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Billy Cobham, a Drum God if there ever was one, has been baffling his listeners with amazing technique, boundless ingenuity, unerring instincts, and musical passion for over thirty years. Long known for the groundbreaking, powerful fusion style he invented in the early ’70s, Billy has always challenged himself to grow as an artist and a drummer. On “Before And After,” Billy’s free-flowing, light touch is on display in an acoustic quintet, and he is so smooth it is hard to tell that there are odd meters everywhere. Billy sounds as fresh today as he ever did.
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Billy Martin’s latest release is a CD full of spontaneously composed percussion recordings. According to Billy, these pieces were conceived as "a musical adaptation to the spirit, visions, and stories of the great Oglala Sioux warrior and medicine man, Black Elk." The compositions are performed on drumset, balaphones, mbiras, temple blocks, concert bass drum, and even a solo agogo bell.
"In this time of great struggle for tribes worldwide to live in peace, I find it necessary to remind all people to read the classic and timeless book, Black Elk Speaks." --Billy Martin, October 21, 2001
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Two Hands Clapping is Billy Ward’s unique 1998 debut CD. Exploring the world of the duet, Billy teams up with some of his best musical friends in a number of live, unrehearsed performances. Billy pairs up with Bill Champlin, Glen Phillips, Jim Beard, John Patitucci, Chris Whitley, and Joy Askew on tracks that range from jazz to rock to pop to spontaneous combustion. "Step Inside" is three minutes of subtle soul-jazz with popping backbeats featuring Jim Beard on Fender Rhodes piano.
In addition to being a regular contributor to Modern Drummer magazine, Billy Ward is a successful session and touring drummer who has worked with Carly Simon, Robbie Robertson, Richard Marx, Yoko Ono, Ace Frehley, John Patitucci, Bill Champlin, and Joan Osborne.
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Billy Kilson, king of the oft-spoken "young lions of jazz," has released his debut solo recording, and it’s a beaut. "Alarum" is an explosive minute forty-five, showcasing Billy’s chops, dexterity, swing, and speed.
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"Alarum" segues straight into "Zone B," a slinky, spooky, dark jazz/R&B groove. Bop your head.
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This record, which was recorded in the mid-’80s, represents Moses and Muños’ tribute to the passion, music, and spirit of John Coltrane. The disc is filled with spirited ensemble playing, and while very "free" in nature, it never loses its grip. "Elephant Song" will have you smiling and ducking for cover, as Moses and Wittman create a rumble, a roar, a stampede, and the calm aftershock.
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One of the world’s most in-demand session players, drummer Gregg Bissonette has played with just about everyone—Santana, Celine Dion, Ray Charles, Don Henley, Carole King, David Lee Roth, and Steve Vai, to name a few. Submarine, produced by Gregg’s bass-playing brother, Matt, tackles rock, pop, Latin, and jazz, and features world-class guitarists Doug Bossi, Robben Ford, Frank Gambale, Michael Landau, Joe Satriani, Steve Stevens, and Steve Vai.
"Submarine" is a rocking performance featuring a blasting drum solo (and impressive vocals by Gregg, too), and is just one of many standout drum performances on the album.
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Hilary Jones is known as "Rock ’N’ Roll" Jones because of the attitude that comes out in her playing–and the way that she approaches life. As such, she has just released her debut solo CD, Soaring, which features Robben Ford, Jeff Babko, Jimmy Earl, John Thomas, and Jimmy Haslip. "Midget Match" has a groove that is both smooth and stuttering, and that has a backbeat worthy of Jones’ nickname. The versatile Jones has played with Lee Ritenour, Scott Henderson, Doc Severinsen, Eric Marienthal, Badi Assad, and Robben Ford.
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Billy Martin, of funky free-jazzers Medeski Martin & Wood fame, has released an album’s worth of his own breakbeats and percussion samples. Co-produced by Billy and Scotty Hard, the album is intended for DJs and is available on limited-edition vinyl only. “Dub Stylee” has Billy laying down a one-drop beat with his own unique twists and turns of both knobs and rhythms. Drummers would be wise to check this out as a source of groove-as-art.
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Pianist John Beasley has played with just about everyone—from Miles Davis and Steely Dan to Chaka Kahn and Ricky Martin—so you know that when he gets together with the Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, the sparks are gonna fly. Surfacing features the players in an acoustic jazz-trio setting, and Vinnie is given tons of room to blow. "Personal Legend" is one of those mid-tempo, straight-8th tunes where Vinnie shows his unique ability to cover more ground than anyone on the planet, yet still keep it all together and play for the music. Outrageous.
