Stevie Wonder is one of my all time favorite drummers. If the criteria is playing in service of the song, then Stevie's THE MAN. Everything he plays seems absolutely perfect for each song. Eric Clapton (who's played with quite a few good drummers) says Mr. Wonder has to be the greatest drummer of our time.
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?
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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Stevie Wonder is a gas! Speaking of great drumming by musicians for whom drums is not the main instrument (Stevie), my favorite is Richard Manuel, pianist and singer of The Band. Very creative and unique, better than most drums-first drummers imo. And what a sense of musical humor! Few realize it, but it is Richard playing drums on almost half the songs on The Band’s second (s/t, "brown") album. Other pretty good drummers are Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, and Andrew Gold (Ronstadt’s guitarist in the 70’s). Not to be argumentative or disrespectful of others opinions, but the solos in both "Wipe Out" (not actually a solo, per se) and (especially) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" are considered by drummers as two of, if not the, worst in the history of recordings. Ron Bushy played the solo in all single-strokes, displaying his complete lack of technique and chops. Embarrassing. The solo is also musically boring, with not a hint of wit or intelligence. Dullsville, baby. |
Check out this drummer from Canada https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryvuvac3JXo This is perhaps why I like all drummers - everyone brings something to the table either from a unique style, feel or masterful ability in certain aspects. I don’t think I could ever play like this - not in a million years - the amount of practice and dedication to pull this off is phenomenal!! |
Agree with John Bonham, Art Blakey, Santana 3 and the Sheffield Drum record. I would add the solo by Pierre van der Linden from the Dutch band Focus, on track Anonymous , album Focus 3: less showy than others but thrillingly effective in its context. Am also an admirer of Ian Paice from Deep Purple, some solos on the Made in Japan album are impressive. |
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