I saw Buddy Rich a few times in the 70’s, Joe Morello, Peter Erskine.
As I stated earlier, these lists of Rock drummers invariably turn into a list of Jazz drummers. But the reason could be that many of those who make these lists are interested in musicians who have progressed in their craft, which ultimately is learning to play jazz.
When I started playing drums, I only wanted to play rock. After awhile, my instructor led me to jazz and I’m glad he did.
There are Rock drummers who are the best for the genre or a band’s style of music; e.g., Ringo. Then there are drummers who are highly skilled who move beyond a single genre. There’s no doubt that Carl Palmer, Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell have the chops to play jazz, but are in the Rock category. And then there’s Steve Gadd and Jim Keltner who decidedly play it all.
The following link was on another thread and is for the Neil Peart fans. This girl is amazing; she makes forget that I don’t like Rush...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C00BpiE52mM
As I stated earlier, these lists of Rock drummers invariably turn into a list of Jazz drummers. But the reason could be that many of those who make these lists are interested in musicians who have progressed in their craft, which ultimately is learning to play jazz.
When I started playing drums, I only wanted to play rock. After awhile, my instructor led me to jazz and I’m glad he did.
There are Rock drummers who are the best for the genre or a band’s style of music; e.g., Ringo. Then there are drummers who are highly skilled who move beyond a single genre. There’s no doubt that Carl Palmer, Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell have the chops to play jazz, but are in the Rock category. And then there’s Steve Gadd and Jim Keltner who decidedly play it all.
The following link was on another thread and is for the Neil Peart fans. This girl is amazing; she makes forget that I don’t like Rush...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C00BpiE52mM