Juilliard Jazz Drummer Hears & Performs Nirvana For The First Time, Figuring Out the Drum Components in Actual Time

What occurs when Ulysses Owens Jr–a Jazz musician and jazz educator at Juilliard–hears Nirvana’s “In Bloom” for the primary time (minus the drum elements), after which makes an attempt to drum alongside? What’s he listening for? How does he instantly craft an applicable drum half? And the way does it evaluate to Dave Grohl’s authentic? Watch above, and you’ll see the way it unfolds…

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