R.I.P. Joe Morello

One of the great Jazz drummers of the last century.

From here:

Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, from the Dave Brubeck quartet, has died aged 82.
With the quartet he played on some of the best-selling jazz records of all time, including Take Five.
His family said he died at home in New Jersey on Saturday.

I attended a drum workshop by Joe Morello in the early ‘60s. I was flabbergasted by the elegance of his technique. As I recall, he had a rather dim view of rock drummers – something I was aspiring to be.

The Love of God

One of our older parishioners handed me a note a couple of weeks ago that began: “Here is a lyric I wrote for the children about a century ago”. There aren’t many people who can say that – he is well into his 90s. The note went on to ask me if I’d like to set a tune to it; here it is: