Well recorded drum/percussion works on CDs
Posted by: pz on 07 February 2007
Hi Mates,
In your opinion what are the best Cd albums
which have very vell recorded and most memorable
drum/percussion solos in the genre of rock/jazz/fusion music ?
Best regards
In your opinion what are the best Cd albums
which have very vell recorded and most memorable
drum/percussion solos in the genre of rock/jazz/fusion music ?
Best regards
errr.......
anything with this geezer on.....
... but especially this.....
anything with this geezer on.....
... but especially this.....
You can't go wrong with this guy
One of the best drummers I've ever heard and the only one I could bare to listen to playing a solo. Jon Hiseman is one the very best in terms technique: balanced, precise, very fast and explosive. He emphasises hi-hat/snare/bass/ride cymbal, but moves effortlessly to tom tom and second bass drum. He uses brushes when appropriate. His solos are as good as it gets. playing at fearsome tempos over the full kit. His solos are short and never self-indulgent; moreover, they are musical.
Jon is a jazz drummer in a rock setting. In 1966 he replaced Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation, and adopted Baker’s double kit format to augment the bottom end. He could maintain the back beat while adding jazz fills. Hiseman moved on from GBO, not impressed with the drug culture, and joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, but soon left to form Colosseum with some excellent, experienced musicians.
Jon preferred Ludwig kit, but it was when Hayman sponsored him that he got his classic double kit: 14x5 snare, 2 x 24 bass, 12x8 & 13x9 top toms, 14x14 & 16x16 floor toms. Cymbals: 14" hi-hat and an array of up to 6 cymbals. He used light sticks, military grip on his left hand and sat high and upright. The military grip did not impact his tom playing, as he adjusted with ease to matched grip.
Just listen to his great moments on Those About to Die, The Kettle, Walking in the Park (Live), Lost Angeles and, of course, Valentyne Suite. If you can get a DVD of Colosseum: the Reunion Concerts 1994 then do, as it contains some of the his best drumming.
All the best Rotf
PS - Other drummers I enjoy are Aynsley Dunbar and Dave Mattacks.
One of the best drummers I've ever heard and the only one I could bare to listen to playing a solo. Jon Hiseman is one the very best in terms technique: balanced, precise, very fast and explosive. He emphasises hi-hat/snare/bass/ride cymbal, but moves effortlessly to tom tom and second bass drum. He uses brushes when appropriate. His solos are as good as it gets. playing at fearsome tempos over the full kit. His solos are short and never self-indulgent; moreover, they are musical.
Jon is a jazz drummer in a rock setting. In 1966 he replaced Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation, and adopted Baker’s double kit format to augment the bottom end. He could maintain the back beat while adding jazz fills. Hiseman moved on from GBO, not impressed with the drug culture, and joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, but soon left to form Colosseum with some excellent, experienced musicians.
Jon preferred Ludwig kit, but it was when Hayman sponsored him that he got his classic double kit: 14x5 snare, 2 x 24 bass, 12x8 & 13x9 top toms, 14x14 & 16x16 floor toms. Cymbals: 14" hi-hat and an array of up to 6 cymbals. He used light sticks, military grip on his left hand and sat high and upright. The military grip did not impact his tom playing, as he adjusted with ease to matched grip.
Just listen to his great moments on Those About to Die, The Kettle, Walking in the Park (Live), Lost Angeles and, of course, Valentyne Suite. If you can get a DVD of Colosseum: the Reunion Concerts 1994 then do, as it contains some of the his best drumming.
All the best Rotf
PS - Other drummers I enjoy are Aynsley Dunbar and Dave Mattacks.
quote:Originally posted by ROTF:
You can't go wrong with this guy
One of the best drummers I've ever heard and the only one I could bare to listen to playing a solo. Jon Hiseman is one the very best in terms technique: balanced, precise, very fast and explosive. He emphasises hi-hat/snare/bass/ride cymbal, but moves effortlessly to tom tom and second bass drum. He uses brushes when appropriate. His solos are as good as it gets. playing at fearsome tempos over the full kit. His solos are short and never self-indulgent; moreover, they are musical.
Jon is a jazz drummer in a rock setting. In 1966 he replaced Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation, and adopted Baker’s double kit format to augment the bottom end. He could maintain the back beat while adding jazz fills. Hiseman moved on from GBO, not impressed with the drug culture, and joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, but soon left to form Colosseum with some excellent, experienced musicians.
Jon preferred Ludwig kit, but it was when Hayman sponsored him that he got his classic double kit: 14x5 snare, 2 x 24 bass, 12x8 & 13x9 top toms, 14x14 & 16x16 floor toms. Cymbals: 14" hi-hat and an array of up to 6 cymbals. He used light sticks, military grip on his left hand and sat high and upright. The military grip did not impact his tom playing, as he adjusted with ease to matched grip.
Just listen to his great moments on Those About to Die, The Kettle, Walking in the Park (Live), Lost Angeles and, of course, Valentyne Suite. If you can get a DVD of Colosseum: the Reunion Concerts 1994 then do, as it contains some of the his best drumming.
All the best Rotf
PS - Other drummers I enjoy are Aynsley Dunbar
and Dave Mattacks.
Jon Hiseman is also one of my all time favourite drummers. I saw him a few times in Berne, Switzerland. In the early seventies with Farlowe and Colosseum, and then with Tempest, that was just great. Later in the 90is I saw him with the ´´reunion´´ Colosseum. I would also like to recommend the music he recorded with his wife, Barbara Thompson, and the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble.
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