A drummer you DON’T want to fire...

I must be weird, because I've known about her for a long time. She's awesome!

 

Well, I may be kinda weird anyway. I was raised on big band & jazz l before I encountered rock in my teens. And since I was a drummer for umpteen-something years before I picked up bass, Krupa, Rich, and Co. were no strangers to our family turntable. Even as a teenager, when the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey orchestras came to town, I went to those shows. Tex Beneke was still alive and touring with the Dorsey guys at the time. That was a treat. I also got to see Woody Herman play a show shortly before he passed on.

Anyway, good call on Evelyn Glennie, and yes: A broad familiarity with different kinds of material is always a good thing!

 

She's a true wonder, and yes, seemingly very much under-rated.
I know a couple of percussionists who are aware of her, but none of my drumming buddies were.

Her album with Mark Knopfler, 'Altamira', which this thread has thankfully inspired me to listen to again, is simply a thing of beauty.

 

I didn't want to fire the last drummer I worked with. Really. Rather decent drummer, not flashy, but great beats, innovative. And a complete musician too, can sing excellent harmonies.

Nope. Didn't want to fire him. So he fired me.

 

Dame Evelyn Glennie has been the most well known percussionist in the orchestral musical sphere for decades.

 

Three-point plan to get re-hired:

1. Call him back.
2. Tell him you got a Chapman Stick.
3. Promise never to bring the bagpipes to practice again.

 

I'm beside myself with the waiting, actually (pipes should be here any day now...)

 

Well in that case, promise never to bring cookies with raisins in them to practice again!

 

My old DB teacher had a cello student who was deaf. She played in tune by feeling the notes through her fingertips.

 

She's better with that pan than most drummers I know are with their whole kit.

 

I love her level of passion and attention to her craft. Very attractive to boot!

 

Been a fan for years. Solo snare drum at Grand Central Station in NYC!

 

Yes, Evelyn Glennie;
Very good.
Very...VERY famous.
Really quite scottish
A bit deaf, she is too and not so.

 

I've had the DVD "Touch the Sound" by her for years. Always a great watch. In fact I think I'll go and ………..

 

nice.

 

Oh please do! I’m a major Harry Partch admirer. Got all his works on vinyl. His book Genesis of a Music is still one of my all time favorite music treatises.



“Once upon a time there was a little boy. And he went outside.”

 

I’ve got her DVD.

Brilliant percussionist!