Groove Transcription - Donald Bailey, "Back at the Chicken Shack"
I finally caved and joined the "vinyl revival". I don't have room for it, but it's too much fun. The very first thing I got (well, my wife bought me, knowing how much I'm listening to and playing organ trio music lately) was a copy of a classic Jimmy Smith record from 1960 called "Back at the Chicken Shack" with Kenny Burrell, Pittsburgh's own Stanley Turrentine, and Donald Bailey. On the title track Bailey plays a shuffley variation on the groove that I've always called "strollin'" - though lately I'm starting to wonder, because no one else seems to call it that. Some people call it "the conga beat". You know, this one:
Guitarists sometimes tap it out on muted strings, ala Ray Crawford with Ahmad Jamal, and it can be reversed as well, like so:
Here's Donald Bailey's take on it. It's a great groove to stick in your bag for the next time you find yourself playing a shuffle.
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