and therefore adopting them into the bebop drumming. Philly joe jones solo on hank mobleys workout philly joe jones hank mobley workout pdf. A thin book of 50 snare drum studies, it is deep enough to inspire a 120 page companion study guide. This was all due to the fact that he was the rhythmic backbone to one of the great working groups of the 50s, the miles davis quintet, and frequent.
Philly joe jones transcription jazz drum solo sheet music. Mel brown, a student of famed jazz drummer philly joe jones, discusses the techniques found in pjjs book brush artistry. All our charts and exercises can be safely downloaded through the gumroad platform. Joseph rudolph philly joe jones july 15, 1923 august 30, 1985 was an american jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the first great miles davis quintet. Two bass hit starts with a 16bar drum solo with accompanying horn hits before john coltrane takes the first blowing choruses. Eventually, the younger jones requested that scott refer to him as philly joe, and he subsequently had his name legally changed to philly joe jones. Philly joe jones drum transcription workout workout is perhaps one of the most challenging, but also one of the most amazing philly joe solo s ever recorded. As you can see, philly moves the right hand on the. The first time he plays it as the original, however, he changes the orchestration. This is the ultimate drum book for students of jazz drumming. Elvin jones timekeeping on bessies blues elvin jones. Aug 05, 2008 long before jones was tabbed philly joe by group leaderclarinetist tony scott during an engagement at mintons in 1953, he did all he could to informally learn about music and the drums. There are over 320 380 pages of philly joe jones drum solo transcriptions in the book. Philly joe jones was born with the name joseph rudolph jones in the city of philadelphia on july 15, 1923.
In the philly joe jones jazz drumming lesson dedicated to philly joe jones you can find the transcription of some philly joe jones drum solos, from miles davis album round midnight. Drums philly joe jones flute, piccolo flute herbie mann piano wynton kelly. Every musician wanted jones to play the drums for them in one of their songs. Not many jazz drummers played bop with as much authority,acuity and power as did philly joe jones. Philly joe jones biography, albums, streaming links. It is worth studying in detail not least because the sextet featured legends john coltrane and cannonball adderley and had the equally great philly joe jones on drums. The recording in question here comes from the veejay album kelly at midnite, a trio recording with philly joe jones and paul chambers recorded in april of 1960.
Philly joe jones drum solo on blues by five philly joe jones drum solo on four elvin jones. Sounds from rikers island audio fidelity, 1963 is an album by jazz pianist and composer elmo hope. Bill evans with philly joe jones green dolphin street. Joerg eckels book is a must have for every teaching studio where jazz drumming is taught. Philly joe jones joseph rudolph jones born july 15, 1923, philadelphia, pa. A natural comedian, he was a spellbinding storyteller, both in music and in words. Apr 28, 2018 philly joe jones one for joe drum solo transcription posted on 28 april 2018 25 november 2018 by francesco vecchio sounds from rikers island audio fidelity, 1963 is an album by jazz pianist and composer elmo hope. The drumming community was saddened to learn that jazz great philly joe jones died of a heart attack on august 30, at the age of 62. Really pay attention to the sticking of any solo you learn. Heres a famous example clippjj recorded by engineer rudy van gelder before a session. To avoid confusion with count basies famous drummer jo jones, scott would introduce his drummer by saying, this is the joe jones from philly.
An oscar for oscar kenny dorham solo played on the snare drum. It makes the solo feel like it was written for jazz. Joseph rudolph jones was born in philadelphia, pa, on july 15, 1923. The drummers library is created by two professional drummers who dedicated their life to practicing, playing drums and teaching drums. Daniel bedard drums philly joe jones drum solo facebook. In fact, he is one of my favorite jazz drummers period. He takes 3 solo choruses, and the entire melody is practically a solo as well. The drum solo is short, and is packed with philly joe jones classic phrases. It sounds a lot like a solo philly joe jones would play. James coatsville harris, a great drummer in philadelphia, got me started. My students and i at the thornton school of music at usc refer to this book throughout the year, and i learn something new every time i consult it. Philly joe jones was one of the most wellknown drummers of his era. The wonder of philly joe jones part 2 the drummer is generally the member of the band most underrated by the audience and least discussed in the jazz historical and analytical literature. Fast and furious drum solo by philly joe from the goin up recording with freddie hubbard.
This studio album was recorded in ny on february 2, 1961 and is titled together. Unfortunately, philly joe started to go out of vogue around the early 60s. Other than track 7 which features his usual band, this was recorded in 59 but not released until 75. Philly joe jones is one of the greatest of the hard boppers. His nickname, once used simply to distinguish him from big band drummer jo jones, now made him immediately identifiable.
Dec 30, 2017 on the first 8 bar solo in the trading section, on bars 3, 4, 5 and 6, philly plays the lick twice. Take a listen to philly joe jones drum solos with the miles davis quintet and youll hear exactly what wilcoxon was talking about. Philly joe jones one for joe drum solo transcription. Drummer philly joe jones takes a lot of solo space including an unaccompanied the tribal message throughout this cd reissue. In his formative years he also studied the drums with drummers the likes of cozy cole and charles wilcoxon, receiving valuable advise from art blakey. As you can see, philly moves the right hand on the andof1 and on 3 to the rack tom. August 1985 ebenda war ein amerikanischer jazzschlagzeuger. His mother, a piano teacher taught him the basics in music. Philly joe jones jazz drums play jazz on a virtual drumset. While i was listening to the great jazz drummers, i discovered that a perfect example for this is philly joe jones. The philly joe jones rudimental soloing style by marios spyrou.
Philly joe jones also worked with bill evans on tours and studio work. Philly joe jones solo book july 30, 2014 by mark feldman 7 comments just published and transcribed by joerg eckel, this book of philly joe jones solos is certain to be very accurate. Philly joe jones and his addiction off the drums bloodytoez. In recent months, he had been working with vibist bobby hutcherson, and with his own group dameronia. It was transcribed over the course of 10 years by joerg eckel, a student of john rileys.
Art blakey elvin jones charlie persip philly joe jones gretsch drum. Instead of writing a physical book we envisioned an everexpanding library, constantly being updated with new material. On the first 8 bar solo in the trading section, on bars 3, 4, 5 and 6, philly plays the lick twice. Philly joe jones solo book this is the ultimate book for students of hard bop drumming. Jul 30, 2014 philly joe jones solo book july 30, 2014 by mark feldman 7 comments just published and transcribed by joerg eckel, this book of philly joe jones solos is certain to be very accurate. He utilizes an allstar group with such soloists as trumpeter lee morgan and blue mitchell, trombonist curtis fuller, herbie mann on flute and piccolo, altoist cannonball adderley, benny golson on tenor, baritonist sahib shihab, pianist wynton kelly and either sam. Recommended reading for jazz drummers drum lessons. The second album features drummers philly joe jones with the elvin jones and his septet. This is the lick, which philly plays in the 8 bar drum solo intro of the tune. In 1959, philly joe jones was one of jazzs most visible drummers. Since drummers dont play harmonies and melodies in the same way as other instruments, audience members and even some musicians have a tendency to.
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