When i was very young, i played drums the way i felt like playing them. 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. There are over 380 pages of philly joe joness solos in the book. Heres philly joe joness drum solo on lets cool one, from the clark terry album in orbit. 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. Among them, the most important influence on jones was tadd dameron. Working with this book will give you the ability to take otherwise dry, square rudiments and make them sing. 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. Jones had the ability to have an extremely strong beat on four. There are over 300 pages of every solo and break done by the legendary philly joe jones, and a cross reference to the original recordings. His more than 500 recordings set the standard for modern, aggressiveyettasteful jazz drumming, and his style has been widely imitated since the 1950s. In addition, specific recordings are transcribed to support an analysis of joness drumming method. He progressed through the regina lions junior band and the music program at his high school, campbell artistty, soon developing a passion for playing the.
Its a rather old fashioned way of soloing, with a lot of rudimental activity played on the snare drum, while the feet keep time, with the bass drum used mostly at. Each one includes stickings and lists the album that each solo is on. He was a virtuoso with a pair of brushes, and a genius at turning the rudiments into fluent musical ideas. Drummers have long admired the variety and quality of the brush.
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. The music was on the cusp of change too, soon to be influenced by iconic albums that were released in 1959, so this is not an example of philly joes maturity as a musician during this period, but also a. There are over 320 380 pages of philly joe jones drum solo transcriptions in the book. A natural comedian, he was a spellbinding storyteller, both in music and in words. Morris trumpet had also been a recording member of hamps bands since 1943. This is my transcription of philly joe jone s solo from wynton kellys album kelly at midnight. His legacy as a studio drummer appears on seminal classics like john coltrane s blue train, thelonious monk s blues at the five spot, miles davis s milestones, and bud powell s time waits. This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share it. Philly joe jones drum solo on blues by five philly joe jones drum solo on four elvin jones.
It was 1958 and jones was fired from the miles davis quintet and highly addicted to heroin. In fact, he is one of my favorite jazz drummers period. This deceptively simple book contains interesting ways of controlling and using the wire brushes. Then davis fired philly joe jones and he was off the quintet. For this months drum lesson we are going to analyze a lick played by one of the fathers of bebop drumming. Original jazz classics ojccd17922 philly joe jones big band sounds drums around the world milestone m47016 art blakey, max roach, elvin jones, philly joe jones the big beat. I first learn this lick when transcribing phillys playing on the track half nelson from the record entitled workin with the miles davis quintet. More than any of his peers, it was philly joes time feel that defined the idea of swing in the 1950s. Philly joe jones drum transcription no room for squares. James coatsville harris, a great drummer in philadelphia, got me started. In addition, philly joe left us brush artisty, published in 1968 now out of print by premier drum company. This solo is off of the tune potluck, a blues, and it includes one chorus of trading followed by. Philly joe jones was one of the most wellknown drummers of his era.
By 1948 the morris band had changed personnel to include elmo hope piano, percy heath bass and philly joe jones drums along with matthew gee on trombone. Philly joe jones drum transcription workout workout is perhaps one of the most challenging, but also one of the most amazing philly joe solos ever recorded. A sevenpage indepth drum transcription of philly joe jones including what he plays to accompany the in and out melodies, as well as all. 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. While i was listening to the great jazz drummers, i discovered that a perfect example for this is philly joe jones. Other than track 7 which features his usual band, this was recorded in 59 but not released until 75. It does not stand out as philly joes best work, but it is an example of his playing circa the late 50searly 60s this was recorded in 1959.
