The Philly Joe Jones Solo Book with John Riley

[@Thedrummersalmanac]

Had the privilege of studying with John when I was in college in the late 90s. One of the best teachers I ever had! He was/is a fountain of knowledge and mastery!

[@opiedrums]

No wonder you're so good!!!

[@dopocc]

Thank you Mr. Riley, both for your playing and all your educational work. Also thank you Memphis Drum Shop for providing excellent content.

[@don4476]

I could listen to John just playing time and be very happy.

[@peterlaw201250]

What a great comment.I fully understand.Its like hearing a string walking bass line.Check out Joe Morellos time playing after the intro of Sounds of the Loop,especally the h-hats that are a big part of it, and his very musically solo.Young drummers, its a must to listen to of how its done.

[@gogoPan23]

Mr Riley once showed me a philly joe sticking for triplets that opened a whole new world of phrasing on drums to me. I'll forever be indebted to him for that musical nugget. Thank you Mr Riley

[@CharlesTPrimm]

Fantastic overview of Philly's magnificent technique. And the cymbals are fantastic too. Thanks for posting, Cheers.

[@m.a.nathaniel7660]

John‘s books on Jazz Drumming are essentials. Every drummer out there should own them!

[@TheGurner1]

Lovely lesson - inspiring

[@robertstrobel7237]

This is absolutely fantastic.

[@dannygottlieb]

YEAH, JOHN!!!!!!!! Sounds great!!!

[@carlosrondamas]

Always a pleasure to listen and look at J. Riley, very nice musician and teacher

[@philatkinson3955]

Nice, very fun to incorporate the great swingers like Kenny Clark...small means big when you apply your styles with others...thanks Mr. RILEY...you are amazing too!

[@themole2024]

Thanks again John Riley. You are simply he best communicator on the topic that I have ever had the privilege of learning from.

[@musikmarktmueller]

great lesson, great playing & great sound - thank you John Riley and Memphis Drum Shop

[@JoeNocella]

Great stuff! John is a great teacher and player!

[@robertopistolesi2735]

I took a couple of lessons with maestro Riley, we are talking about a an absolute master and a gentleman

[@dd5380]

Thank you Mr. Riley !! I love Philly Jo Jones, one of my favorite bop drummers. !

[@DrummerMiles]

SO GREAT! I was literally talking to someone the other day about how much influence Philly Joe's solos had on the gospel chop/linear fill guys(those triplet fills starting with the kick in your last example show it perfectly). Clearly laid the footprint for those guys. Also gotta be mentioned how god damn cool Philly Joe looks behind the kit. Also John, your swing is impeccable, and you have one of the sweetest sounding spangalangs I've ever heard. Thanks for taking time to delve into a personal favorite drummer who never gets mentioned enough. Book looks awesome.

[@philipmcevoy7206]

Thanks John, great teaching

[@TomTeasley]

There is a year's worth of material here! Just great!

[@opiedrums]

Thankful for this guy.

[@nogoogleplus]

John is awesome.

[@CharlesTPrimm]

Love the five-stroke roll discussion 2:34

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love your drumming and the book!!

[@sling11]

Tanks Mr. Riley.

[@JasonMSmith-hv5kw]

Fantastic video, beautifully presented and a valuable lesson in PJJ orchestration and application

[@DaGretschguy]

Fantastic demonstration John! The book looks fantastic, thank you very much!

[@A.ChristopherJohnson]

Philly best drummer EVER !!!

[@tomcarr4630]

Can’t wait to get this book...and spend time working through this video in my practice room. Thank You!

[@martinapollo1537]

hermano!! te mando un abrazo! sos lo mejor que hay!

[@Terry-oj2bi]

Wow, John! Thank you for going through some of Philly Joe Jones licks in Joerg Eckel's book.The book is Awesome and I was hoping that you would take us through it one day as I knew that he was a student of yours.

[@BraeburnTV]

John Riley reminds me of a doctor I knew. He had a Porsche and he used to make such a spectacle of driving it. He’d put on special leather driving gloves and shit, go carving up the mountain roads nearby. 😆

[@LucaOliviero-jn2ri]

Great Master!

[@MELONenSURPRISE]

Dude that's wicked

[@chowchichang2922]

Beautiful ! The great John Riley !

[@christianwagenseil9621]

a big thanks to Jörg Eckel for putting the Solo Book together.

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

You one of the greats I bought your two books

[@vinifernandes8]

Great John Riley

[@drummermikeclark]

Thank you John this is great !

