 On July 26, 1955, The Count Basie Orchestra documented a historic performance of "April in Paris" (Verve Records; MG V-8012 Master 235 Take #1). 29 year old Sonny Payne is the incredibly swinging drummer on that recording. This is a transcription of Sonny's drumming on that date. Of Note: Like most big band drummers of this period, Sonny played the bass drum lightly on all four beats (feathering) when the bass played walked, and played the hi hat on 2 & 4 (with the foot). For this transcription, I only notated the bass drum when I could hear a variation or accent (with the exception being when I notated the basic role the bass drum and hi hat; the start of line 3 and line 7, for example). Nick Scheuble, 2018 
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