Cuma 15 Haz 2007, 21:27
Last night, listening to some of my Jaco Pastorious mp3 I started to remember some words of Joe Zawinul, he said something like this “He had that magical thing about him, the same kind of thing Jimi Hendrix had”. Then I came to a ridicule obvious conclusion, Hendrix and Jaco are definitely gods of their instruments, like Matt Pierson said “he stands true original, unlike anyone who came before him and influencing everyone who followed”, that works with Hendrix and Jaco. Jimi made all the guitarists of his era fear of their jobs, and all the guitarists of our generation still pay him tribute. Jaco changed radically the function and the face of the electric bass, and we, all the bassist still follow his techniques and drool with his lines. I think this is an universal truth (in popular music), maybe today there are better performers, but this two guys reached a creativity peak that nobody have had reach yet.
We all know that, right?
But, what about drummers? I’m also a drummer and I don’t feel that has ever existed a drummer with such magic and talent like Jaco or Hendrix, or am I wrong?
Let’s take the (officially) best drummer ever, Buddy Rich. He still is almost unreachable, but he was a cranky old guy with a twisted back. Sorry Buddy, you just don’t have the magic I’m looking for. Let’s get more mainstream…Keith Moon?… nha, don’t thing so. Ok, maybe John Bonham, he got the magic, the influence, but… was Bonzo a real monster innovator? Did he give the “giant steps”?
I just feel that the chair of the ultimate drum god is still empty, maybe we can find a prime minister, but looking in the legends, or the greatest drummers of this generation like Chambers or Donati…I’m still looking for a god to this religion.
Can you help me find the Jaco or the Hendrix…or even the Paganini or the Parker of modern drumming?
Otras conexiones, para los incautos: the who led zeppelin virgil donati dennis chambers tribal tech rush tool king crimson y por que no charlie parker