[@Dems-fk8sh]

Wow, these shimmering cymbals !

[@mhp2766]

Many years ago John's books and CDs helped me a lot getting to read bebop and expand knowledge. Always thankful

[@Dogdrum]

Me too. I started working on swing and bebop in late 2004 while I was in the military band as part of my national service vocation (Singapore). The Art of Bop Drumming was the first resource I used and still use.

[@Alino17]

Thank you Excellent examples; so many records came to mind... Great drum sound

[@tonydeaugustine588]

Just done so well. Beautiful job John!

[@pdxfunk]

Cool stuff and very useful! And DAMN that cymbal sounds good!

[@jcaldwell4988]

That set and symbols are gorgeous.

[@TomMendoladrums]

A wonderful demonstration. Thanks John!

[@DavidCornejomusic]

So good!!!!!! Thanks for sharing all of this knowledge!!!

[@aidanschram9652]

One of the best jazz books out there! So much u can do with it

[@keithhall9348]

Great information and INSPIRATION, John! Thanks to you and of course Philly Joe!

[@rupertwaldrondrums789]

Excellent video

[@ahchv]

This was great. Thank you

[@KarlLatham]

TY John and Memphis Drum Shop!!!!!! I was just looking at this book over the weekend thinking to make this part of my off the road COVID projects. Thank you so much for your wonderful explanations and exquisite performances!

[@kevinmoabpachecosegura2298]

AMAZING!!! Greetings from México maestro!

[@MattHobsonDrummer]

Such and elegant player

[@mikemackay1987]

What a great video

[@Rogersdrumvideos]

incredible book ... buy it !!!

[@NorthernRangerMusic]

this guy is intense

[@EricBaileyDrums]

Love John. Great video. Great cymbal too!

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

The ruff, I’ve always played it leading with the right. Great vid John!

[@farshimelt]

Play everything starting with both hands.

[@HernanGnesutta]

AMAZING Sir!!

[@drewconlin9452]

The 5 stroke roll when played 3x using the displacement is a tihai 3 x 5 + 1 = 16 _ the last stroke is also the downbeat of the next measure... more difficult when beginning on the 2nd beat of measure.

[@weeklydrumdiary1277]

Great book! I love it!

[@Benfreidkin22]

It all comes back to Philly......

[@brianshort4257]

A must have book for jazz drummers...

[@jacklegg-icanfixit732]

Thank you good class! I know what I will be working on today.

[@rhythmfield]

John shows us so effectively and clearly how Philly Joe Jones, whom I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live a couple of times and meeting once, took basic rudimentary building blocks and shifted them around so slickly and musically-always musical and swinging. I think most of these moves were TOTALLY spontaneous and in-the-moment. I’d be truly surprised to learn that Philly worked these things out carefully in a practice room. He was in the hot seat with the greatest post-Bop musicians of his generation and he came up with these things on the fly, which is why they always sound fresh and hip-to this very day.

[@bobweber4140]

Thankyou

[@mariotelaro]

Really great video!!

[@markielinhart]

That three stroke ruff‼️✌️🌻

[@tdrum21]

Very nice 👌🏽🥁

[@plummetplum]

Lush kit 😍

[@michaelobrien8219]

VERY COOL

[@bluerocker5563]

Epic!

[@randydoak6638]

I love that book! It's monumental. One criticism I have is that the sticking notation is too small for my old eyes.

[@kinedwin5290]

Thank share

[@Underdog_Drums]

I love thos 5 stroke rolls phrased like that. Dotted rudiments sound great when in context, and musical. What cymbals is he using?

[@memphisdrumshop]

He is using one of our Zildjian 20" K Constantinople Philly Joe Jones Rides! memphisdrumshop.com/search/k20pjj

[@leftde18]

That phrase is used in the Wilcoxon Solo Rolling in Rhythm. Philly Joe plays the first 8 bars of that Wilcoxon solo as an intro to his track Trailways Express. Check it out!

[@Underdog_Drums]

@@leftde18 They're really found everywhere in music (not so much the 5 stroke), so I'll have to check that out. Thanks!

[@tonygradisa1280]

Cool channel!

[@williamkjwilliamkj1815]

What styles of jazz accent the one and what styles accent the and of 4? Or does it just depend on the music?

[@toshi0383]

Would you please sell pdf version? I live in Japan and shipping fee is so expensive.

[@mojogroove1]

I believe Charley Watts from the Stones used some Philly Jo 3 stroke ruffs on 19th Nervous Breakdown. Seems like the English guys prefer the LLR sticking.

