In search of extra nasty drumming
June 26, 2018 10:26 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for music with extra backbeaty drums ("nasty" might be an appropriate adjective). The kind of drums that make your face wince. Most of the examples I have fall under "jazz" though I'm sure other genres have what I'm looking for as well. Examples within.
Examples:
Dave Weckl - Tower of Inspiration
Cory Henry - Miss Purty
Snarky Puppy - What About Me? (the drummer in that video, Larnell Lewis, provides some excellent examples himself)
Kamaal Williams - Broken Theme
Examples:
Dave Weckl - Tower of Inspiration
Cory Henry - Miss Purty
Snarky Puppy - What About Me? (the drummer in that video, Larnell Lewis, provides some excellent examples himself)
Kamaal Williams - Broken Theme
Best answer: Based on your examples, I think you're looking for what I would describe as very "busy" funk/fusion drumming. I could recommend a lot of this, but it might be easiest if I list some drummers and some artists they're known for playing with, and you can browse through their discographies. I'll highlight some albums that immediately come to mind.
--Steve Gadd, especially with Chick Corea in the 70s, especially the albums The Leprechaun and The Mad Hatter
--Terry Bozzio with Frank Zappa on the album Zoot Allures; with the Brecker Brothers on the album Heavy Metal Bebop
--Vinnie Colaiuta, e.g., his solo album and on the album Document by Karizma
--Dennis Chambers with John Scofield (Blue Matter) and the band Niacin (Organik)
--Nate Smith on the Chris Potter Underground albums (Follow the Red Line is a good one)
--Steve Smith with the bands Steps Ahead (Live in Tokyo 1986) and Vital Information
--Also if you like Weckl he has a deep catalog, both solo and with the Chick Corea Elektric band
--David Garibaldi with Tower of Power
posted by crLLC at 11:33 AM on June 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
--Steve Gadd, especially with Chick Corea in the 70s, especially the albums The Leprechaun and The Mad Hatter
--Terry Bozzio with Frank Zappa on the album Zoot Allures; with the Brecker Brothers on the album Heavy Metal Bebop
--Vinnie Colaiuta, e.g., his solo album and on the album Document by Karizma
--Dennis Chambers with John Scofield (Blue Matter) and the band Niacin (Organik)
--Nate Smith on the Chris Potter Underground albums (Follow the Red Line is a good one)
--Steve Smith with the bands Steps Ahead (Live in Tokyo 1986) and Vital Information
--Also if you like Weckl he has a deep catalog, both solo and with the Chick Corea Elektric band
--David Garibaldi with Tower of Power
posted by crLLC at 11:33 AM on June 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
Carl Pannuzzo, both fronting and backing Checkerboard, pours his heart into It's A Man's Man's Man's World (so much backbeat he drops a drum off the kit)
posted by flabdablet at 11:34 AM on June 26, 2018
posted by flabdablet at 11:34 AM on June 26, 2018
Response by poster: Oh wow, yes! Thanks all, keep em coming. flabdablet, I'm with you on the heart and soul, but I think I'm looking for music that's got more of a tight groove - I should have included that in the original question.
posted by mustardayonnaise at 12:33 PM on June 26, 2018
posted by mustardayonnaise at 12:33 PM on June 26, 2018
Best answer: Ginger Baker, esp with Air Force. Tony Allen.
posted by ElectricGoat at 1:45 PM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by ElectricGoat at 1:45 PM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Best answer: --Tony Williams
--Billy Cobham
--Chad Wackerman
posted by Mr.Me at 1:48 PM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
--Billy Cobham
--Chad Wackerman
posted by Mr.Me at 1:48 PM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Best answer: At 1:37:30 here, you can catch some amazing drumming from BOTH of the Tedeschi Trucks Band drummers.
posted by MonkeyToes at 2:06 PM on June 26, 2018
posted by MonkeyToes at 2:06 PM on June 26, 2018
Best answer: Golden-age hip-hop was built on sampling, and, as you might guess, a lot of those songs have some nasty drumming. E.g.:
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
Johnny Jenkins - I Walk on Gilded Splinters
The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President
Dyke and the Blazers - Let a Woman Be a Woman Let a Man Be a Man
Those are a few of my favorites, but looking at compilations like 'Ultimate Breaks and Beats' and 'Strictly Breaks,' 'Shaolin Soul,' etc., or poking around WhoSampled, or listening to breaks mixtapes, will reveal more possibilities.
posted by box at 2:23 PM on June 26, 2018
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
Johnny Jenkins - I Walk on Gilded Splinters
The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President
Dyke and the Blazers - Let a Woman Be a Woman Let a Man Be a Man
Those are a few of my favorites, but looking at compilations like 'Ultimate Breaks and Beats' and 'Strictly Breaks,' 'Shaolin Soul,' etc., or poking around WhoSampled, or listening to breaks mixtapes, will reveal more possibilities.
posted by box at 2:23 PM on June 26, 2018
Best answer: A bit slower but still pretty damn nasty: Bernard Purdie and the 'Purdie Shuffle'.
posted by Television Name at 10:35 PM on June 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Television Name at 10:35 PM on June 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Nate Wood
1, 2
Mark Guiliana
Arthur Hnatek
Louis Cole
For what it's worth, I love drumming like this. I found out about Nate Wood and Arthur Hnatek by listening to Tigran Hamasyan's music -- so you might like his stuff too ^_^
posted by =d.b= at 8:50 AM on June 29, 2018
1, 2
Mark Guiliana
Arthur Hnatek
Louis Cole
For what it's worth, I love drumming like this. I found out about Nate Wood and Arthur Hnatek by listening to Tigran Hamasyan's music -- so you might like his stuff too ^_^
posted by =d.b= at 8:50 AM on June 29, 2018
Best answer: Mitch Mitchell
Go-Go Ray
Nick Mason
Marco Minnemann
Michael Shrieve
Joe Travers, Terry Bozzio
Jim White
posted by flabdablet at 9:41 AM on June 29, 2018
Go-Go Ray
Nick Mason
Marco Minnemann
Michael Shrieve
Joe Travers, Terry Bozzio
Jim White
posted by flabdablet at 9:41 AM on June 29, 2018
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