--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" > > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ....it is the best drum solo ever! > > > > > > > > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I8cvKImVadE > > > > > > > > > > Not spiritual? what was I thinking! Music is the essence of > > spiritual. > > > Drumming was the first music. This is the pinnacle of that. Buddy > > was a > > > Zen master, and where drumming is both a destination and a goal, > > he > > > achieved true and exhilirating art that transcends mere timing > and > > > technical considerations. Wildly exciting if you get it. Maybe > I'm > > a > > > shamanistic animist or something, whatever I feel better watching > > that > > > than I do meditating most days. > > > > > > > Buddy's technique was nothing short of amazing, but for > > some reason his playing sounds - at least most of the time - to me > > rather "dry"; too much vaata, or stuff. That's about the only way I > > can describe what Buddy's playing feels like to me. > > > > Really? interesting. I only pick up the energy, it really lifts me, > some drummers just sound technical but I never notice that with him. > Different eyes see different things. I'm a little bit kapha so maybe > that's it. Hmmm the ayurveda of musical preferences. >
FWIW, I kinda like Mitch Mitchell's "jazzy" off beat(?) drumwork, e.g. in Spanish Castle Magic. If only he'd had e.g. Lugdiw drums instead of those "lousy" Premiers... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZPM4sKNIM