[@drewconlin9452]

The 5 stroke roll and diddle sticking if played 3 times makes a ti hai... because of shifting by a 1/4 note the last set of 5 end on the 1 1e a uh| 2 + ah| 3 e a| 4 e a ah| 1..... it’s based on Indian + 1 so the 16th stroke is actually the 1 ....

[@garyrynar3308]

Best jazz drummer today, and theirs a lot of great ones out there.. but then theres John Riley

[@orionorion99]

What is the syncopated rhythm that ur using for the 3 st 5 st lrll r . Is this a quarter note triplet

[@miguelreinosomusic]

AAMMAAZZZIIINNGGG

[@lukmanadila6543]

This is a national treasure.

[@MELONenSURPRISE]

Hi , what drum set is John playing in this video ?

[@memphisdrumshop]

Yamaha Recording Custom Birch Drum Set: 20x14, 12x8, 14x13

[@MichaelGibson5047]

What size are the cymbals

[@memphisdrumshop]

Zildjian 14" K Constantinople Light Hi-Hats: memphisdrumshop.com/cymbals/zildjian/14-k-con-light-hi-hats Zildjian 20" K Constantinople Philly Joe Jones Ride Cymbal x 2: memphisdrumshop.com/cymbals/zildjian/philly-joe-jones-reissue

[@nealsausen4651]

Actually if you want to be technically accurate That first sticking that he demonstrates is NOT a three stroke ruff!the three stroke ruff” will be stroked as follows: RLR-RLR or LRL-LRL Now As for the three single strokes: the first two notes being Grace notes (not counted) The third stroke being the main note or the “PULSED” note! The left left right (LLR) sticking or right right left (RRL) sticking Was/Is traditionally referred to as the “HALF DRAG”! See the “BUDDY RICH book” and other traditional snare drum rudiment books for details! But it’s no big deal you can interpret the sticking anyway you wish whatever sticking works for you! As I’m sure John would agree!

[@eduardoespino4886]

John Riley face is like the drum version of Chick Corea

[@PaulMarangoni]

Sold out!

[@catthehank]

Curious what cymbals he used for this video.

[@memphisdrumshop]

From right to left, John Riley is playing Zildjian's 14" K Constantinople Hi-Hats, 20" Medium Thin Low Ride Cymbal, and a 20" K Constantinople Philly Joe Jones Ride Cymbal. - MDS

[@danieldelac6264]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@justmarc2015]

I thought this was Chick Corea at first

[@nokia-gm8gv]

damn

[@thatgreenparrot9732]

Great video! But, I swear, in one angle, John Riley looks like Chick Corea :| If his hair is more curly, I'd be fooled even more hahaha

[@gvaratta]

What I've learned from Tommy Igoe is, Ruffs are made up of single strokes. So in this case what John opens with is a "Drag" rr L or ll R - I can't hold a candle to John's Jazz playing, I'm just stating a point about proper Rudiments Grammer.

[@farshimelt]

And a small point about the proper spelling of Grammar.

[@jordonwiersema2807]

Tommy Igoe claims this, but I really don't know where he gets it, from a historical pov

[@lieutenantcolumbo114]

@George Neidorf It is better to have an undeniable talent as a writer and to make mistakes in the writing of words than to have an irreproachable spelling put at the service of a mediocre style. There will always be proofreaders - men or computers - to correct your spelling, while no one will hold your hand to give you talent.

[@jiyujizai]

🙄🌱💚🌼

[@Charl_Ed]

Guys that’s a $500 ride cymbal! 🤦‍♀️ well... 10 years of saving up might do the trick... I guess...

[@nybcbuildingmanager6770]

llCurly_Friesll probably worth every penny imo. Those old istanbul K’s are around $1200 +. If you think though...great ride cymbals (and any instrument) are a lifetime investment for those who really love the instrument.

[@drew6237]

I support the dream

[@shlapleps3306]

It’s Chick Corea

[@Lorenzo1950]

Philly Joe to me is difficult to follow because he was unpredictable. His comping patterns were very complex. He also had a very loose style and made it seem easy when some of his playing to me was impossible to follow unless I listened to the song 300 times. I always wanted to play like the drummers that were much older than me because I liked the looser style. What I mean by loose is that they were not rigid or robotic. Drummers that are too perfect to me are like machines.

[@patnaidoo4660]

jeff goldblum is a great drummer

Rock drummers make easy stuff look hard. Jazz drummers make hard stuff look easy.