Drummers on Drumming 5 Records That Will FINALLY Get You Into Jazz
This week’s guest is Anthony Fung…an incredible talent drummer based in Los Angeles. I brought him on to discuss the 5 records (and subsequent drummers) to FINALLY get you into jazz. He definitely did not disappoint. Cheers!
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Song: Fred
Album: Lifetime - The Collections
Artist: Tony Williams
Release Year: 1975
Drummer: Tony Williams
Song: Stella By Starlight
Album(s): My Funny Valentine + Four and More
Artist: Miles Davis
Release Year: 1965 & 1966
Drummer: Tony Williams
Song: Matrix
Album : Now He Sings and Now He Sobs
Artist: Chick Corea
Release Year: 1968
Drummer: Roy Haynes
Song: Acknowledgement
Album: A Love Supreme
Artist: John Coltrane
Release Year: 1965
Drummer: Elvin Jones
Song: Blues For Ball
Album: Supertrios
Artist: McCoy Tyner
Release Year: 1977
Drummers: Jack Dejohnette & Tony Williams
Song: Cornbread
Album: Cornbread
Artist”: Lee Morgan
Release Year: 1965
Drummer: Billy Higgins
Honorable Mention!
Song: Freedom Day
Album: We Insist! (Subtitled Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite)
Artist: Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach
Release Year: 1960
Drummer: Max Roach
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