Philly joe jones one for joe drum solo transcription. His nickname, once used simply to distinguish him from big band drummer jo jones, now made him immediately identifiable. Philly joe jones solo transcription by rosethedrummer. The same applies to drummers using these 26 sticking patterns. This is a pdf package that includes 10 different drum solos transcriptions, plus detailed advice on how to practice such material. Philly joe jones biography, albums, streaming links. Philly joe jones passed away of a heart attack at his home in philadelphia on august 30, 1985 at the age of 62. The philly joe jones rudimental soloing style by marios spyrou. Philly joe jones has also played with bill evans and was a founding member of band dameronia in 1981. There are over 300 pages of every solo and break done by the legendary philly joe jones, and a. If you guys are interested getting pjj brush artistry booklet in pdf just pm your email address and it. He takes 3 solo choruses, and the entire melody is practically a solo as well. Philly joe and morello were also educators, and they would force all students to study from the wilcoxon method books. The triplet lick in bars 58 is a classic philly joe jones lick, playing triplets and putting an accept every 3rd beat every 9th triplet so it creates a 3beat phrase, which when played in 44 time, creates a.
Each transcription includes stickings and lists the album that each solo is on. Philly joe jones, drummer with the fabulous miles davis quintet from 1955 to 1958, was one of the most influential drummers of the postbop era. Locomotion from the album blue train more from this book here on drummerworld. The original recording not included with the books cd john coltrane. Philly joe jones, pot luck hugh denman march 27, 2008 recording and band pot luck is a blues head composed by wynton kelly. With its mix of postbop codas and early modal explorations milestones has to be one of the truly great miles davis albums. This is a drum cover and breakdown of head the first sixty four bars of the song two bass hit. Lewis nashs drum solo on illuminations bill stewart. Philly joe was a philadelphiaborn american jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the miles davis quintet. Blues for dracula 1958 drums around the world 1959 blues for dracula is the debut album by american jazz drummer philly joe jones which was recorded in 1958 for the riverside label. Philly joe jones transcription jazz drum solo sheet music. Philly joe jones one for joe drum solo transcription francis.
In 1959, philly joe jones was one of jazzs most visible drummers. Heres a famous example clippjj recorded by engineer rudy van gelder before a session. It was transcribed over the course of 10 years by joerg eckel, a student of john rileys. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming by.
Following up the philly joe jones drum intro transcription from the other day, here are a few exercises for getting together that threebeat triplet lick we saw there. A look at philly joe jones and two bass hit with drum. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. Cruise ship drummer philly joe jones threebeat triplet lick. In stockphilly joe jones solo bookover 350 pages of his transcribed soloslisted by tunes59. Elvin jones timekeeping on bessies blues elvin jones. Brush artistry philly joe jones on free shipping on qualifying offers. Drummer philly joe jones is known as one of the most recorded drummers in jazz history, appearing on more than 200 albums. Having penned his own brush book called brush artistry, he led the pack with his approach. Philly joe jones, byname of joseph rudolph jones, born july 15, 1923, philadelphia, pa. Bill evans with philly joe jones green dolphin street. Beside these recordings, jones regularly toured as a. I hope this inspires you to learn a philly joe jones solo.
It features hope on piano, lawrence jackson on trumpet, freddie douglas on saxophones, john gilmore on tenor, ronnie boykins on bass, philly joe jones on drums, earl coleman and marcelle daniels on vocals. Awesome philly joe jones lick and solo analysis learn. Featuring paul chambers and philly joe jones, this is all really good, excellent playing throughout, very nice. Books in the spring of mccaslin completed his masters in jazz studies at mcgill university where he studied jazz drumming, improvisation and composition. On matters such as these, there is no one i trust more than john riley, who, several years ago, told me about a student of his who had transcribed a large number. On the first track called one for joe philly joe jones plays an awesome and. I look at 3 characteristics of philly joe jones playing on this track.
He was survived by his wife, eloise, and his son, christopher. Sounds from rikers island audio fidelity, 1963 is an album by jazz pianist and composer elmo hope. Philly joe jones is one of my favorite jazz drumming soloists. The body of work he left behind includes his contributions to more than 500 albums. Just published and transcribed by joerg eckel, this book of philly joe jones solos is certain to be very accurate. Take a listen to philly joe jones drum solos with the miles davis quintet and youll hear exactly what wilcoxon was talking about. Really pay attention to the sticking of any solo you learn.
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