best drum solo or recording?

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#82
Interesting drum recordings:
I think the brief solo in Rush's "By-tor and the Snow dog" sounds fairly good cranked.

The intro to ELP's "The Sheriff" has a nice dynamic recording that sounds more like a 'kit in a room' than most other tracks I have heard.

Rush's "YYZ" is sort of a drum piece, lots of interesting fill variations, although Lifeson's guitar solos far outshine Peart on this track.

The Drum solo in the middle of Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" is fairly tasty.

The energetic Santana "Soul Sacrifice" drum performance by Michael Shrieve from "Woodstock"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZceAQSJvc

This one from Morgan Agren is just amazing - I found a nice HQ copy of the video somewhere and I watch it several times a year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIdjLw-7Xa0

Drummers, in random order:
Danny Carey from Tool
Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater
Neal Peart from Rush
Bill Bruford from Yes / King Crimson / Japan?, etc...
Vinny Colaiuta from various
Carl Palmer from ELP
 
#84
this doesn't look all that easy to play -

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speeds up about half way through.

check out 3:25 - 3:28 -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teilBW9qQ3U
 
#88
I like Neil Peart but, an obscure drummer/ drum solo that has good quality is Munetaka Higuchi from Loudness.
The one in particular is from Live-Loud-Alive. Not the best technically, but very good to listen to. Nice sound from an 80's recording. The Yamaha drum set helps.😀

Nicko McBrain is worth listening to.

Also, Reed St. Mark on " Into The Pandemonium" from Celtic Frost.

These might not be the best drummers or recordings and not even solo's (sorry) but drummers I enjoy.

I have played drums for 20+ years just for back round info on me.😉

The Godsmack drummers don't seem to impressive, sorry.

Just listened to Thomas Lang. Incredible.
 
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#89
One of the more interesting and "intimate" - if that's the right word- short solos and following accompaniment I've heard in quite a while was Terry Bozzio, "Duende" (Tony Levin and Steve Stevens) on Narada Gypsy
Actually some pretty decent picking on this one as well. 😀
BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS DUENDE - YouTube


Sure, he (Terry) can get as carried away on a big @$$ concert show off kit as the next guy, but he can also exhibit some delightful finesse

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#90
chrisb said:
One of the more interesting and "intimate" - if that's the right word- short solos and following accompaniment I've heard in quite a while was Terry Bozzio, "Duende" (Tony Levin and Steve Stevens) on Narada Gypsy
Actually some pretty decent picking on this one as well. 😀
BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS DUENDE - YouTube


Sure, he (Terry) can get as carried away on a big @$$ concert show off kit as the next guy, but he can also exhibit some delightful finesse

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Holy damn thats some drum kit beautiful.
 
#97
faustian bargin said:
jerry garcia was a great guitarist, no doubt.

however, perhaps you are thinking of mickey hart, the drummer? he's still alive and drumming.

a jerry garcia drum solo would be interesting, indeed. 😉 dunno if he ever did one, though.

/andrew - thinks the dead were pretty cool.
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Actually Jerry did play drums at least once in public.
Not the best drums but perhaps the most amusing. April 1, 1980 😉
http:// https://archive.org/details/gd80-04-01.glassberg.barbella.4742.sbeok.shnf

As for my 2¢, it's definitely not a solo but amazing (and yea, Jerry is on two tracks but not drumming) Diga (by Diga Rhythm Band)
 
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