I found it astonishing in the whole.Also, the obituary of Peter Katin is striking for how early he caught on to, and scorned, those emerging trends in classical music that have led to the present mess, much discussed in your posts, Bob. Every musician builds solos upon ideas, with one idea leading into another. Rufus Jones Music Fans: I have performed “You Are My Sunshine” aka YAMS almost every night for my #1Fan during my nearly 4-year performing artist residency at the Light Horse Tavern in Jersey City. The approach to the drums today is to be loud. It made me go through a lot of things. In our society, you just can’t keep them down.

“I’ll tell you a little secret about crossing over. Rufus Jones Executive Summary: Rufus Elmer Jones, Jr. is an institutional equity trader, musician/singer/songwriter, and lecturer, and a graduate of Phillips (Andover) Academy, Harvard University, and the University of Tennessee MBA Program. Playing a figure by accident might excite you. You never know what a man has to offer until you sit down with him and delve into what he knows.”. Next is 3/4, and 6/8 is good too if the melody is good and it’s in a good key. I am delighted to see the publication of a work on Dean Dixon.

You can really throw a band off if you don’t use them correctly. He originally started out on trumpet, switching to drums when he was 13.

“Practice often and alone. I use rudiments to keep moving, in a continuous flow, to leave myself open to see what ideas I can come up with. Rufus “Speedy” Jones was one of a handful of drummers, at the time, who utilized two bass drums.

He got an early start in 1954 with Lionel Hamptonbefore being drafted.

Sign In Rufus Jones Top Songs. “When I get up in the morning, my first instinct is to play. However, I did enjoy it while I was up there; while I was doing it.”. You can move from a quiet passage to something loud, and then to something showcase. In my time, I was afraid of my being black. The only band I had trouble with in this respect was Buddy Johnson’s. ”Take crossing over as an example. African-American and classical musicians of other races or ethnicities excluded from the music world deserve that. Jazz has often been called the true American classical music, finding its most immediate roots in the blues.

Weakness and pain began to seep into his arms through his wrists and into his hands. However, realize that if you don’t come forth and take this opportunity to express yourself, you will fall short of many things years down the line. Then I started putting the snare drum into it, and later I saw Buddy Rich using the snare drum, too. They’d be laughing and applauding, and I’d be yelling ‘Come on in!’ However, I’d be playing loud and they couldn’t hear me. While stationed at Fort Jackson, Rufus played in a quintet every Saturday night at the black United Service Organization clubhouse in Columbia. He has worked with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, (who billed Jones as “the most exciting drummer in the world”) as well as with the Speedy Jones Quintet.

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Matched grip felt more natural to Speedy. Rufus (born December 14, 1963) has studied voice with Genevieve Kalled, guitar with fellow Memphian Calvin Newborn as a youth and New York’s Freddie Bryant as an adult, and songwriting at The New School with Wendy Griffiths; developed and taught “A History of The Blues” and “Development of a Blues Composition” for the NYU at Dalton Program; signed up for, performed in and eventually led blues jams in the 1990s at NYC blues clubs or “dives.” He recorded his first original songs “I’m From Memphis, Baby,” “You Came Along At the Right Time” and “Voices Have No Color” in 1994-1995 with producer, singer, and songwriter Vaneese Thomas, the daughter of the legendary Memphian Rufus Thomas in her New York studio, along with “best friend from grade school,” co-producer Marc Willis, a Berklee College of Music graduate. They come in very handy, particularly when you’re stuck for ideas. Rufus has a vision that includes working with Vaneese Thomas and Marc Willis and people such as Rob Mathes, James Taylor, Sting, David Porter, Al Green, Booker T., Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Gladys Knight, Bonnie Raitt, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Carole King, Mary J. Blige and Ekpe and their friends to record 5 songs in 4 hours similar to Chet Atkins in legendary studios around the world, including RCA Studio B, Abbey Road Studio One, Stax, Sun, Motown, Capitol, Electric Lady, Power Station, Muscle Shoals, Columbia, Dungeon, Trident, Headley, Black Ark, and Music Lair.

I look forward to hearing from you once you've read the book.
Someone’s got my job!’ I went over to Maynard and said ‘Whose set is that?’ and Maynard said, ‘It’s yours!’ It was bigger than the one I used with Duke Ellington.

