Pappa

[traveller]

Hey guys, i'm kinda new the forums here but i LOVE jazz!!!! Anyway's i was wondering if there are any Papa jo jones fans out there? if so, can you recommend any material for me to buy? I just saw a short clip of him drumming and i was blown away:amaze:

[GhostNote]

Yeah man, papa rocks ai. I think he played for count basie for a while, uhh, thats all i know of, sorry i cant be of more help though. Just go to ur local store and lok for basie. Thats all i can think of, sorry...

[traveller]

you are correct, jo jones was basie's fav and main drummer. I've got stacks of basie albums. But yesterday i bought an album he did with Ben Webster and his drummin is exposed a lot more in this album. Papa Jo Jones rocks:thumb:

[GhostNote]

Yeah sounds good ai. Im guessin you're a drummer?..

[traveller]

well i'm not really .. i play clarinet and am teaching myself alto sax. do you play an instrument?

[GhostNote]

Yeah, im primarily a drummer, but i play keys and can play (barely) some bass and guitar. The sax players in the band im in played clarinet before they played sax, they still play clarinet sometimes though. How long have you been playing?

[traveller]

i've been playin clarinet for 6/7 years. Its lots of fun to be able to play jazz clarinet. i like drumming just to get a break from being a solo instrument in the band. sax is easy once you've played clarinet though ..

[GhostNote]

i've been playin clarinet for 6/7 years. Its lots of fun to be able to play jazz clarinet. i like drumming just to get a break from being a solo instrument in the band. sax is easy once you've played clarinet though ..

Yeah, thats what ive heard too. So ur in a band?

[traveller]

yeah, its a trio. doc is a soprano sax/clarinet player, i'm a clarinet/drums and simon plays guitar!! its fun! are you in a band?

[GhostNote]

yeah, its a trio. doc is a soprano sax/clarinet player, i'm a clarinet/drums and simon plays guitar!! its fun! are you in a band?


Sextet, me on drums/keys/percussion, tenor/soprano sax, alto sax, guitar, bass, another drummer. we are, if all goes well, recording a demo next week. yeah, do you gig?

[traveller]

yeah, we gig!! its good fun. What do ya play?

[GhostNote]

Jazz, funk, latin, that sort of thing. Hard to get a gig where i live without some sort of demo to present to a venue though. we're probably the only half decent jazz combo in my town.


EDIT: what do you play? (music)

[traveller]

we do some of our own compositions as well as standards (straight no chaser, Bernie's tune etc). I've found that Chamelion is one of our well loved songs and we always get a few people dancing when we do it.

[GhostNote]

Yeah, we play originals and standards. Yeah, chameleon is probably one of my all time favourite songs. Great song, such a funky bassline and really good room to improvise, myself playing keys and drums in our band, i get the opportunity to get some distortion and wah going on the keys which is always fun. But yeah, do you have audio of your band playing?

[traveller]

Well we haven't really found any time to do recordings yet, but as soon as i get some i'll let you know. Have you got any recordings?

[GhostNote]

Next week, recording a 5 track demo.

[traveller]

you gotta send me some samples man!!, here's my address, Iamatravellerofbothtimeandspace@hotmail.com, if ya got msn then stay in touch. or pappajojones@gmail.com

[GhostNote]

Yeah, no worries! i can send you a copy?

[traveller]

yeah, i'd like to hear some stuff

[GhostNote]

Is ur msn capital i or not?

[traveller]

yeah it is

[GhostNote]

orrite.

[traveller]

what songs are you recording??

[GhostNote]

mostly classics, coz the public will notice them more

one original
summertime
dont mean a thing (be bop version)
full house (sanborn)
a night in tunisia

[traveller]

thats heaps cool. it is hard to get noticed by just playing original compositions. Summertime is awesome!!

[GhostNote]

thats heaps cool. it is hard to get noticed by just playing original compositions. Summertime is awesome!!


yeah, summertime rocks. yeah, originals tend to not appeal as much
which sucks.

[traveller]

hey man if your ever in adelaide we gotta meet up for a jam sometime!!!

[traveller]

what venue's do you play at?

[GhostNote]

None ATM, :upset: trying to get our material out there with the demo. Yeah, definately jam if im in adelaide, might be a while though...

[Smeghead]

Yeah, definately jam if im in adelaide, might be a while though...


as long as there's scones there. we ALWAYS get scones at ghostnote's place. His olds spoil us so much!

[traveller]

are you one of his band members? scones, eh? um i think we're just out of them. what instrument do you play in the band? i see by your username that you watch red dwarf. RED DWARF ROCKS!!!!

[Smeghead]

yeah i play most of the drums in the band, and stuggle through some of the keyboard parts. We REALLY need to get a fulltime pianist so ghostnote and I can alternate between kit and percussion. we jam at ghostnote's place and his parents are always cooking for us and generally spoiling us :) but if you can't provide scones then series 1 through 7 of Red Dwarf will suffice ;)

[traveller]

You guys should jam with our band sometime!!! We could tour australia together:thumb: are any other members of you band on the forum??

[GhostNote]

You guys should jam with our band sometime!!! We could tour australia together:thumb: are any other members of you band on the forum??

yeah, it'd take a bit to get to south aus tho. None of the other band members are here unfortunatly

[traveller]

oh well, which one of you is a better drummer?

[GhostNote]

oh well, which one of you is a better drummer?


I'd say "smeghead" is, he has been drumming longer than me.

[traveller]

which composers do you guys cover the most?

[Smeghead]

Sandborn? i dunno, i hate doin covers

[GhostNote]

Yea, i think that we need to work on more originals. Yeah, sanborn...

[traveller]

thats cool. we're goin through a herbie hancock phase at the moment, which is really weird