Solo, 5 from Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham

Here is solo, 5 from the classic drumming book Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham. This is one of my favorite books of all time and I use it regularly with students. In this video I start with a performance of solo, 5 and then talk about the techniques used to play it. This solo draws from several funk drummers of the 1970 s including Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason Gerry Brown and David Garibaldi. The solo uses 32nd note hi hat figures which I play as double strokes. In the book they are written as single strokes. The solo also includes a well known Gaddish ratamacue fill which I explain how to execute. The equipment I am using for this video consists of: Doc Sweeney Stave Drums in African Olive wood 20 x 16 Bass Drum Toms: 8 x 8, 10 x 8, 14 x 14 floor tom 14 x 6. 5 Canopus Zelkova Snare Drum Cymbals are: Sabian Jack DeJohnette 20 Ride Wuhan 20 Lion Cymbal Paiste Traditional 16 and 17 thin crashes Sabian HH 13 br, br,