Don't know if you're into Fusion/Rock/Jazz BUT....drummer Simon Phillips released 2 albums; 'Another Lifetime' & 'Out of The Blue ("Another Lifetime - Live"). Besides being 2 of the finer Fusion efforts released within this past decade there's Phillips signature bass drum sound, which can only be describes as MASSIVE! When he plays with Toto they actually mix it lower although still recognizable. Go to audiophileimports.com and treat yourself!;)
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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