Wilcoxon - Introduction to Modern Rudimental Swing Solos by Charles Wilcoxon

[@rondeangelis7384]

wow Rick so gracious of you to inspire and share with us Wilcoxon. lots of valuable info you just talked about that i would not have known, especially in the context of jazz.

[@garytalbot3573]

Brilliant! Thanks for doing this for the drumming community Rick. I have the book & look forward to watching & learning the solos.

[@delablobbo]

I enjoy your vids. You're a good player and teacher. Good technique. I'm 67 and have played for a half-century. I've been with Wilcoxon's Swing Solos since the 70s.

[@xandermor10]

Hi Rick. I have just finished learning all the 27 solos during the pandemic. It took 13 months. I have used your videos as a reference for feel, tempos, and other things. Thank so much for this resource! Your videos are a great learning resource for the drumming community!

[@rickdior]

Hi Alex That's great! I would love to hear/see you play a few of them.

[@carlosdrums97]

Thanks a lot for your videos! 😊🥁

[@dennisstgermain442]

Thank YOU again. More to work on during the long hot summer ahead. Stay safe during this trying time.

[@carstenvogel2103]

Love your videos. They inspire me and make me a more informed and dynamic player! Thanks!

[@cymbalsplus]

You are a lifesaver Ric!

[@gregsbasicdrumsetlessons1172]

Thanks for sharing. Very nice!

[@ruifaustino]

Very interesting. Good teacher!

[@vibenationusa]

Rick, Really enjoy all your videos. I use them as examples for my students at Notre Dame. Plus they are a great reference for me too. Now that I am retired from 36 years at Ludwig, I am enjoying teaching college students and also re-learning all these great snare drum solos I played when I was younger, especially during these pandemic times. They are all great building blocks materials to improve our drumming. Appreciate your video style, accurate playing and presentation. Thank you.

[@rickdior]

Hi Jim Thanks for writing. I love your vibraphone playing! Thanks so much for you kind words and please keep in touch. Rick

[@groovebag61]

Hi. Splendid intro! Where are those videos? Thanks.

[@rickdior]

Go to the Wilcoxon playlist on this channel.

[@groovebag61]

@@rickdior Thank You. I just found your Channel and find your play very inspiring!

[@Partygetterhonour]

Wow! This is an incredible coincidence as I've been following your videos for about a year now and had just discovered the Wilcoxon book from another drummer a few months ago but haven't yet heard the pieces played. Just want to say thank you, Rick. All the best, and stay well!

[@thibodaux3424]

Thanks so much for the information and reference recordings. I'm going through the book now and am hoping it will improve my vocab and Bebop authenticity.

[@juanescalante2206]

Great!!!! Wonderfull job Maestro!!! Best wishes from Argentina

[@rickdior]

Same to you Juan Thanks for watching

[@Pierredavidgirard02]

this is gold. thanks

[@RadsDrumSchool]

Love the point you made on vocabulary and how important this book was for the jazz drumming lexicon. I've read that so many of the great jazz drummers- Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, Philly Joe and others were tap dancers. I'd love to hear Wilcoxon and other drummers who grew up in the Vaudeville Era discuss the influence of tap dance on the drums and drum set.

[@Javi7Tron]

Great Job !! Thanks

[@fellipisodre8392]

Thank you!

[@TonyCuscina]

Excellent Rick! I also was a student of Joe Morellos in the early 80’s. Glad to have met you here online. I look forward to your presentation. Stay well! 👍

[@afrogasp]

thanks!

[@mattkanter1729]

Great to discover this ! Thanks! Wondering, please- Do you also / ever play matched grip ? ( I hear that Steve Smith changed over )

[@rickdior]

Yes, I play both grips. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnXHkGt8i9SSY6s

[@Javi7Tron]

It´s a great job because there are no good performances of this solos on youtube. Thanks a lot. For me are very good the last solos of the previous Wilcoxon’s book “The All American Drummer”, the full pagers solos (from 121 to 150) and the last solos from 132 to 150 have an interesting fact: they contain all the 26 rudiments in each solo. This don’t happens on the second book.

[@JohnSturino]

I'm really curious... Where did you add that one flam? There's a passage toward the end of "Heating The Rudiments" that I like to add a flam on - It feels a little empty without it.

[@rickdior]

Hi John Sorry but I can't remember. Maybe someone will chip in here and remind me.

[@danilomenna2031]

Hi Rick, thanks for the upload, lot of golden quotes and information in this video. Can you tell us which sticks and skin you're using here? Seems perfect for practicing. Thanks

[@rickdior]

Hi Danilo The Sticks are Zebrawood which I make for myself and sell to others. The head is a Remo Skyntone head if I remember correctly.

