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13361822, jazz drummers vs rock drummers Posted by falafel stand pimpin, Fri Jan-10-20 07:10 PM
so the drummer from Rush died and I heard some co-workers discussing greatest drummers of all time. No jazz drummers were mentioned though. I was wondering if it's just personal preference or if it's based on skill, technique, etc. A lot of all time greatest lists online seems to focus on only rock drummers. Can't help but feel like race comes into play also.
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13361830, People just don't know jazz drummers. Posted by stravinskian, Fri Jan-10-20 08:14 PM
Or jazz players in general. Or jazz. Marketing, stupidity, racism, anti-intellectualism, whatever. But yeah, race is a fulcrum for a lot of this, directly or indirectly.
I remember when Tony Williams died unexpectedly. It was a big deal in Downbeat. And he presumably got a NYTimes obit. But it, sadly, wasn't a cultural moment.
If you ask random people on the street who's the greatest saxophonist of all time, a lot more people would say Kenny G than Charlie Parker.
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13361846, I'd think Clarence Clemons before Kenny G Posted by Ray_Snill, Sun Jan-12-20 09:50 AM
>If you ask random people on the street who's the greatest >saxophonist of all time, a lot more people would say Kenny G >than Charlie Parker.
people love them some Bruce
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13361831, Old fashioned bias Posted by Roadblock, Fri Jan-10-20 08:20 PM
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13361843, cause nobody knows Max Roach from Freddy Roach. Posted by Innocent Criminal, Sat Jan-11-20 07:23 PM
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13361854, Billy Cobham over everybody. Posted by Castro, Sun Jan-12-20 05:13 PM
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13361859, Jazz players werent visible enough to be known like that. Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Sun Jan-12-20 08:15 PM
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13361869, Meanwhile, Yussef Dayes is out here killing it Posted by Hitokiri, Mon Jan-13-20 09:34 AM
on the jazz tip
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13361872, All respect due.... Posted by chincheckin, Mon Jan-13-20 09:59 AM
Stix Hooper Billy Cobham Idris Muhammad Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Harvey Mason Lenny White
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