Steve Smith solo album? Hadn't heard a single one.Originally Posted by Shadow
Steve Smith solo album? Hadn't heard a single one.
Probably not, as the thread's instigator recently complained about "who the hell he [V.] is". But I'll just betcha he's an expert on John French and Daniel Denis and Wyatt and LOTS of other widely acknowledged drummers.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
On the Japanese version there's a hard-rock bonus track)
Wasn't Vital Information his band? He also had a few collaborative albums; two with Scott Henderson and Victor Wooten and two with Stu Hamm and Frank Gambale. There's another one with Jerry Goodman, Howard Levy and Oteil Burbridge. I think they were all on the same record label, for which Steve seemed to be the house drummer.
Virgil Donati - "In This Life" and "Serious Young Insects"
Top quality prog-fusion.
Furio Chirico and Friends
Fusion that leans a bit more toward jazz.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
Marco Minneman - EEPS
An interesting mixture of some pretty experimental stuff. Not what you would expect from a fusion, prog-metal and metal drummer.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
They both were with the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble as well.
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
I think some were listed like: Steve Smith's Vital Information
Cindy Blackman
Carola Grey
Trilok Gurtu
Gary Husband
Marco Minnemann
Steve Stevens
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
From Scorpions, Herman Rarebell / Herman Ze German album.
Chris Cutler - Solo is another one of "drum solos only" albums, although it features quite a wide range of "percussive instruments" from ping pong balls to cocktail mixers, all played and manipulated by Cutler in live performances. Surprisingly listenable (in about the same way as side B of Henry Cow's Unrest is listenable, I guess).
Pierre Moerlen
Hollenbeck is a great artist. I have most of his large ensemble recordings, and they're all filled with superb music.
also, Serge Bringholf and John Hollenbeck
The greatest drummer solo albums of all time IMO:
Narada Michael Walden- Garden of Love Light
Billy Cobham-Spectrum
Bruford-One of a Kind
Simon Phillips-Protocol II
Lenny White- Astral Pirates
Alphonse Mouzon-Mind Transplant
Harvey Mason-Earth Mover
Cozy Powell-Over The Top
Dave Weckl - Master Plan
The album that PETA boycotted because of Erskine's coat.
Billy Cobham's 'Spectrum' is widely recognised as a classic.
I'm surprised Cobham was not mentioned earlier!! His output has met with decidedly mixed reviews in recent years but he is still phenomenal!
Unless someone has already mentioned him then I think we're overlooking possibly the most commercially successful drummer (maybe not as successful as PC - I don't know) and that's Dave Grohl. His first Foo Fighters release was a completely solo affair (with just a few minor contributions from others). I love Grohl's drumming - particularly on Nevermind and albums he did with QOTSA and Killing Joke - and I like some Foo songs especially Monkey Wrench.
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Roger Taylor (Queen)
Fun In Space, 1981
Strange Frontier, 1984
Shove It, 1988 (originally a solo album, but became The Cross debut album)
Happiness?, 1994
Electric Fire, 1998
Fun On Earth, 2013
I think that one should get an asterisk, since it's really a Carla Bley album. I think they put Nick's name on the front cover because they reckoned that EMI/Columbia would break out the check books for a "Pink Floyd solo album".
I haven't heard that one in eons. I used to have all four the solo albums on LP (and I'm pretty sure, I've still got Gene, Peter, and Paul's records on cassette around here someplace). Don't really remember a whole lot about it. Ace and Gene's were the only ones I ever got on CD.
Good call..
Soon be in Antigua...
Haven't played the Erskine disc in years. Also like his CD Sweet Soul, and November w/ Abercrombie and Johnson.The album that PETA boycotted because of Erskine's coat.
"Spectrum" is essential fusion. I also have "The Funky Thide of Sings" (sic) which I don't like as much. Any other essential Cobham albums?
-noisynoise
www.polarizedguru.com - 5-piece jazz fusion group
www.incandescentsky.com - inventive improvisational instrumental ensemble
Yes Crosswinds and Total Eclipse!
Yes, that was a supergroup of sorts- I think it's the first two I have, again on record.
Most of the ones I thought of have already been mentioned. Has Ginger Baker been listed? Here is an odd one some may not have heard:
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
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