Working Drummer

451 - Ulysses Owens Jr.: His New Jazz Drumming Course on Drumeo, Jazz Representation on Social Media

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In this episode, Ulysses talks about:

  • Relocating back to his homestate of Florida after 20 years in New York
  • How he moved from his gospel roots to jazz as a teenager, and the commonalities and differences between the two
  • His Drumeo video playing Nirvana's "In Bloom"
  • His jazz drumming video on Drumeo unpacking the nuts and bolts of jazz drumming
  • The various misrepresentations of jazz drumming
  • His philosophy for learning jazz drumming, and why he believes it's best to start at the beginning of its history and move forward in time
  • The most essential skill in jazz drumming - "making the ride cymbal dance"
  • Subtlety and stealth in big band drumming
  • Representation in drum media
    • ...more
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