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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.
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.
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
13361843, cause nobody knows Max Roach from Freddy Roach.
Posted by Innocent Criminal, Sat Jan-11-20 07:23 PM
13361854, Billy Cobham over everybody.
Posted by Castro, Sun Jan-12-20 05:13 PM
13361859, Jazz players werent visible enough to be known like that.
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Sun Jan-12-20 08:15 PM
13361869, Meanwhile, Yussef Dayes is out here killing it
Posted by Hitokiri, Mon Jan-13-20 09:34 AM
on the jazz tip
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