Most jazz and blues, (especially before the Quartet broke so many barriers with "odd" time signatures 5/4, 7/4, 11/4) was in 4/4 time. The drummer usually kept time on the hi-hat by playing on the ...

Cool Justice: Polytone, polyrhythm: Brubeck's lure leads to fellow pioneers. By Andy Thibault Dec 10, 2012. ... said Black played odd meters "in a rhythmically smoother way" than anyone else.

Polyrhythm, different percussive patterns played simultaneously, is the heart of Gullah-Geechee music. And Dr. David Pleasant wants to teach you more about the rhythms, ...