Great Drummers!!

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Don't want to put this Simon Phillips clip on the Crappy Drummers thread so...



Anthony Jackson on Bass!!

Watchin' a SP instructional DVD.
Got to meet him at NAMM once.

"I started playing Double Bass Drums in 1974 & the first thing I noticed is that the kit felt BALANCED!!" ~ Simon Phillips

[clankenstein]

oh yes.i went to one of his drum clinics years ago here in wellington,nice bloke and an awesome drummer.i first heard him on 801 live which has been remastered with extra tracks yahoo.

[uwe]

Phillips is simply brilliant, an abundance of chops and mindblowing technique coupled with an youthful enthusiasm in his playing and am excellent ear for what is going on around him. He was 18 when he drummed on Priest's Sin after Sin at the recommendation of producer Roger Glover (Phillips got an immediate job offer from the Brummies, but declined) and his drumming still jumps out on that album (and the whole JP drumming canon for that atter) to this day.

It's alright to play a lot if it is meaningful and takes the listener on a journey. Phillips is one of the few drummers that can do that. His drumming is pure joy and musicality to listen to. And he is also one of the few that actually understands how you can work two bass drums intelligently.

[Basvarken]

In the other topic I was going to post a clip with Simon Philips drumming with MSG, in comparison to Cozy Powell with MSG. But I couldn't find any video footage.
Simon Philips has a light-footedness, yet he still keeps it solid and powerful. Cozy Powell just bashed though the songs in a very unmusical manner.


There's a lot of drummers I really dig.
Kenny Aronoff is one that springs to mind. His drumming with John Mellencamp is excellent.



Or with Philip Sayce, who happens to be another favorite of mine.





Another favorite drummer of mine is Jason Patterson. He drummed with Cry Of Love and Chris Duarte.
Here he is with Cry Of Love.

[Freuds_Cat]

I just love Matt Abts drumming. Can pretty much be whatever he wants to be while still being in the groove.

I gotta agree about Simon Phillips.

[nofi]

joe morello (brubeck, et al) and chuck carroll (young fresh fellows).

[Barklessdog]

My favs

Tony williams


Billy Cobham


Bruford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBRQrJ30Bw&feature=related

Jack DeJohnette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIwHLsG2YdY&feature=related

Buddy Rich- yeah he was a lunitic to his band but-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaD54YcXpA&feature=related

[Basvarken]

I just love Matt Abts drumming. Can pretty much be whatever he wants to be while still being in the groove.

He's awesome.
On the Deepest End DVD you can see how he really communicates with the band and all the guest bass players in particular.

[Hornisse]

Saw this last week.  Some amazing chops!

[gweimer]

It's frightening just looking at his kit.

[Freuds_Cat]

I saw TB with Jeff Beck back in the early 90's his kit was bigger than average but didn't seem as ludicrous as that setup.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Funny how so many great drummers are getting DW kits now but they're so expensive most guys who play 'em play a single bass kit.
Bozzio must have spent a fortune on all that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe he got a lot of it (perhaps even all of it) free thru endorsements.
It not only looks ridiculous but sounds silly tooo hahaa haaaaa
Still....
He's amazing with Bozzio Levin Stevens!!!

[Freuds_Cat]

Drummer (John Yacka) I used to play with in 2 different bands back in the 80's played Camco kits which I believe was the same company before Drummers World magazine bought it.

Here it is. He has 2 Camco kits and depending on which band he is playing in will sometimes combine the kits using a double bass configuration. Obviously for Deep Purple stuff and being a left the single kick was a good choice. Paice is his hero.

[Barklessdog]

I saw TB with Jeff Beck back in the early 90's his kit was bigger than average but didn't seem as ludicrous as that setup.

Bozzio & Cobhan are two drummers who can carry off having huge kits.

I saw Bozzio with Zappa (many times) & with Missing Persons (great show)

[Freuds_Cat]

Yeah, John I agree he made that kit with Beck sound like it was the perfect setup.

@Rob: Thanks for that Phillip Sayce vid I have seen you mention him before but thats the 1st time I have actually listened to any of his stuff. We have a great drummer here in Aust called Nicky Bomba. He played with a band in the 90's called "Truth" (named after a trashy tabloid newspaper that used to exist in Melbourne - Always with the sense of Irony us Aussies ). Anyway apart from the fact that Nicky is a fantastic drummer, the Truth had a singer called Tony Kopa who sounds a lot like Sayce.

Great band IMHO, they were all big Free fans.