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Best Drum Solos

I'm finding that I've been REALLY enjoying drum solos on my system lately. They seem to work the whole speaker, from the kick drum in the woofers, to the tom-tom in the midrange, and the cymbals and high hats in the tweeters. And when it all comes together, they are the instrument I have the easiest time seeing in front of myself.

I searched the forums titles to see if there were any good drum solo discussions going on, but I didn't see any. So here we go. In no particular order, here are some drum solos I've found to be very high quality:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Drum Thunder Suite
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Caravan
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Far More Drums
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Max Roach - Max's Variations

What are your favorite drum solos to listen to on your system? 
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rbstehno
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I have played drums for over 50 years in many groups throughout the years. I really
like the technical guys. I think ginger baker, Mitch Mitchell, Neal Peart and others are pretty good but play pretty basic, not very difficult. IMO John Bonham was very very good, and the drummer that has a very complex style is Mike Portnoy, used to be with Dream Theater in their better days. Just my opinion!
stevecham
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What, no mention of Buddy Rich?
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jafant
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Steely Dan- Aja
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shadorne
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So far I see no mention of Phil Rudd the human metronome who just sits in the pocket all night long 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tOKYFR4Rzg&feature=share

I don't think I have ever seen Phil do a drum solo!





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shadorne
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As for Bonham, he really supported the song adding to Jones or Page while keeping everything in a funky swing feel with plenty of tasty triplets. 

No mention of David Garabaldi?

And Dennis Chambers??

or Dany Carey ???

There are sooooo many fantastic drummers out there and I love them all including David Grohl, Patrick Carey and Meg White who all play in a wonderful self taught way that just sounds refreshing 




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