[@stalliec]

Excellent introduction, thank you for this and the whole project. Been working this book for some time as student and teacher, it's tough love and outstanding for jazz drum kit players. Do you always recommend bigger sticks? I know Gregory Hutchenson does. Others feel use your main sticks you gig with. Thanks for your excellent conribution.

[@rickdior]

When I warm up and work on my hands I use a heavier stick but not a stick with a wider diameter. This is so my grip does not widen when I am practicing. That's why I use heavier woods when I make my own sticks.

[@icaroioi]

I've been doing these studies for some months, along with the 150 solos. I really suffer trying to add groove to written solos such as Wilcoxon's because I'm very minucious and perfectionist with tempo and rhythm. Is there any tips anyone could give me, or any video that help? Thanks

[@alexfr811]

Hi Rick... first of all, congratulations on this channel! Super useful info!... I'd like to ask you where to find your recordings of this book. i don't know if im missing something but I can't find the link to them. Thx so much!!

[@rickdior]

They are on my you tube channel under the Wilcoxon playlists called the All American Drummer and Modern Rudimental Swing Solos.

[@alexfr811]

@@rickdior got it!... And you also have All American Drummer and Advanced Funk Studies. I'm now about to hit the Solos section... Awesome!!!! This is gonna be super useful!!... Thx sooo much

[@calmac9720]

These videos are great thank you. Do you know where one can get hold of a copy of this book? It has been on my wish list for ages, and now I find that it's not available anywhere!!

[@rickdior]

It should still be in print. If you are in the States try Steve Weiss Music.

[@calmac9720]

@@rickdior Thank you for your reply. I am in the UK. I have purchased music books from Steve Weiss in the past. Even they don't seem to have it!! ps I am really enjoying your incredible range of videos. Thanks again.

[@kennethtaylor964]

I understand the publisher went out of business. The catalog is apparently up for sale. The publishers' catalog includes a wide range of music. There are a number of other titles in the catalog that are of interest to drummers. It would be a great loss if that catalog does not find a new home. This happened in late 2019.

[@larrytate1657]

I tried to get this book but couldn’t find it but I found All American drummer by Wilcoxin. Is that a good book to work on too?

[@rickdior]

Thats a great book but the solos are shorter and very similar to each other. This book is his masterpiece.

[@larrytate1657]

great I just found one on eBay had to bid I bit high for it but it’ll ensure that much more that I utilize it, lol. Thanks again.

[@jaynebronson4098]

What's your thoughts on a vast majority of videos of Rolling In Rhythm being played completely straight on KZbin? Are most people missing the point that it's a book of swing solos? There's also a number playing Rhythmania that seem to completely overlook the fact it's obviously meant to swing

[@rickdior]

Hi Jayne You can play the solos straight or with a slight swing. By swing I do not mean with a constant triplet feel at all tempos. The idea is to ghost the drags and rolls and interconnect the phrases so they sound smooth, not choppy. As you get faster the swing feel will dissipate as it does when you are playing very fast jazz ride cymbal patterns. A good example of this is the soloing of Philly Joe Jones. He swung some phrases in his solos and played others straight. His ability to stream together these two feels and his thorough knowledge of rudimental stickings and phrases made him an incredible soloist. It is well documented that he loved the Wilcoxen books and studied them constantly as well as teaching them to his students. So in a nutshell you can and should play these solos both ways so that you have a large technical vocabulary to turn to in all styles of music.

[@donalddonaldson5418]

Hey Rick, what are you playing on? It looks like a snare but sounds like a pad!

[@rickdior]

It's an old quiet tone drum mute.

[@kennethtaylor964]

The publisher of the Wilcoxon books has currently (late 2019 to mid-2020) suspended publication of all their materials. Fortunately, an EBook version is available: www.jwpepper.com/Modern-Rudimental-Swing-Solos-for-the-Advanced-Drummer/2045409.item?fbclid=IwAR2AyDuKhK9S36q2ziAzDb9C_HzVcOV1bvgWTl490Ncf95yj-hHkCTRiwgg#/submit:

[@rickdior]

Thanks for the info Kenneth

[@Javi7Tron]

Regarding to the rolls, as you say, in this book, all the 7-stroke rolls are triplet based, instead 16-notes based (as are in Pratt book). Triplet based 7-stroke rolls are much more difficult than 16-note based 7-stroke rolls, because are much quicker. The fact is that in his previous book “The All American Drummer” he used a lot of 7-stroke rolls (16-note based), but he wrote them in a non standard way, he wrote them as a ruff attached to a 5-stroke roll. Some people complained about that, so Wilcoxon said: ok fuck all of you, on my next book I will supress all the 7-stroke rolls (16-note based) and all my 7-stroke rolls will be triplet based, to fuck you 😂😂