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Buddy Rich fans will rejoice that this CD includes John La Barbera's arrangement of "Walk on the Wild Side Suite," which was the staple of Buddy's live set but was never recorded. Drummer Joe La Barbera, who hadn't recorded in a big band setting since his days with Woody Herman, drives the band with authority and backs soloists with the sensitivity he displayed in The Bill Evans Trio. Traditional big band recordings don't get any better than this combination of great charts and inspired musicianship. Rick Mattingly Modern Drummer June 2004.
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Tiger Of San Pedro has made it through the first rounds of the Grammy nomination process in the Composing/Arranging category for "Best Instrumental Composition."
Drummer Joe La Barbera, who hasn't recorded in a big band setting since his days with Woody Herman, drives the band with authority and backs soloists with the sensitivity he displayed in The Bill Evans Trio. -Rick Mattingly, Modern Drummer June, 2004.
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With four albums to their credit and several radio hits. Local H is one of the most well-known of the two-piece rock bands out there today. But it’s a new version of the Chicago duo that features Brian St. Clair replacing Joe Daniels as guitarist-vocalist Scott Lucas’s partner. St. Clair is an unrelentingly hard hitter who plays butt-end and uses only ride cymbals. (He cracks or dents anything lighter)
Check out Brian on this rocker from their latest release.
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German überdrummer Marco Minnemann has made a name for himself over the last few years as one of the most skilled drummers to come along in quite a while. Owing equal parts to Terry Bozzio, Billy Cobham, and Drum ’n’ Bass programming—that he plays live—Minnemann’s dexterity on the instrument is nothing short of phenomenal.
On "Desoloista," an instrumental track taken from his 2000 solo release, Comfortably Homeless, Marco lets it all hang out with insane odd-times, scary double-bass chops, and some believe-it-or-not funk chops. This is music and drumming for a time that has not yet arrived.
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Nick D’Virgilio has emerged as a versatile drummer who can hold a pop, rock, or progressive drum chair with equal dexterity. Nick is well known for his work with prog-faves Spock’s Beard; here we offer a cut from his solo set, Karma. Nick sings and plays many instruments on the album, and twelve of the tracks were penned or co-written by him. "Forgiven" is a straight-up rocker that has equal parts backbeat, power, and alternately subtle and quick bass drum patterns—and just a hint of the prog/arena grandiose he knows so well. Tasty.
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Don’t Be Scared Anymore is not Wertico’s debut album, but it is unquestionably his most ambitious and exciting, and it captures the drummer and his Chicago-based trio at their aggressive, rocking best. Long known for his nimble cymbal work with The Pat Metheny Group, Wertico turns it up a several notches with this bold 2000 album. "Taliaville" is a free, up-tempo track in six that features some bashing cymbal work and ringing, open snare chops.
Paul Wertico spent nearly two decades putting the polish on the Pat Metheny Group’s mega-world tours, and has recently been performing with the trio heard here, as well as the acoustic jazz trio Union, Niels Lan Doky, SBB, Kurt Elling, Patricia Barber, Ramsey Lewis, Larry Coryell, Frank Catalano, Randy Brecker, and Bob Mintzer.
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The CD is an attempt to offer the listener a non-scholarly approach to some of the music of Bali. The music contained within is a good example of what one might find if they were ambling about the Indonesian countryside on any given day. "Puri Bagus" is performed by a bamboo duo—as opposed to the Gamelan orchestras that perform on the rest of the CD, which contain bells, gongs, and shakers—and is the minimalist, meditative coda to this extraordinary collection.
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Over the past handful of years, Stanton Moore has become one of the rising stars in the drum world. Stanton has toured the States relentlessly with his New Orleans funk band Galactic, acquiring a huge fan base along the way. Stanton’s roots lie in the New Orleans swamp of The Meters (with drummer Zigaboo Modeliste), as well as James Brown and The Headhunters. If it’s about a groove, Stanton’s got it covered. "Tchfunkta," from Stanton’s solo CD, features Charlie Hunter on 8-string guitar and Skerik on saxophonics, and is a wide-open close-your-eyes-and-get-down funk groove.
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Carmine Appice is back with Tim Bogert on bass, Vince Martell on Guitar, and Bill Pascale on organ on a new album featuring Good Good Living, and covers of Ain't That Peculiar, You Keep Me Hangin' On, Tearing' Up My Heart, I Want It That Way and more. Check out The Fudge site for ordering and concert information.
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