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How to become the ultimate sideman as a jazz drummer? (2016)

Eric Ineke
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Name: Eric Ineke Subject: Jazz Drums Research Supervisor: Rein de Graaff Title of Research: How to become the Ultimate Sideman Abstract In 2009 I started writing my book 'The Ultimate Sideman', which was published in 2012. So when later given the opportunity to undertake a Masters Research project, I immediately knew my research question: "How does one to become the ultimate sideman as a jazz drummer?" This is not an easy question, and I think that in my book the answer is hidden behind the story. The main part of my book consists of two long interviews I did with the American soprano/tenor saxophonist and educator, David Liebman. Prior to these interviews I wrote roughly one hundred portraits of the musicians I've played with and the experiences I've had with them both on and off stage. I sent these writings to David, who used them to compile some very interesting questions on which we based the interviews. The first interview was conducted in 2009 and the second in 2010. Alongside the interviews, all of my portraits were also published in the book. From these interviews/conversations emerged the topics of influences, awareness of certain styles, the quarter note groove, interaction, and how to deal as a drummer with different soloist's varying approaches to the time-feel. I wrote this book especially for young and upcoming jazz drummers/students to give them some insight into real life situations through the eyes of an experienced drummer/sideman. There are hundreds of books written with great drum exercises, and I felt that another book of exercises would not add anything more to what is already available on the market. In order to collect extra feedback and to have points of comparison from the careers of my drummer colleagues, I also conducted interviews with two other well-known ultimate sidemen, Adam Nussbaum from New York and Joe LaBarbera from Los Angeles. These two interviews can be found in appendices i and ii. Biography Eric Ineke started his career in the sixties. Drummers like Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones were his inspiration. In 1969 he made his first record with Ferdinand Povel. From the seventies on Eric played in the legendary Rein de Graaff/Dick Vennik Quartet, The Ben van den Dungen/Jarmo Hoogendijk Quintet and The Piet Noordijk Quartet. During his career he recorded numerous CD’s and toured with many great American jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, George Coleman, Al Cohn, Jimmy Raney, Barry Harris, Eric Alexander and David Liebman. For more then 40 years he is a member of the Rein de Graaff Trio and appeared on numerous jazzfestivals like Nice, Pescara, San Remo, Athens, Toronto, Montreal and New York. Since 2006 he is leading The Eric Ineke JazzXpress, a swinging band in the hardbop tradition. In 2012 he published his first book ‘’ The Ultimate Sideman’’, which he wrote together with David Liebman, for Pincio Publishers. He teaches at the jazz department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
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keywordsResearch by teachers of the Royal Conservatoire
date11/12/2015
published23/08/2016
last modified23/08/2016
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/235561/235562
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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