Best drummer ever?

[Midnightangel]

Simple question: Who's the best drummer ever?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

In which genre ?

As they all have their "pinnacle" per se.

 

[cezero]

yeah, this is a genre specific question.

Buddy Rich is a safe bet no matter what, though.

 

[fknhippie]

My favorite is Ginger Baker.

 

[Otis B. Driftwood]

yeah, this is a genre specific question.

Buddy Rich is a safe bet no matter what, though.

Almost every single drummer I've ever known says Rich was the man. Everyone else falls in line behind him.

 

[cezero]

The poll must have just gotten added.

I like the list, though I'd put Beauford on there before several of them.

 

[cezero]

Almost every single drummer I've ever known says Rich was the man. Everyone else falls in line behind him.

Yeah, he's extraordinary.

First thing I ever heard him play was Birldland. That was a big gateway into jazz for me, actually.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Rich was certainly a trailblazer who influenced many, and is definitely at or near the top imho.

 

[navamind]

A bit biased (huge Vandals fan), but I'll go with Freese.

 

[Otis B. Driftwood]

As far as best I've ever seen live... it's a toss up between Neil Peart and Mick Fleetwood.

 

[KansasSooner]

Carl Palmer gets no mention? I'd put him above over half on that poll.

 

[Cali Steel]

What?
No Ringo???

Thought I once read that Neil Peart is like one of only three people to actually have a PHD in percussion instruments or some shit like that.

 

[HUBSTER]

John Bonham.

 

[Manster7588]

Start with Neil Peart. Then ask who's 2nd.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Some of my favorites.....

Billy Cobham
Lenny White
Art Blakey
Steve Gadd
Michael Shrieve
Mickey Hart
Ansley Dunbar
Bill Bruford
Keith Moon
Stewart Copeland
Buddy Miles
Jimmy Cobb
Gene Krupa

 

[whywork2]

richard starkey

 

[(Un)]

yeah, this is a genre specific question.

Buddy Rich is a safe bet no matter what, though.

This ^

I voted "other" because I always put Buddy Rich #1.

Regardless, you can't even have this debate without including a few old school jazz drummers. Guys like Gene Krupa and Max Roach.

The old guys learned to do more with less - they used every part of the drumset: the rim, the shell, the cymbal stands, everything - as well as played an incredibly skilled, progressive and artistic genre of music.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Damn...I can't believe I forgot to list Elvin Jones, Jim Keltner, Levon Helm & John Densmore...

 

[tnerb57]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLMb6RniGrU]Billy Cobham - Quadrant 4 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tnerb57]

A favorite of mine as a young child was Sandy Nelson.