Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Milt Jackson – Drum Transcription & Performance

Deutsche Beschreibung unten. Real Book Drumming is an educational YouTube series of mine in which I transcribe and play mostly choruses of songs from the Real Book, the bible for all jazz players. In this video I present a drum transcription of the first 40 bars of the jazz standard “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore“ composed by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell, in a version by Milt Jackson from the album “Wizard Of The Vibes“, recorded on April 7, 1952 with drummer Kenny Clarke. Kenny Clarke, also known as “Klook“ or the “father of modern drumming“, was a pioneer of bebop and a formative figure in jazz history. His stylish and innovative playing has influenced many drummers. I like to keep this performance as original as possible to the studio recording in terms of playing. The superimposed sheet music is available for free download to subscribers of my site . The transcription is written with the notation program Finale