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Mat Marucci
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Mat Marucci is an active performer, author, educator, and clinician listed in Who's Who In America, International Who's Who In Music (Cambridge, England) and the Institute of Jazz Studies (Rutgers University). His performing credits include jazz greats Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Eddie Harris, Buddy De Franco, Les McCann, Pharoah Sanders, and John Tchicai among others. He has eight critically acclaimed recordings to his credit as a leader and others as a sideman, including those with John Tchicai and Jimmy Smith and is also the author of several books on drumming for both Lewis Music and Mel Bay Publications
Playing Time Vs Playing Within The Time
by Mat Marucci
There is a definite difference between playing time and playing within the time. To illustrate, let's look at a couple statements with which I think everyone reading this will agree. First: Every musician should be able to play in time. And: Not every musician is able to play in time. Now, a ...
inversions
By Mat Marucci
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Inversions;
Like Jimmy (Smith);
Ethereal Voyage;
Film Noir;
Footprints;
Contralogy
Amadeo 1917/Queen Rachel medley;
Blues 8;
Riff from Jazz Central;
Bodda-Boom;
Fractured
John Tchicai's infinitesimal Flash Quartet Live
By Mat Marucci
Label: Cadence Jazz Records Historic Series
Released: 2017
Track listing: Kippiology, Azurite, Tchicai's Groove (T's Groove), Time InsidebPt II,
Llanto del Indio, To Wibke and Peedoh, Undercurrent
Going Forward... Or Is It Backward?
by Mat Marucci
This title came from a saying I heard long ago, and many times since, but can't think of where I originally heard it. The saying is “To go forward, you have to go back" and the meaning of this saying will be very obvious by the end of this article. To begin, I will ...
The Groove
by Mat Marucci
The groove, feel, pulse, beat, pocket--whatever it is called--is the essence of the feeling of the music being played. Musical genre has its own concept and texture--almost a personality. (In classical music the composer is the main force in the music's texture and interpretation. Very specific instructions for the feeling of a piece and ...
Getting The Hi-Hat Sound
by Mat Marucci
The hi-hat sound is possibly the most used and abused part of the drum set. While other parts of the instrument are generally played with the hands or the feet, the hi-hat is played with both--the hands for a “ride" effect, the feet for the “chick" sound and with both for “barks." The focus of this ...
The Jazz Instrument
by Mat Marucci
As the old saying goes, “You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing. Let's start at the beginning. Bear in mind that the drum set is the only instrument that was specifically ...
Less Is More? Really?
by Mat Marucci
There have been popular views by certain so-called experts that seem to have been accepted as dogma, the term “less is more" being one of them. However, as in any subject from sports to politics to science to religion, every pundit has an equal who has a contrary opinion. I, for one, am bothered by some ...
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