This groove is amazing. It’s not original; I programmed it as written in John Xepoleas’ book, Lessons with the Greats, and he’d transcribed it from something Steve Gadd played.
I’ve included the MIDI version at two tempos to show how the feel of it changes with the tempo.
1e+a2e+a | 1e+a2e+a -------------------- 2 RC O O oO O | oO OO O - SD o o o | O O 4 KD O OO | O
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