Brian Blade Lick

Week 4 of a series I'm calling "52 Licks." 1 new jazz phrase each week for 2013.
This week's phrase came from a gig I went to with Brian Blade, Sam Yahel, and Peter Bernstein. They used to have a trio at Small's every Wednesday night, and I went there like Church.
Brian played this one night and I never forgot it. It's essentially a New Orleans phrase, just spiced up a bit. Turns out, he's not the first to play it, as with most good phrases - it's been around awhile. But as you'll hear, there's good reason for it to last this long.
Enjoy!
Justin

[@NathanSletner]

Thanks for doing this. I'm working hard on my jazz.

[@zachgross3170]

Sweet chop BRO!

[@macdonald539]

another sweet chop brother! thanks for sharing.

[@paradidd]

Yeah I used to go to Smalls on those weds a lot too! Remember it was 10 bucks to get in? Good times!

[@skintune]

great presentation and communication..

[@flotuc]

thank you , i like the way , you explain it!

[@SonofGalahad]

Thank you. Great bit of movement. Cool.

[@michaelminer3157]

Really enjoy your teachings. Do you have any videos of you performing? Would love to check that out! Thanks for all the work making these videos and sharing these licks!

[@JazzDrummersResource]

+Michael Miner Hey Michael - Sorry I missed this the first time. Here's a playlist with some of my performances. ruclips.net/p/PLG_2MMOYD0lsVxuRgJtCPYj-XJtjzkH6y

[@batakamx]

Is this lick similar to what Billy Martin plays at the very end of the song "Chank" (fade out) from Scofiels A Go Go album???

[@nadirsharav]

thank you very much

[@drv30]

Could you do some ride cymbal stuff, from brian blade, tony williams, or bill stewart?

[@sumstufflol]

do some tony, he has enough licks to get to the center of a few tootsie pops but you could pick an appropriate one.

[@caoddgjh]

Ididnt unterstood, please, i beg you...write them !!!!

[@ASVBROWN]

yo man could I get an email for you?

[@luke2thab]

I love your videos, but you can be extremely long winded.