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Some recommended audio recordings

Artist and title

  • Bellson, Louie: All Stars
  • Brown, Ray: Bass Face
  • Coltrane, John: Ballads
  • Corea, Chick: Light As a Feather
  • Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Viaticum / Strange Place for Snow / Seven Days of Falling / Tuesday Wonderland
  • Evans, Bill: Trio 65 / Green Dolphin Street/ Empathy / Since We Met / The         Tokyo Concert
  • Flannagan, Tommy: Overseas / Sea Changes / Jazz Poet
  • Garland, Red: Red in Bluesville / Red Garland’s Piano / It’s a Blue World / Groovy / Can’t See for Lookin’ / Garland of Red / Red Garland at the Prelude
  • Getz, Stan: Focus / Nobody Else But Me
  • Gundersen, Inger Marie: My Heart Would Have a Reason
  • Hamilton, Jeff: Live
  • Hazilla, Jon: The Bitten Moon / Form and Function
  • Hicks, John: John Hicks Plays Gershwin
  • Jamal, Ahmad: Live at the Pesrhing Vol I & II
  • Jones, Hank: The Trio of Hank Jones / Upon Reflection
  • Jones, Jo: Fresh
  • Konitz, Lee: Subconscious
  • McCoy Tyner: Reaching Fourth
  • Moreira, Airto: Fingers
  • Mulligan, Gerry: Gerry Mulligan Quartet
  • Peterson, Oscar: We Take Request
  • Pettiford, Oscar: Bass
  • Peyroux, Madeleine: Careless Love
  • Powell, Bud: Time Waits / Amazing Bud Powell
  • Sttit, Sonny: New York Jazz / Sonny Sttit Plays
  • Thielemans, Toots: Blues pour Flirter
  • Washington, Dinah: For Those in love / What A Diff’rence A Days Makes
  • Williams, Jessica: Encounters I, Encounters II
  • Williamson, Patrice: My Shining Hour
  • Young, Lester: Lester Young Trio

 The indispensable videos to play brushes

  • AA.VV. Playing with Brushes. Hudson
  • Alexandru-Zorn, Florian: The Brush Secret. Alfred
  • Cameron, Clayton. Brushworks. Carl Fischer
  • Hazilla, Jon: Brush Control. Hal Leonard
  • Mckenzie; Ted. The Ultimate Drummer’s Workout. Omnibus Media
  • Thigpen, Ed. Brushes. Alfred

Bibliography and methodology

  • Alexandru-Zorn, Florian. The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes
  • Bellson, Louie. Contemporary Brush Techniques
  • Cameron, Clayton. Brushworks
  • Hazilla, Jon. Mastering the Art of Brushes
  • Jones, Philly Joe. Brush Artistry
  • Kirk, Willis. Brush Fire
  • Mackenzie, Ted. The Ultimate Drummer’s Workout (Technique With Brushes)
  • Ramsay, John / Dawson, Alan. The Drummer’s Complete Vocabulary (The Rudimental Ritual with Brushes)
  • Riley, John. The Art of Bop Drumming (“Brushes”)
  • Thigpen, Ed. The Sound of Brushes