The definitive book on bop drumming---a style that is both the turning point and the cornerstone of contemporary music's development. This comprehensive book and audio presentation covers time playing, comping, soloing, brushes, more jazz essentials, and charts in an entertaining mix of text, music, and pertinent quotes.

Beyond Bop Drumming is John Riley's exciting follow-up to the critically acclaimed Art of Bop Drumming. Based on the drumming advancements of the post-bop period of the 1960s, the book and audio topics include: broken time playing, ride-cymbal variations, up-tempo unison ideas, implied time metric modulation, solo ideas, solo analysis, complete transcriptions, and play-along tunes.

The Land of Lyoness was a happy land................ In theory it was ruled by an enlightened Royal family, in truth the people accepted them purely for their entertainment value. The bureaucrats who administered to the country's needs were considered essential by the population. Not only too inept to collect taxes and enforce laws, but also government service was the best way to keep your mackerel -brained son out of the family business Education was considered optional, no one was keen to see knowledge get in the way of a really good time. Lyoness essentially was a safe place. The giants...

Revolution in the Third Rome is a story of conflict between the liberated mind and the oppressive state in one of the darkest times and places in modern history. It examines the experience of Russian intellectuals before and after the creation of the Soviet Union with a specific focus - their engagement with the classics. Delving into the work of the poet Osip Mandelstam and the historian Michael Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff among others, the book demonstrates how the history and literature of antiquity inspired Russian authors as they sought to challenge political tyranny in a nation...

Two small-town cousins in depression era Michigan go from one adventure to another in their Model T Ford.