In their November 2013 issue, Downbeat magazine tested drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath, youngest of the three legendary musical Heath brothers: a very valuable lesson in Jazz. Yet, this edition of Downbeat has beautiful features in the Drum School section, like a brilliant article on the history of exotic-wood drums by Matt Kern, also a Steve Smith Super Master Class and a solo transcription of Antonio Sanchez - another heavy lesson you can study.
Tootie Heath listened and reflected on the following tracks for the Downbeat's Blindfold Test:
Willie Jones III Sextet: I Get A Kick Out Of You from Plays The Max Roach Songbook (WJ3)
Warren Wolf: Things Were Done Yesterday from Wolfgang (Mack Avenue)
Brad Mehldau Trio: Airegin from Where Do You Start (Nonesuch)
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Endymion from Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)
Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon from Blue Moon (Jazz Village)
Wynton Marsalis & Richard Galliano: What A Little Moonlight Can Do from Billie Holiday To Edith Piaf: Live In Marciac (Rampart Street)
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: En Las Ruinas de su Infanciai from Taking The Soul For A Walk (Dafnison)
Wayne Shorter Quartet: Zero Gravity from Without A Net (Blue Note)
