Making Your Time Come Alive – John JR Robinson (Masterclass Teaser)
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Publicado 2020-12-23
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John Robinson was born in Creston, Iowa on December 29th, 1954, in Creston, Iowa. He's the son of the late optometrist, Dr. Jack Robinson and the late Helen Sloan. Both parents, through music, had a strong effect on John. He started on piano at the age of 5 and on drums at the age of 8. John turned pro when he started his first band at the young age of 10.
After attending many music camps throughout junior and senior high school, John chose to attend Berklee College of music in Boston, MA. At Berklee, John was introduced to a whole world variety of cultures through music.
While touring with his own band in early 1978, John got his break. Rufus & Chaka Khan came into the club where John was playing and by the third set, the band 'Rufus' was sitting in with John! Within a few weeks, John had moved to Los Angeles to finish the 1978 Rufus world tour.
In late 1978, John was introduced to Quincy Jones. "Q" asked John if he did sessions outside Rufus. Of course he replied "yes" and John was in the studio soon after recording "Off The Wall" for Michael Jackson. Ever since that record, JR's phone has been ringing...off the wall!
John “JR” Robinson has become the most recorded drummer in history, even surpassing the great Hal Blaine. Some of the hits are, We Are The World, All Night Long, You Are and Say You Say Me by Lionel Richie, I’m So Excited and Slow Hand by the Pointer Sisters, I’m Just A Gigolo and California Girls by David Lee Roth, Higher Love, The Finer Things and Back In The Highlife by Steve Winwood, Express Yourself by Madonna, Off The Wall, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal, Workin Day and Night and Bad from the late great Michael Jackson, Natalie Cole’s, ”Stardust” and Change The World by Eric Clapton, Quincy Jones’ The Dude, Q’s Jook Joint and From Q With Love, Give Me The Night from George Benson just to name a few. Of course in 1983 JR won a Grammy with Rufus and Chaka Khan for “Ain’t Nobody”.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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These modern day gospel chop guys get thousands of hits but yet this guy is the true yoda. I could just sit and watch and listen to this guy all day!! Him and Steve Jordan!!
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No doubt, JR IS The Time Machine!!!
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When I Got this after 2 years of contemplating what he meant, my whole drumming changed.. Finally I got that feel that all those great cats had.. When He says loosening the hihat phrase up, thats really where the biggest difference is.. He tilts the hihat 8th note phrase so instead of being even, the last of every 2 8th notes are a little bit late, pushing it towards a swing or shuffled 8th. AND ALL these great 70-80 legends did that, Jeff, Carlos Vega, Ed Greene, Keltner, Gaddson. They tilt the hihat phrase so that it is just between straight and swing.. That what makes that special feel! Finding that in between and keeping it consistent in the groove you are playing is a challenge, but once you know what to look for man...Its a game changer!! THANK YOU DRUM CHANNEL AND MR JR ROBINSON! Deepest Gratitude.
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Drummers listen to JR! A studio legend his grooves are killer as is his feel. Sidenote, listen to that perfectly tuned and great sounding snare!
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As a bass player and a musician most of my life I love the guys this channel brings and their insights. Mr Robinson is truly no exception. Great stuff!!
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Metronomically speaking JR is on time, ALL the time! One of my fav drummers. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
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The man has the GOODS!
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I remember reading about how JR was at Berkeley and was a popular drummer as he could just hold the beat for 15 minutes on recordings when it was all disco and stuff… so he’s got some real focus!
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Love JR! Awesome JR! You are the man for recording! You are absolutely so on point here. This shows a great recording drummer, completely different than live. So different! I've had some very interesting moments this week on this exact thing. In drumming you've got to know when to play "swampy" with a laid back "in the pocket" groove, with the Hi-Hats playing hard-soft 8ths or when to play more on top of the beat with Hi-Hats more straight. It's a very interesting process and one that the song dictates. All the best John! 👍🥁👍DC
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Like Larry Londin said "imagine a 3 legged dog running". He was another great groove drummer also
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One of my favorite drummers! Listened to him since Rufus!!
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Legend!
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Mahalo, Thank you JR from Honolulu.
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I like that groove at the end
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I once heard a story about the great Gary Mallaber which mentioned that he was referred to as Mr. Fix It, or The Fixer, or something like that. Basically, he was a ghost drummer on many great recordings. For those who don’t know, Gary was the drummer on a lot of the legendary Steve Miller Band and Van Morrison records. He did Fly Like An Eagle, Keep On Rockin’ Me Baby, Moondance, Caravan and other huge records where he was credited, but he also did countless uncredited recordings. I’ve heard the same about JR Robinson. He’s probably played without credit on more recordings than almost anyone else. The guy has a special gift, for sure. Working with Quincy Jones and Barbara Streisand is a tremendous credit in itself, but surely there are thousands of other awesome performances of his that we don’t even know about. He’s up there with players like Hal Blaine, Roger Hawkins and the other legendary studio cats. And, like Richie Hayward, he’s from a small town in Iowa, not far from where I grew up, which kind of elevates his status by default, ahem....but, I digress....👍🥁🕺
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Awesome!
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The best!
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Also the dynamic of the hihat changes.
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John Robinson Played on Lionel Riches First 2 Albums, Can't Slow Down 1983 and Dancing on the Ceiling 1987.
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This guy is the man
