Drummers of the period supported the new style by incorporating connected legato rolls, sustained cymbal crashes, and ostinato patterns onto various instruments,creating a timekeeping effect on a lighter sound. Timekeeping on an instrument with a lighter texture had the effect of relaxing the feel as well as enhancing the efforts of the strong bass players, such as JimmyBlanton with Duke Ellington and Walter Paige with Count Basie. The drummer and the bass player became a cohesive timekeeping team. The ostinato patterns were often quarter notes or a combination of quarter notes and triplet figures, a carryover from and woodblock beat of the Dixieland style, which were to become known as "ride" patterns as they were applied to the cymbal.