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For rehearsal tonight, a friend of mine came out to play drums with us. Brett and I used to play together a few years in another guy's jazz project. That project went nowhere (long story), but I really enjoyed playing with Brett. He's a nice, tight drummer who has a good feel for the rhythms of world music. He tends to lean more towards Latin style playing (samba, salsa, etc) -- which is neither good nor bad.
And what a difference playing with a drummer makes. Brett held down the meter and pedaled the songs along, which freed me up to do more melodic support and groove maintenance. I didn't have to worry about percussively playing (so as to keep the motion of the song going), which was a rather nice change of pace.
I think the rest of the guys enjoyed playing with Brett, and he seemed to enjoy playing with them. I'm hoping that everyone works things out and he can start to play with us on a more regular basis.
Posted by Casper at December 21, 2003 11:37 PM