tony williams on 'the great jazz trio live at the village vanguard'. a great conventional trio, with williams working his drumkit like he's auditioning for a led zepplin gig. as weird as that sounds, it is one of the great live gigs ever put to tape. man could 'he' keep a beat.
Big Bass Drum Jazz
I had a chance last weekend to see The Bad Plus play live in a small hall here in Pittsburgh. I've got a couple of their albums and honestly, they can't hold up with the live sound. BP's drummer plays like an animal and nothing they've released has captured it clearly. He’s really quite amazing to see live.
This did get me to thinking about some of my favorite drum recordings. None of them are have drummers as leaders but they are great non-the-less. Among my personal favorite jazz albums with great drumming are:
Duke Ellington - Duke's Big Four
Thelonius Monk - Monk's Music (Art Blakey was the man)
Dave Brubeck - Time Out & Further Out (Cliche but great)
Monk is not a great sounding recording, but the playing is amazing. Brubeck is a really good sound. The Ellington disk is among the best recordings I own and there is some really wonderfully done kick drum here. Great stuff.
Anyone have any other discs/records they'd like to champion?
This did get me to thinking about some of my favorite drum recordings. None of them are have drummers as leaders but they are great non-the-less. Among my personal favorite jazz albums with great drumming are:
Duke Ellington - Duke's Big Four
Thelonius Monk - Monk's Music (Art Blakey was the man)
Dave Brubeck - Time Out & Further Out (Cliche but great)
Monk is not a great sounding recording, but the playing is amazing. Brubeck is a really good sound. The Ellington disk is among the best recordings I own and there is some really wonderfully done kick drum here. Great stuff.
Anyone have any other discs/records they'd like to champion?
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