Scott Henderson Discussion

[Vizzhang]

Hi Scott!

Thanks for your time for reading this. I been practicing your jazz chord book for a week, I got the main concept but there's some really crazy fingering on page 12&13, how do you play those chords?
And here's another question, I have seen a few of your gigs, how do you count "one" during the drum solo?
I have these questions for a long time，really hope you can help me out

Thank you
Viz Zhang

[Scott Henderson]

Some of the voicings in the book are hard to play for me as well. So the answer to your question is "with great difficulty".

Finding one in a drum solo is also difficult, especially if it's Dennis Chambers! I just tap my foot and hope that my one is the same as his. Sometimes Jeff Berlin and I watch each others' foot so we can stay together even if Dennis looses us, which he often does…

I don't worry about it that much - there's no way I'm going to be able to understand the incredibly complex rhythmic vocabularies of some drummers.
Therefore I've tried my best to develop good time within myself so I can tap my foot and be correct in where I am in the beat, no matter what's going on around me. It's not always easy, but that's the intention.