Thanks for the post Eric. It’s a fun discussion but would be way better over a beer or something but not while the band’s playing - I just want to listen to the music when it’s playing.
In the pocket is a wonderfully descriptive term isn’t it. Exactly like ‘In his cups’ except way different... |
Anyone get the new Stormwatch yet? |
@geof3, oh yeah. So many good drummers. I will certainly never get around to them all. Thanks for your posts. Some good meat to chew on. One of the things I really like about this thread - ideas about what to listen to and for - on the recommendation from participants who are, let’s just stipulate, serious music listeners and maybe even serious musicians themselves. Cool. |
You know @bdp24 , the drummer on the Weather Report album that @geof3 posted to begin this sub-thread is another that we could include on the list you began. Acuña was both a tremendously prolific studio (Records and Movies) musician and toured as a member of WR for awhile. I think he’s only on a couple or maybe three of those mid 70s WR albums (their best by far). IMHO that band went way downhill after he left. Probably not just because he left....
So many great drummers to admire. What do you think, can we generalize differences between drummers who were/are primarily touring band members and those that were/are primarily session musicians? Is it more than just athletics vs. artistry? Or is it less about style and more about temperament? |
@geof3 & @nkphoto, how about the young Mr. Sanchez in that video you posted NK! Now, he is one great drummer. He’s so good he’s like two drummers (at once). |
@geof3, yeah.
A couple of years ago now I learned about a drummer that has the most amazing rapport with his piano player, their work together is really extraordinary in that aspect. His name is Ofri Nehemya and he plays with the Contemporary Jazz pianist Shai Maestro. Try the album The Dream Thief if you’re interested.
Another drummer that when listening back has really just amazed me lately is Danny Carey. You undoubtedly know his work with Tool but have you ever heard him play with Volto!? I think they felt they could just let go and show their stuff and really experiment on that one amazing jazz-rock/experimental record they made. It’s jaw dropping stuff for me.
Neil Pert was my favorite drummer but with him gone I think I’d probably pick Gavin Harrison as my favorite these days. I especially like his work with The Pineapple Thief but he makes everything he’s recorded on better.
There are many others that could be discussed. Who are some of your favorites? |
@geof3 +1 on Heavy Weather |
@tomic601
re: Macy Grey/ Stripped. Another incredible Chesky recording. such a cool album and so cool to see you post about it. Stripped down to the elemental - surprised at how much I liked her on it and not just the great sonics I was expecting. Have to re-visit it again if I have time tomorrow. |
@nkphoto
Welcome. glad to have you here especially good to hear from another fan of Pat. We’ve had some good participation on here recently representing Metheny and of course surrounding Lyle‘s passing.
Keep the posts coming.
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Pat Metheny Group
Travels
O/P
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Gregory Alan Isakov
This Empty Northern Hemisphere
again...
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Bill Evans
Alone
Soundtrack to our evening gin game here |
I feel a good one comin’ on @tomic601 !
Welcome @rvpiano, that is a wonderful symphony. Do you have a dedicated mono cart/arm setup?
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Pat Metheny Group
American Garage
1979 ECM Spain
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@tomic601 Hey there. Beautiful day here too.
@slaw very pleased to report the Origin Live cartridge enabler is a good thing. |
Gregory Allan Isakov
This Empty Northern Hemisphere
2008 Suitcase Town Music |
Punch Brothers
All Ashore
2018 Nonesuch
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Hey @timo62 , nice to see your post here. +1 on the Robin Trower he’s been a favorite of mine since 1973. |
Glen Gould
The Goldberg Variations
1981 CBS Masterworks |
Chris Thile
Bach Sonatas & Partitas
Volume 1
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Hey Steve
You keep on rockin’ me baby |
Keith Jarrett
The Köln Concert
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Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
Beyond The Missouri Sky
2017 Decca European Reissue
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@slaw I got “Hot August Nights” for her too. Will report back after we listen. I liked those early 70s hits of his. They had catchy production aspects to go with the musical hooks.
Anyway, I should probably resist posting about records that are really more “hers” than my own.
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Chicago Transit Authority
1970 Columbia PP
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Neil Diamond
Double Gold
Bought this for my wife.
And well, good songs, everyone knows most of them by heart, but keyboards sound as if they were made my Kenner or maybe Playschool.... Awful sounding record really. Guitar sounds like it’s being played by a child. Guy writes songs for the ages but the musicianship and production, at least on this early stuff, was well...
I am forever doomed to conflicting musical taste with the women in my life. |
@slaw
+1 on the David Crosby
- - - - - - > Keith Jarrett
Munich 2016 ECM 2019 |
Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor
Boston Symphony
Mstislav Rostropovitch, Cello
1987 Erato (French)
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@drrsutliff
+1 on Twin House.
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Yo-Yo Ma/Chris Thile/Edgar Meyer
Bach Trios
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Aoife O’Donovan
Bull Frogs Croon and Other Songs |
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound
2017 Southeastern Records |
Keith Jarrett
Concerts
ECM 1982
Having 3rd disk-enabled out-of-body experience |
Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Knights
2019 Blue Note Reissue
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Shai Maestro
The Dream Thief
ECM 2018 |
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
In Concert, Zurich,
October 28, 1979
ECM Promo
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Beethoven
Symphony No 6
Berlin Philharmonic
Vaughn Williams
Symphony No 6 &
The Lark Ascending
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Tony Bennett
Bill Evans
Album
1975 Repress
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Van Morrison
Tupelo Honey PP |
Roger Waters
The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
Columbia 1984 Uncensored Cover
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@boxer12 +1 on deserters songs. Important to me and just a great record. |
@tomic601
sorry for your loss Jim. From your posts about him we know how very much he meant to you. |
@slaw maybe you missed my initial post. Haven’t done a lot of a/b comparison (with/without) but I can tell you I got more bass and overall clarity right away. Right now it’s under the 2lb stock 1200 mat (the table eeds a heavy mat regardless.). Pips up (lots of big voids in the platter). I will say I like it and it’s a very worthwhile addition, even on my sort of non-fancy rig. |
First Aid Kit
The Big Black The Blue
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I will when I get around to the installation myself... |
Time Flies on the streamer. This is good. Need to buy it. |
Hey @bgross, thanks for the reply, I spent years in New York and was up in Boston for work quite a lot during that time. Fun to hear your story and great to hear about your son’s interest in music.
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@bdp24 hey, that Pappy & Harriets is a great place isn’t it. |
I just bought one of those Too; half on the claims of sonic improvements and half because I need a just little shim in my current setup. Please let me know @slaw what it sounds like to your finely tuned ears bro.
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Maria Schneider Orchestra
Concert In The Garden
Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
Untold Passion
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@noromance
LPs have it all over those fancy dacs. |
@bgross, boy do you have some stories. Must admit I came to appreciate Johnston’s music much later than in real time. I like it but don’t have time and place associations like we do with so much of our favorite music.
During most of the 90s I was not getting to listen to much new music. I had little kids to raise and a wife with very limited musical tolerances. I know this is not a unique story - spent many an evening rocking babies to sleep to the tunes on a James Taylor’s greatest hits CD ... |
@bgross, +1 on the Cowboy Junkies. @tomic601 , +1 too on Ghost
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