Re: Playing behind the beat?

[Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org>]

I'm going to add my white guy comments to this thread.

I often have the pleasure of playing with some very competent rhythm
players.  In observing all of them I have concluded that thinking about
rhythm as a series of beats evenly placed from one another is an
entirely too narrow view.

I believe the illustration that has proved most useful to me is that
rhythm is a circle.  The beat is where the circle meets itself again in
the passage of time.

Regards,
Jeff