Friday Night at the Cadillac Club - Dennis

[DeeP_FRieD]

My band The Energy Trio is resurrecting this and I want to rework the part I play to be more ballsy... I was playing it more like a version I heard with Joey D on it... Basically like a jazz blues, very little kick drum.

During rehearsal I realized it's hard to put a whole bunch of kick over it, especially basic shuffle patterns, because the tempo is wild and there's hits all over the joint. I know Dennis brings the snare for the hits a lot and is sporadically playing the kick, but I'm not really hearing it that well.

Anyone got any ideas on what would make the part smoke?

[gretsch-o-rama]

Sounds like Dennis is doing "four on the floor". I'm not sure if I'd do that. It's almost like jump swing or Rock a billy...

[Tombo 7/4]

Great tune! I played it a lot with a band. After trying different things, I found that nothing grooved better than what Peter Erskine played on Berg's Short Stories album. Straight ahead 4 on the floor shuffle throughout:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGIO8M/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk1
Bob passed away too young. He was one of the few tenors I liked (along with Brecker and Coltrane...who passed away too young too).

[DeeP_FRieD]

Great tune! I played it a lot with a band. After trying different things, I found that nothing grooved better than what Peter Erskine played on Berg's Short Stories album. Straight ahead 4 on the floor shuffle throughout:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGIO8M/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk1
Bob passed away too young. He was one of the few tenors I liked (along with Brecker and Coltrane...who passed away too young too).

I was leaning towards the 4 on the floor thing, or playing the kick on all the ta's.

[DeeP_FRieD]

Just bought that track... loving Ersko's feel on it

[Jim Richman]

Dennis on my iMac is heavily emphasizing 2 and 4, so the kick and snare are dancing around. It's the ride pattern that is the main action, everything else falls into play. It's more a hybrid swingy jazz beat. You could play a half time new jack swing beat to it too. It really depends on what your bassist is doing.