Never an overly subtle player, Rufus Jones could always be counted on to light a fire under other players and he certainly made an impact during his periods with Basie and Ellington. Rufus, Jr. then said, “I want to go to New York and do music. The big bands are gone. Next, he lifted his left hand that had been cut in the palm and moved his fingers to see if he could again play the guitar. He later played with Red Allen and Maynard Ferguson's Orchestra (1959–1963). Musician: Instruments: Drums: Years active : 1950s–1990: Associated acts: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Lionel Hampton, Red Allen, James Brown: Rufus "Speedy" Jones (May 27, 1936 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz drummer from Charleston, South Carolina. Rufus Jones, Music Department: Omnibus. You need that in a big band. However, he said he would have done it differently. In January 2019, Rufus was invited to establish a year-long residency at NumberTen in Great Barrington, MA, where he presents new original songs, refines his guitar picking and vocal stylings, and shares himself with “Soul, Blues & Originals, Too” every 4th Saturday each month. In the small group, the bass player took over the responsibility of playing straight time. May I add a comment, albeit right off the subject of the post. Rufus lives and works in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife Jill and their cherished son. RUFUS JONES IS AN american GUITARIST, SINGER/SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, AND BAND LEADEr. I was never on dope. Next I’d look up at the bandleader and he’d bring the band back in. Even Max Roach, when he was playing big band, played bass drum. That’s the difference. Rufus will work and document in an “audiophile manner” just as Rob Mathes describes in his liner notes for his album Flesh and Spirit with “musicians playing together at the same time” to capture a true sound that is immediate, inspiring, “real and unique.” Rufus shares his autobiographical stories and songs based on historical events through a repertoire of originals, blues, soul and folk songs in a way that resonates with people in Memphis, New England, New York/New Jersey, Chicago, Massachusetts and beyond. Among his early associations were with Lionel Hampton (1954), Henry "Red" Allen, and Maynard Ferguson's Orchestra (1959-1963). Rehearsal is not practice. There must be a better way, a better place, a better situation.” Rufus, Jr., as he was called, told his grandfather who had started the business in 1938 that the family should sell the business because they could not compete against highly financed chain stores. A brilliant soloist and an explosive player, Rufus Jones always lived up to his nickname of "Speedy." Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied English. It disappoints me that the book costs $70 U.S., which means it will likely be closer to $90 in Canada, where I now live. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Rufus attended Harvard University and holds an MBA in finance from the University of Tennessee. Rufus E. Jones, Jr. arrived in New York City a day after Thanksgiving on Friday, November 29, 1991 on an Amtrak train with two guitars, an amp, and $2,000 given to him by his father from his hometown Memphis, Tennessee. In practice, I can do anything I want to do. Still, I know those shadings will sound good. Also, at some point in society, your offspring will be just like you. Kevin Parker’s Approach to Tame Impala’s Drum Production, In the Studio With Kenny Chesney’s Sean Paddock, Zildjian, Atlantic Technology, LP, Vidami, Tama and more. I can only urge people to request that their public libraries acquire the work, and mayhap suggest to others do the same. Rufus is a small application that creates bootable USB drives, which can then be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux or DOS. You don’t see that many fills.

You have to know how to approach it. I’d say, ‘Is it over?’ I wanted to do it again. To give a certain purity to a solo style, Rufus prefers a sound marked by minimal effects on his gear, including a consistent tonal balance with his state-of-the-art Bose L1 Model 1S PA system with B1 bass and ToneMatch audio engine; incandescent live vocals with his Shure BETA 87A SLX2 wireless microphone; and distinctive playing funky finger-picking style, rhythmic and harmonic concepts, and musicianship on his Fender Stratocaster, Gretsch Synchromatic Cutaway vintage-style acoustic-electric arched spruce top with F Holes named “Grace,” and Fender Precision Bass guitars. Most of the old players do stuff like that. I use the double bass drums mostly on fills and try to limit its use. At that moment, he said to himself, “This is not right for me. 5/4 is hip, but going into something like 3/8, you just have to think about it too much. It’s something they can understand, and by that time, you have their attention. I love Rowan and Littlefield, for from how many other publishers would we get a reprint of Pirro's 1907 work on Bach's aesthetic or a biography of Pachmann? Using that ideology now, most young people can go anywhere and do anything they want, if you have the facility and the ability. After all he’s the one playing and he’s the one who has to sell the music. The only way to develop those techniques is through repetition. Hailing from Memphis but now a local Jersey City man Rufus Jones provided soulful music for the night.

This made me wonder what advice he might lend to an admirer of the life he had as an accomplished professional.

You do it to entertain, especially if you have a long solo. We used brushes a lot in a big band when we wanted the drums to be felt and not heard.

A drummer can’t do that. Jones.

Although the blues sang out against physical hardship and mental depression, its simple, haunting rhythms would most always convey a jubilance and spirit of optimism.

Lately, Speedy has turned his attention to writing, teaching, and performing on a limited basis, but the knowledge he’s acquired through his musical odyssey makes him one of the most informative conversationalists I’ve had the chance to chat with. The drum solo itself is not one of the high points of a show as was the case in years gone by. Rufus Jones Talk (Video 1 of 4) "Managing Stereotype Threat in Tech" at NYU hackNY Fellows Program on June 5, 2018 in New York City. “It’s the way I hold them.” He became more and more dependent upon matched grip for reasons he held secret. He drew a long breath, paused, and laughed a little.