Maybe this is old news, but I had no idea this existed.
I've owned Jim Chapin's Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer for years, but never spent much time with it, and it definitely didn't come with a CD. Lately I've been digging in to it, and enjoying it a lot. Curious about a few questions I had about the material I jumped online and ended up stumbling upon this....
Though the book was first published in 1948, it looks like the record wasn't released until 1970. But in it, Chapin goes through the entire book, playing every exercise alone, and some with a bass player. It answers pretty much every question I've seen on various forums about the interpretation of the book. So, it, like me, you are working through this book and find yourself wondering what Chapin intended then be sure to check out the playlist above. It's all there.
This isn't just "a bassist"—it's Wilbur Ware, my favorite bassist. You might recognize him from his recordings on Sonny Rollins' A Night at the Village Vanguard or Thelonious Monk's Monk's Music.
ReplyDeleteI created loops of his bass tracks for my students to play along with, but most of them struggled because his bass lines and time feel are rather unique.
For years, I wondered how and why Jim Chapin hired the hippest bassist around, who, admittedly, wasn't exactly easy or reliable.
The Jim Chapin/Wilbur Ware combination didn't seem obvious to me.
When I finally took a lesson with Jim, I asked him how he came up with the idea. He said that Irv Kratka, the recently deceased boss of Music Minus One, had pushed Wilbur Ware on him because Wilbur owed Irv money. Jim suspected that it had something to do with drugs.
That made more sense to me.
So, enjoy the record and happy practicing!