New Direction

Herlin Riley

Label: Mack Avenue
Format: CD
Barcode: 0673203110120

Catalog number: MAC 1101
Releasedate: 01-04-16

- solo drums

- complex rhythm cycles by drummer Herlin Riley

For all of the hard rhythmic driving intensity of New Direction, Riley is not one of those drummers who needs to blast away to captivate listeners and to remain engaged. In these powerful arrangements, you can discern Riley’s fascination with complex rhythm cycles, where each man’s instrument seemingly functions as a direct extension of the drummer, by layering contrasting metric accents one upon another with varying degrees of intensity, often as a prelude to some vigorous theme and variation by this most melodic of drummers.

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