Comments on: Beat of the Day http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/25/beat-of-the-day-297/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Thu, 23 May 2013 02:16:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/25/beat-of-the-day-297/#comment-71894 RIYank Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:21:39 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=51681#comment-71894 [1] Dude, you're in New York. Stop whining. I'm going to Pittsburgh. Actually, I like Pittsburgh, so I won't whine either. [1] Dude, you’re in New York. Stop whining.
I’m going to Pittsburgh.
Actually, I like Pittsburgh, so I won’t whine either.

]]> By: Matt Blankman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/25/beat-of-the-day-297/#comment-71893 Matt Blankman Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:18:31 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=51681#comment-71893 Bill Evans makes everything better. Bill Evans makes everything better.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/25/beat-of-the-day-297/#comment-71892 thelarmis Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=51681#comment-71892 well, spring isn't quite <i>here</i>. it was <i>there</i>, however. on Wed, i woke up at home (Atlanta) to a glorious spring day. it was like 80 degrees, sunny, no humidity, no wind, just perfect. then i flew to NY. by the time i went to bed, at my parents house, it was friggin' snowing out. jeesh... oh, and Alex - i forgot to mention for the BOTD posts... Joe Morello just died about a week and a half ago. he was the incredible drumming legend for Dave Brubeck. you should maybe post a video of "Take 5," with a fantastic Morello drum solo... Joe was one of the last living legends. He was also hilarious. even though he was blind, he had album covers of him sitting on a motorcycle! his clinics were half comedy, half drums. he was a Jersey and taught my Jazz teacher, back in the day. he and Jim Chapin were carriers of the Moeller technique, studying with both Sandford Moeller and George Lawrence Stone. i didn't get to study with Joe or Jim, but i've met them both and did some playing on a drum pad with them. i studied for years with each of their prized pupils. i feel so fortunate to have learned one generation from these guys. something the benefits of growing up in NY provided me. we lost a very very very important drum legend. Morello was 82. Roy Haynes, is pretty much the last one alive... well, spring isn’t quite here. it was there, however. on Wed, i woke up at home (Atlanta) to a glorious spring day. it was like 80 degrees, sunny, no humidity, no wind, just perfect.

then i flew to NY. by the time i went to bed, at my parents house, it was friggin’ snowing out. jeesh…

oh, and Alex – i forgot to mention for the BOTD posts… Joe Morello just died about a week and a half ago. he was the incredible drumming legend for Dave Brubeck. you should maybe post a video of “Take 5,” with a fantastic Morello drum solo…

Joe was one of the last living legends. He was also hilarious. even though he was blind, he had album covers of him sitting on a motorcycle! his clinics were half comedy, half drums. he was a Jersey and taught my Jazz teacher, back in the day. he and Jim Chapin were carriers of the Moeller technique, studying with both Sandford Moeller and George Lawrence Stone.

i didn’t get to study with Joe or Jim, but i’ve met them both and did some playing on a drum pad with them. i studied for years with each of their prized pupils. i feel so fortunate to have learned one generation from these guys. something the benefits of growing up in NY provided me.

we lost a very very very important drum legend. Morello was 82.

Roy Haynes, is pretty much the last one alive…

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