Thomas Lang with Luis Conte

Luis Conte "Studio Essentials"

Yale Percussion Group: Paul Lansky's "Threads" - Pt. 2

Yale Percussion Group: Paul Lansky's "Threads"

Threads, written for So Percussion in 2005, is a half-hour-long cantata for percussion quartet in ten short movements. There are three threads that are interwoven in the piece: Arias and Preludes that focus on the metallic pitched sounds of vibraphones, glockenspiel, and metallic pipes; Choruses in which drumming predominates; and Recitatives made largely from Cage-like noise instruments, bottles, flowerpots, crotales, etc. The aims of the different threads are to highlight the wide range of qualities that percussion instruments are capable of, from lyrical and tender to forceful and aggressive, and weave them into one continuous texture. The movements are performed without interruption. Notes by Paul Lansky

Zappa Plays Zappa : The Black Page #1 & #2

Zappa Plays Zappa public performance. Featuring special guests Terry Bozzio & Steve Vai.

Ji Hye Jung: "Night Rhapsody" by John Serry

Ji Hye Jung performs John Serry's "Night Rhapsody" for solo marimba at a Yale Percussion Group concert in February of 2009.

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: 16th Note Shuffle

Jeff Porcaro - 16th Note Patterns

This video features Jeff Porcaro (studio legend and drummer of the band Toto) demonstrates some 16th note patterns.

Rain

Be sure to have your speakers turned up to experience this video! Thanks to Jon Krueger for this recommendation.

Pat Metheny & Gary Burton - Question and Answer - (Part II)

North Sea Jazz Festival - 2008 Question and Answer - (Part II)

Pat Metheny & Gary Burton - Question and Answer - (Part I)

North Sea Jazz Festival - 2008 Question and Answer - (Part I)

Evelyn Glennie and Linda Bove ("Percussion Duet")

Drum Corps in the Netherlands

Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal

Andy Summers plays Footprints

Andy Summers with the drum demon of hollywood, Bernie Dresel. Jerry Watts on bass.