Here’s an interesting (and fast!) groove played by Edu Ribeiro on the Hamilton de Holanda quartet album Harmonize. I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out and studying with Edu a few times, and he explained that he didn’t come up with the groove. Hamilton de Holanda apparently dreams up ideas that he wants to hear, and gives them to Edu - or presumably other drummers - to figure out. It was also de Holanda who created the “samba invertido” groove on “Tamandua” of which a version appears on this same album.
I’ve been in this same situation myself, and always find it interesting. No matter how creative we are as drummers, we are still drummers, and tend to think within certain conventions. These conventions which we spend years working on can also be cumbersome on occasion, as it can be difficult to break away of them. Other musicians, however, aren’t naturally encumbered with the same conventions and can write more freely. Of course this occasionally leads to parts that are completely unplayable, but I enjoy the challenge of trying to figure out parts by non-drummer, and find that it often inspires future ideas.
The ruckus starts around 1:02
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