Who's a good drummer now?
waxjunky
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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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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
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
Edit: completely forgot about Malcolm Catto.
?uestlove
Jaki is my number one. Hearthtrob for this dude's hi-hat foot action (16th notes related).
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)
stole my two suggestions.
amaaaazingly talented.
Lightning Bolt live last year =
i'll add morgan agren from mats/morgan:
John Stanier of Battles. Been a favorite of mine for a long time.
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.
This man has bought records off my on ebay last year....didn't know he was a drummer to be honest.
Saw them live about 2 years ago and dude was smokin' on those pots and pans!
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.
Sorry fellas
Oh give it a rest man.
- spidey
Well of course. Max Roach solos anyone?
Appreciate the form, not the context.
I mean Johnny Vicious '1 million beats a f*ckin' minute' ?
- spidey