desertbluesman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I jammed with this drummer once, a Nicky Newark greaser lookin hairdresser named Jimmy, he sat in with my old band one night at a club in Surf City NJ, and my gawd did he play so sweet. So we asked him to come and rehearse with a new band we were envisioning which we called The New Children Of Jazz. When he showed up with his kit a little thing with a kick, a snare, two toms, crash, and ride, and a high hat. And began to play. I was astounded at how much he did with that little kit. That cat did not only keep the beat but his music was tone full, melodic, tasteful, and completely in with what we were doing. It was an improvisational band with him, myself, and a bass player. He could play at every sound level. We practiced it one night and took it back to that same club the next weekend and played 3 sets of make it up as we go. Of course the crowd was not into it, all they wanted to hear was freebird, etc. But it sure was a players dream. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Well.....since "Freebird" always...to ME at least...sounded as if they "made it up as they went", then there's nothing WRONG with it! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I've seen Jazzers with small and/or sparse drum sets sound fantastic...For old R&R, I really liked Skinny Jim on his Stray Cat set up... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Well.....since "Freebird" always...to ME at least...sounded as if they "made it up as they went", then there's nothing WRONG with it! Whitefang Nothing wrong with it at all, just not what we did. But I always liked Skynerd, I bought their albums up until the plane crash..... dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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