BADASS BIG BAND SWING - Buddy Rich is widely considered to be one of the best jazz drummers in the history of beards. He was also a legendary band leader who valiantly maintained the popularity of big band swing and jazz in the 50s while it gradually slipped from public favour. This is a famous recording of Buddy leading his band from the behind the drums with the wonderful, lilting tones of his 12 year old daughter on the mic. You might know this one from the All Seeing I cover [...]
Couple of weeks ago, I asked Rockfour's drummer Issar Tennenbaum to write couple of words about the great late Ami Traibetch, drummer of The Churchills who passed away. I liked what he wrote and since I know he's a hidden writer on one hand, and my fav Israeli drummer, I thought to myself - wouldn't it [...]
"C'est un peu une chasse à l'homme, comme il existe ici des chasses à courre. Sauf que c'est moi qui joue le rôle du cerf." Eric Worth "C'est une honte, qu'on laisse les cerfs tranquilles !" Brigitte Bardot Buddy Rich vs Animal drum battle The Muppet Show episode 522 (1980) clic bim bam boum tchktchktchk tatatata schcling !
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Gene Hoglan: The Atomic Clock. What he can do to an otherwise ordinary or bland riff is beyond explanation. He is an ARTIST first, world's greatest metal drummer second. Plus... confidence and a circular groove. How many times while writing with a drummer have you heard them say "There should be no drums there, it's [...]
Or, as Reatard [sic] 's via Twitter : "Fuck them ! They are boring rich kids who can't play for ahit anyways .. Say hello to your ugly and boring wifes opps I mean lifes guys suck it [.]"
There have been great drummers throughout history; Buddy Rich, Hal Blaine, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Max Weinberg, Liberty DeVitto , Ringo Starr, just to name a few. But now it's time to introduce you to my favorite drummer, seven-year old Andrew Kovacik. The young man rocked the second grade talent show at Greentree Elementary yesterday and he is line to be the next drummer in my band, Orange Is In . Sign him up, I think the kid has a future.
The year was 1994 and I'd just returned from another suspension for saying inappropriate things on-air at a college radio station. I said inappropriate things off air as well but that's considered endearing somehow. I sat down with a stack of new music to preview. I was exposed to many artists that day. But this one stands out despite their eventual commercial failure. The single was "Infested." In particular, the Darwin Goodman mix. Download: [...]
In what I consider a major "coup" for this blog, I've received permission from the great Al Kooper (if you don't know who he is go read this ) to post MP3s of his infamous "Kapusta Kristmas Albums". I'm starting with number 3 as I've only got Volumes 3, 4 and 5. Trying to get my mitts on the other two. Tapes of these records have been a massive influence and source of amusement to me and all my musician friends over the last 20 years or so, since my buddy Mark Spencer [...]
We're in a bit of a jazz groove these days. Last night, I watched Buddy Rich on the DVD player, his 1979 set at the Northsea Jazz Festival in Holland. Has there ever been (or will there ever be) a drummer with the speed and control that he had? He had remarkable dynamics and he never - ever - missed. There are plenty of amazing players out there but he still has me in awe every time I see him. Buddy Rich (with Bob Mintzer) - Ya Gotta Try And [...]
The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her. ~ Mary Quant " Sunday Groove " 01. Richard Groove Holmes - Grooving with Mr. G Comin' On Home (1971) 02. David Axelrod - Holy Thursday Holy Thursday/Song Of Innocence (Stateside, 1968) 03. Buddy Rich Orchestra - The Beat Goes On The Beat Goes On [7"] (Pacific Jazz Records, 1967) 04. [...]
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Kanye West's recent rant after losing at the VMAs may have made the rounds of viral video circles, but it was fairly tame in terms of the cream of the caught-on-tape celebrity tirade crop. Sure there was a bit of swearing, but nothing got thrown, nobody was fired, and nobody got called the N-word. Many of the following moments were captured on... Kanye West's recent rant after losing at the VMAs may have made the rounds of viral video circles, but it was [...]
gunther kallmann choir - daydream (mp3) buddy rich - the beat goes on (mp3) well, today has been a day of falling foul of 'optimistic record grading' and making everything at Common cost £10, even if it was only for the hour or so that it took me to put all of the proper prices back on the till. i hope your day's been less disappointing and that you didn't sacrifice an hour of your life to the god of poorly translated till manuals (i suppose i could [...]
Je n'ai toujours pas fait de playlist de l'été , c'est une tradition pourtant, aux alentours de Juin (parfois avant), de se préparer une petite playlist de 4, 5 Cds à écouter en boucle pendant les beaux jours, éclectique, donnant envie de farniente aussi bien que de danser (en général c'est une fois arrivé au Cd n°4...). Et cette année, keutshi, nada. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, peut être le temps qui ne m'a toujours pas permit de fouler l'herbe bien verte de mes pieds nus et sales. Si vous avez de bonnes chansons pop, latino, futiles mais suffisament [...]
Does sampling a song remove the original song's power? Does it make it less happy? Does it make you smile less when you hear it? Am I asking too many questions for a Monday? buddy rich - The beat goes on Happy Monday everyone! You can get this happiness here
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