Weather Report Fusion Style Drum Solo- Soloing Over Figures and Vamps Part 2

Here is Part 2 of a series of videos that demonstrate how to solo over rhythmic figures and vamps. This solo is in the Jazz Fusion style similar to something you might have heard the band Weather Report play in the 1970's and 80's.
The track is from the book The Drumset Soloist by Steve Houghton. This book comes with a CD that has play-along tracks containing many types of solo vamps. This enables you to practice and experiment with your soloing ideas.
After I play the solo I talk briefly about playing long and short notes on the kit. I then demonstrate how to use figures between the hands and feet to add to your solo vocabulary. These types of techniques are perfect for playing solos like this. For demonstration material I use several pages from my book Advanced Coordination for Drum Set and Hand Percussion. The book is available from me at [email protected] if you are interested.

The equipment I am using for this video consists of: Doc Sweeney Stave Drums in African Olive wood 20"x 16" Bass Drum Toms: 10"x 8", 12"x 8", 14"x 14 floor tom and a 14"x 6.5" Doc Sweeney Olive wood Snare Drum.
Cymbals are: Sabian Jack DeJohnette 20" Ride Wuhan 20" Lion Cymbal Paiste Traditional 16" and 17" thin crashes Sabian HH 13" Regular Hi-Hats Sabian 12" AA Mini Hats
Heads on toms are Remo Pinstripes on toms Bass drum is an Aquarian Power Stroke 1 head. Snare is an Aquarian coated head. Microphones are a AKG C24 stereo overhead and an Shure Beta 52 on the Bass drum.