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

Working Drummer

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