I know they are far & few between but apart from Bill Bruford has a 'drummer' ever released a solid solo album.
I know Keith Moon's bombed! Cozy Powell made a couple but have never heard them!
I know they are far & few between but apart from Bill Bruford has a 'drummer' ever released a solid solo album.
I know Keith Moon's bombed! Cozy Powell made a couple but have never heard them!
Phil Collins (Face Value)
Don Henley (Building the Perfect Beast)
Ringo Starr (not sure if "solid" applies to any of his albums though)
two of my favorites
Curt Cress Clan-CCC
Peter Giger-Family Of Percussion
"and what music unites, man should not take apart"-Helmut Koellen
Daniel Denis (of Univers Zero) released two pretty solid solo albums. Of course he's always been the main composer of UZ so that should hardly come as a surprise.
Christian Vander released a double CD only with drumsolos called Korusz. Its live, its the same song but different versions & recordings.
http://www.discogs.com/Christian-Van...elease/1832966
Ah, you beat me to it, Zeuhlmate!
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
- I must admit it's not the most frenquently spun album I own. Its an interesting tune, but 7 versions of it is perhaps a bit over the top.
Nick Mason had Fictitious Sports. Alan White did Ramshackled. Ginger Baker did a bunch of stuff. And let us not forget:
Wait, was "solid" actually part of the criteria? Forget all that.
Paolo Vinaccia - very much alive (6 CD album) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/paolo-vi...p#.VHXcesloA3g
Vinnie Colaiuta: Vinnie Colaiuta (1996)
Simon Philips' "Protocol" is wonderful. His first of several. Pip Pyle's "7 Year Itch" and Marco Minneman's "EEPS" are highly recommended.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Bill Ward did a few.
Simon Kirke?
Dennis Wilson
Levon Helm
Elvin Jones "On the Mountain" (with Jan Hammer) - a great album !
Well, Robert Wyatt has a whole career of really good albums. And he drums on some of them, but I will leave it to the community to decide whether or not he is a drummer releasing solo albums.
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Roger Taylor has done a few. Fun In Space & Strange Frontier in the 80's then after fronting The Cross he went back to his solo career for a few more.
Cozy Powell put out a couple of solid records in the early 80s...
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Who's that guy, oh, it's on the tip of my tongue - you know, bloke out of Mahavishnu Orchestra - I think he might have a few obscure dabblings...
I've been collecting Elvin's albums recently. And Tony Williams on Blue Note. I had a copy of Vinnie's CD, but I wasn't crazy about it.
Gave it to a drummer friend of mine. Dennis Chambers has several CDs. Great playing, but kinda slick.
I love the Paolo Vinaccia set, but it's really Rypdal's music. Terry Bozio's orchestral album is pretty good.
And Joe Chambers. There's a cat that can write some music. And Joey Baron too!
Chad Wackerman has done a few that I think are quite exceptional.
Jazz/fusion guys shouldn't even count. Tons of them have been bandleaders and done great albums.
Let's not forget Tony Williams' Lifetime albums! I just finished reading Herbie Hancock's autobiography and he states that though many think Miles Davis' Bitches Brew was the birth of fusion, it was really TWL's "Emergency!" that inspired him to go in that direction. When he heard them, Miles said, "This is the shit!"
Besides, "Emergency!" introduced me to John McLaughlin and "Believe It!" introduced me to Allan Holdsworth, two of my most favorite guitar players.
(edit) I see Reid beat me to it!
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