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PLAYALONG TRACKS
   "Island Hopping"
        From The Drumset Performer
        by Steve Houghton & Wendell Yuponce

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American Custom® SD4 – Barrel tip. Light and fast for jazz quartet or chamber music. L=15 7/8", Dia.=.545"

THIS WEEK'S TRACK IS EXCERPTED FROM THE DRUMSET PERFORMER A Contemporary Approach to Playing the Drums by Steve Houghton and Wendell Yuponce Created to build the vocabulary and confidence of the aspiring drumset performer. Techniques such as time-keeping, soloing, effective filling, phrasing, and chart reading are all studied, demonstrated, and presented in a play-along format. This book will challenge, inspire, enlighten and, most of all, let the drumset player create and improvise. Book & CD. 30 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. ITEM: 00-PERC9604CD UPC: 029156208733 ISBN 10: 0769233791 For more information, visit: http://www.alfred.com

Internationally renowned jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator, Steve Houghton initially received acclaim at age twenty as the drummer with Woody Herman's Young Thundering Herd. Since then he has shared stage and studio with luminaries Gary Burton, Clay Jenkins, Shelly Berg, Toots Thielemans, Christian McBride, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Florence, Freddie Hubbard, Lyle Mays, Dianne Reeves, Billy Childs, Rosemary Clooney, Pat LaBarbara, Arturo Sandoval, Joe Henderson, Bob Sheppard, Karrin Allyson and Maureen McGovern, to name a few. A band leader, classical percussionist, clinician and author, Houghton is also the professor of percussion and jazz at Indiana University-Bloomington. Check out Steve's artist feature on vicfirth.com!