Who's a good drummer now?

waxjunkywaxjunky 1,848 Posts
edited January 2008 in Strut Central
The legends have been discussed. But who gets respect now? I'm not up on too much of the new music that comes out today, and my technical knowledge of drumming is average. Does Dave Grohl rate? No doubt he's multi-talented, but I'm not sure if his drumming is top shelf or not. And people always mention Travis Barker. Is he that skilled?Musicians, especially, chime in.
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  • The drummer from the Honeydrippers...




  • Ron Bruner jnr is a young drummer to to watch out for.
    (from his site)

    Ronald Bruner Jr.has been playing the drums since the age of 2. His earliest influence was his father, Ronald Bruner Sr., a world class drummer who has performed and recorded with Diana Ross, the Temptations and Gladys Knight.

    Ron Jr. began his professional career at the age of 15, at the Theolonius Monk Institute, which opened the door to perform with many great artists such as Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, and Ron Carter.,A few years later he became a regular member of Kenny Garret's band. Over the years his style has diversified, including punk rock with the band Suicidal Tendencies.

    Now age 23, his other extensive credits already include Lee Ritenour, Roy Hargrove, Tribal Tech, Larry Carlton, Marcus Miller, Kirk Whalum, Robben Ford, Patrice Rushen, Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, and Gerald Albright.

    He has one of my snares as well (www.spiritdrums.com) Spiritdrums Solid Shell Snares

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    Funk



    Malcolm Catto (Heliocentrics)

    Homer Steinwess (Dap Kings)

    Bernard Purdie

    James Gadson

    Earl Palmer

    Paul Humphrey

    Idris Muhammad

    Zach Danziger (David Holmes Ocean's 11-13)

    Richard Gibbs (Quantic)

    Max Weissenfeldt (Poets of Rhythm

    John McEntire, John Herndon, & Dan Bitney (Tortoise)


    Latin

    Airto moreira (Weather report)

    Wilson Das Neves


    Afro

    Chris Vatalaro (Antibalas)

    Tony Allen (King of Afrobeat)




    Rock



    Jon Theodore (formerly Mars Volta)

    Zach Hill (Hella)

    Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead)

    Thomas Pridgen (Current Mars Volta)



    Jaki liebezeit (Can)

    Brann Dailor (Mastadon)

    Disco/house

    Christian Ulrich (Tortured Soul)

    hm.. let me think about this alittle more..

    - spidey

  • minneapminneap 541 Posts
    i haven't been listening to much new rock or jazz music lately but a few of my favorites are Stanton Moore (Galactic, Stanton Moore Trio, Garage-A-Trois), Dave King (Happy Apple, The Bad Plus) and Martin Dosh. i'm a little partial to the last two since they're both Minnesota boys, but they both worth checking for.

    Edit: completely forgot about Malcolm Catto.

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    Homer ledfoot from the daptones

    ?uestlove

  • LeftyLefty 259 Posts
    that heliocentrics is one of my favorite records right now


  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    Max McVeety (Crown City Rockers, plus lots of sample replays and such)

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Ben Koller.

  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    Zakir Hussein stays up, and not just on tablas. Check his work on Bang on a Can's You've stolen my Heart.

    Jaki is my number one. Hearthtrob for this dude's hi-hat foot action (16th notes related).

  • Ari Hoenig


  • tim daisy from Vandermark 5 gets my vote:


  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Whenever Trans Am comes to NYC i check them strictly for thier drummer who fuckin bananas.

  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    some of my current faves:


    Hamid Drake


    Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt)


    Paal Nilssen-Love


    and a few I don't have pics of:

    Chris Corsano
    Roy Haynes (the man is in his 80s and is a living legend but he still plays with the energy of someone 60 years younger. if you get a chance to see him live DO IT. Best drummer I've ever seen.)
    Barry Altschul (also getting up there in years but still great)
    Rashied Ali (ditto)

  • brian blade


  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    Brian Chippendale
    Chris Corsano

    stole my two suggestions.

    amaaaazingly talented.

    Lightning Bolt live last year = -related

  • on chippendale, nilssen-love and corsano.

    i'll add morgan agren from mats/morgan:


  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts




    John Stanier of Battles. Been a favorite of mine for a long time.

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    on chippendale and nilssen-love

    Me too.

    Bmore has a slew of highly inventive drummers right now:

    Dave Bergander of Celebration (gotta see him live to appreciate)
    Elke Wardlaw of Thank You (new to Thrill Jockey roster)
    Chris Freeland of Oxes
    Will Redman of Microkingdom
    Dude from Ponytail (can't remember name)

    all top-notch in different styles.

    Dunno what he's up to now, but Wilf from Dog Faced Hermans was my favorite drummer of the 90s.

    Along those lines, Katherina of the Ex definitely is one of the top drummers of the day.

  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    And also Jeff Logan. Hats off for the soft batch. Dropping quiet shit:




  • Paal Nilssen-Love

    This man has bought records off my on ebay last year....didn't know he was a drummer to be honest.

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,121 Posts
    Don Littleton (Phil Ranelin's local touring drummer) and Cindy Blackman (better known with Lenny Kravitz, but most of her work is Elvin Jones influenced jazz) are really good. I met both in the past few years and they are very friendly.

  • Teppo Makynen aka Teddy Roks from Five Corners Quintet. Great band, fantastic drummer and a very funny guy!
    Saw them live about 2 years ago and dude was smokin' on those pots and pans!



  • BelsonBelson 880 Posts
    So many potentially good drummers.

    I'll go for Zack Starkey.

    Interesting talking to Malcom Catto as he personally doesn't rate himself as a solid drummer.

    And wubwub, if you made that snare....hats off. Beautiful sound.

  • gravelheadwrapgravelheadwrap corn 948 Posts
    brian blade







    John Stanier of Battles. Been a favorite of mine for a long time.


  • keith carlock


  • Although not really my type of thing....this man has serious skills.


  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    Lotsa drummers in this thread are making unlistenable music..

    Sorry fellas

    Dropping quiet shit

    Oh give it a rest man.

    - spidey

  • BelsonBelson 880 Posts
    Lotsa drummers in this thread are making unlistenable music..

    Sorry fellas


    Well of course. Max Roach solos anyone?

    Appreciate the form, not the context.

    I mean Johnny Vicious '1 million beats a f*ckin' minute' ?

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts


    - spidey

  • El PrezEl Prez NE Ohio 1,141 Posts
    Kareem Riggins (sp?_
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