Best Jazz Drummers

rooster241 · 06-02-2015, 02:19 PM

One of the great Hard Bop Drummers as can be seen in this performance of "A Night In Tunisia" from 1958.

Art Blakey - Drums

With:
Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Benny Golson - Sax
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Jymie Merritt - Bass

**Frownland** · 06-03-2015, 08:35 AM

^Love Blakey. Found this great video with him, Sunny Murray, and Elvin Jones, some of my all time favourites.

I think Murray played best in the video, he's just so damned off the wall (and high as hell probably).

rooster241 · 06-03-2015, 11:55 AM

I have seen that clip before. It's pretty cool to see the three of them jamming away like that. it's one of the many drum battles that used to be staged on TV shows. If you put the phrase "Drum Battle" into youtube, you'll find loads of them. A lot of the classic Drum Battles involved Buddy Rich. Here's the Buddy Rich/Gene Krupa Drum Battle, one of the most famous.

Rich played one with Louis Bellson, one with Jerry Lewis (Yup, THAT Jerry Lewis), he even played one against Animal from the muppet show in the 1970s. there were others of course. Lionel Hampton was involved in a couple. Before Hampton took up Vibes, he was a Drummer. And a host of others followed.

dwill123 · 06-03-2015, 05:27 PM

Everybody always forgets this guy, the late, great Ed Shaughnessy.

rooster241 · 06-03-2015, 05:39 PM

Oh Yeah, Ed Shaughnessy was a fine Swing/Bop Drummer. A whole bunch of really good musicians passed through the Tonight Show Band. Some the best of them stayed for years, like Big Ed.

This is Shaughnessy's Buddy Rich Drum Battle

permalink · 06-17-2015, 02:45 AM

Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Benny Golson - Sax
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Jymie Merritt - Bass

permalink · 06-17-2015, 02:45 AM

Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Benny Golson - Sax
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Jymie Merritt - Bass

dwill123 · 06-20-2015, 07:00 AM

My vote for most under-rated drummer in music, Mike Clark from Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters.

Chula Vista · 06-20-2015, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rooster241

This is Shaughnessy's Buddy Rich Drum Battle

That was killer. Rich's snare sounded so fine on that. (he won the battle big time too)

JGuy Grungeman · 10-27-2015, 01:44 PM

I'm going to go with Buddy Rich. Amazing. I've heard some of the best compositions from Buddy Rich.

06-02-2015, 02:19 PM	#31 (permalink)
rooster241 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: West Coast of Florida, USA Posts: 32	One of the great Hard Bop Drummers as can be seen in this performance of "A Night In Tunisia" from 1958. Art Blakey - Drums With: Lee Morgan - Trumpet Benny Golson - Sax Bobby Timmons - Piano Jymie Merritt - Bass __________________ Just one more freak in the freak kingdom.

06-03-2015, 08:35 AM	#32 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	^Love Blakey. Found this great video with him, Sunny Murray, and Elvin Jones, some of my all time favourites. I think Murray played best in the video, he's just so damned off the wall (and high as hell probably). __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-03-2015, 11:55 AM	#33 (permalink)
rooster241 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: West Coast of Florida, USA Posts: 32	I have seen that clip before. It's pretty cool to see the three of them jamming away like that. it's one of the many drum battles that used to be staged on TV shows. If you put the phrase "Drum Battle" into youtube, you'll find loads of them. A lot of the classic Drum Battles involved Buddy Rich. Here's the Buddy Rich/Gene Krupa Drum Battle, one of the most famous. Rich played one with Louis Bellson, one with Jerry Lewis (Yup, THAT Jerry Lewis), he even played one against Animal from the muppet show in the 1970s. there were others of course. Lionel Hampton was involved in a couple. Before Hampton took up Vibes, he was a Drummer. And a host of others followed. __________________ Just one more freak in the freak kingdom.

06-03-2015, 05:39 PM	#35 (permalink)
rooster241 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: West Coast of Florida, USA Posts: 32	Oh Yeah, Ed Shaughnessy was a fine Swing/Bop Drummer. A whole bunch of really good musicians passed through the Tonight Show Band. Some the best of them stayed for years, like Big Ed. This is Shaughnessy's Buddy Rich Drum Battle __________________ Just one more freak in the freak kingdom.

06-20-2015, 07:00 AM	#38 (permalink)
dwill123 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 265	My vote for most under-rated drummer in music, Mike Clark from Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters. Last edited by dwill123; 06-20-2015 at 07:06 AM.

06-03-2015, 05:27 PM	#34 (permalink)
dwill123 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 265	Everybody always forgets this guy, the late, great Ed Shaughnessy.

06-17-2015, 02:45 AM	#36 (permalink)
permalink Groupie Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 16	Lee Morgan - Trumpet Benny Golson - Sax Bobby Timmons - Piano Jymie Merritt - Bass

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permalink Groupie Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 16	Lee Morgan - Trumpet Benny Golson - Sax Bobby Timmons - Piano Jymie Merritt - Bass

10-27-2015, 01:44 PM	#40 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I'm going to go with Buddy Rich. Amazing. I've heard some of the best compositions from Buddy Rich.