Led Zeppelin

Celebration Day

On repeat, repeat, repeat...

Jazz drummers, pt. 2!

Still not a complete list by any means,... and still not in any particular order, other than alphabetical by drummer… 

Here are some more great drum spots that have been working for me lately!

Art Blakey

Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else

The Jazz Messengers – At the Café Bohemia,Vols. 1 and 2

Hank Mobley – Soul Station

Joe Chambers

Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings

Roy Haynes

Pat Metheny with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes – Question and Answer

Billy Higgins

Dexter Gordon – Go and Gettin’ Around

Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off

Lee Morgan – Sidewinder

Elvin Jones

Freddie Hubbard – Ready for Freddie

Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil

Philly Joe Jones

Miles Davis Quintet – Relaxin’ and Steamin’

Paul Wertico

Pat Metheny Group – First Circle, Still Life (Talking) and Imaginary Day

Favorite jazz drummers!

Great interview with Billy Martin in this month’s Jazz Times! 

Got me thinking about some of my favorite jazz drummer records… 

Definitely not all, and definitely not in any particular order.  Just some very good -- make that great! drum parts on several of my favorite jazz albums.

Rashied Ali

John Coltrane - Expression and Interstellar Space

Art Blakey

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’

Elvin Jones

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

Billy Martin

Medeski, Martin & Wood – Shack Man

Max Roach

Duke Ellington – Money Jungle

Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus

Antonio Sanchez

Pat Metheny Group – Speaking of Now and The Way Up

Tony Williams

Miles Davis – Miles Smiles

Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch

Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage and Empyrean Isles

Beautiful day in the 'burbs...

The soundtrack looks something like this:

Black Flag - In My Head

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

Fugazi - The Argument

...and this just in from The Dept. of Unsolicited Advice:  Get your holiday shopping done early!  It's already gettin' crazy out there.

The old stand bys...

…metal, jazz and prog! 

            Boris – Attention Please and New Album      

            Cave In – White Silence

Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach – Money Jungle

            Peter Gabriel - Up

Horseback – The Invisible Mountain

            Jesu – Conqueror

            Rush – Moving Pictures

            Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

Monday morning playlist

Soundtrack for a beautiful autumn morning…  Too bad it had to be a Monday.

Black Sabbath - Sabotage

Blackfield – Blackfield II

Boris – “Looprider”

Miles Davis – In A Silent Way and The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions

               Pink Floyd – Ummagumma

               Radiohead – “Bloom”

               Rush – Moving Pictures

Steven Wilson – Insurgentes and from Grace for Drowning:  “Deform to Form a Star”

Saturday Night Long Players

 Earth - Earth 2 (Special Low Frequency Version)  2006 2 LP pressing on Sub Pop Records...

High on Fire - The Art of Self Defense  Vinyl Re-pressing w/"The Usurper" single, a nice little Celtic Frost cover.

Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments  An import vinyl pressing... and good stuff!!!  Hard to find early Melvins on vinyl without taking out a second mortgage.

Om - Conference of the Birds Original pressing and still one of my all time favorite albums!