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Chief
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The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:11pm PT
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Billy Cobham had it down.
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Jim Clipper
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from: forests to tree farms
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:39pm PT
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Beware of Mr. Baker was pretty entertaining (on Netflix)
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Avery
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NZ
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:49pm PT
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Buddy Rich of the old. Lewis Nash of the new.
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Avery
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NZ
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:56pm PT
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What about John Densmore (of the Doors) for Rock drumming.
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clarkolator
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Aug 28, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
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Gene Krupa, Keith Moon. Don't have a third, fourth, or fifth.
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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Aug 28, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
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I didn't mention Elvin Jones, because he's on a plain all his own.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 28, 2015 - 12:47pm PT
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You guys already have 'em.
For pure power and technical virtuosity in jazz, Buddy Rich was at the top.
But for COOL jazz, it was Gene Krupa. That guy was the COOLEST of the cool!! What he could do on nothin' but a snare? And the faces he pulled!! Man, Gene Krupa could pull good faces while he was playing!
Neil Peart from Rush [a fellow Hoser] owns 7/4 in rock, certainly one of the best.
And chubby Keith Moon always had the best licks.
But John Bonham from Zeppelin could do stuff that nobody else can do. I have a pretty good sense of time signature, but to this day, I simply cannot - ever - count Black Dog! I just can't do it! Maybe if I saw the actual chart on paper, then I could read it. But I can't count it, it's that hard, and he does it that well!
Here are some of the best jazz Youtube drumming selections.
Buddy Rich playing Count Basie/Sammy Nestico's Wind Machine:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
I always liked the ABC Eyewitness News finish with the stacked perfect fourths.
If only watch ONE of these, watch THIS one! It's the Legendary Drum Battle between Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich on the short-lived Sammy Davis Jr. TV show. I only just found this version of the video today, and what makes it so great is Sammy's tap dancing at the beginning.
Man, that's entertainment! Today's entertainers do not hold a candle to these guys, the Masters of Cool.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
OK, OK - so maybe I lied. Maybe you have to watch one more. This is Buddy Rich playing on Johnny Carson with Doc Severinsen's The Tonight Show's drummer Ed Shaughnessy.
You gotta see it to believe it! Who wins? I think it's Buddy, but it's a tough choice!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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