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Vincent Sperrazza's avatar

Everyone involved should learn some basic jazz drums...love it. And I know 3 school music teachers who have done that. One of them is an excellent jazz alto player.

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ETHAN IVERSON's avatar

Fabulous

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Helen's avatar

And I wish Barry Harris were still around to chime in! He developed his own theory on jazz grammar derived from the whole tone scale. Rather than gather dust, his ideas still have a popular following…even after his passing.

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ETHAN IVERSON's avatar

Thanks for comment! As you might know I wrote about Barry Harris and his teaching for the Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/barry-harris-obit/

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Sean McCann's avatar

This is fantastic! Love the "luminous three within two." But the whole thing is wonderful. Thank you!

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ETHAN IVERSON's avatar

thanks very much!

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