hands down Mike Clarke and Paul Jackson
next is the Meters (whole rythm section band)
and Rocco Prestia and David Giribaldi
next is the Meters (whole rythm section band)
and Rocco Prestia and David Giribaldi
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Favorite Rythym Section
- Thread starter Funkster
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how about the Buddy Miles-Billy Cox combo from the Band of Gypsies (I don't think I've seen that one yet)
I agree with a bunch of the others too that have already been said too:
Flea-Chad Smith (and Flea with Jack Irons too!)
Tim C. and Brad from RATM
Eric and Bud from Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars
John Entwhistle-Keith Moon
John Paul Jones-John Bonham
Les Claypool and Tim or Brain (I don't know if I saw that one yet)
Geddy Lee and Neil Peart
John Myung-Mike Portnoy
Jaco + anyone
Oh yeah I just thought of another (I'm pretty sure hasn't been mentioned yet)
Charles Mingus and Danny Richmond. Oh Yeah!
I agree with a bunch of the others too that have already been said too:
Flea-Chad Smith (and Flea with Jack Irons too!)
Tim C. and Brad from RATM
Eric and Bud from Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars
John Entwhistle-Keith Moon
John Paul Jones-John Bonham
Les Claypool and Tim or Brain (I don't know if I saw that one yet)
Geddy Lee and Neil Peart
John Myung-Mike Portnoy
Jaco + anyone
Oh yeah I just thought of another (I'm pretty sure hasn't been mentioned yet)
Charles Mingus and Danny Richmond. Oh Yeah!
Since I can only remember The Meters getting one vote (thanks JimK!) I'll throw in another vote for them. They were/are tighter than tight.
My Picks:
*The Motown rhythm section (aka The Funk Brothers)
*The Stax rhythm section (aka Booker T. and the MGs)
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding)
*Band of Gypsys (Billy Cox and Buddy Miles)
*Miles Davis's section on Kind of Blue (Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Bill Evans)
*Queen (John Deacon, Roger Taylor)
[Edited by Bassline1414 on 12-07-2000 at 10:20 PM]
*The Motown rhythm section (aka The Funk Brothers)
*The Stax rhythm section (aka Booker T. and the MGs)
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding)
*Band of Gypsys (Billy Cox and Buddy Miles)
*Miles Davis's section on Kind of Blue (Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Bill Evans)
*Queen (John Deacon, Roger Taylor)
[Edited by Bassline1414 on 12-07-2000 at 10:20 PM]
Sebastian Steinberg and Yuval Gabay from the now defunct Soul Coughing. Never was there a fatter groove than the loop that propels "Screenwriter's Blues."
Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson. Was there ever a stranger conceptualist on drums than RSJ? Musical and odd. Oddly musical. Their work in the incarnation of The Decoding Society that featured a second bassist, Reverend Bruce Johnson, and a pre-Living Color Vernon Reid on guitar was amazing, but their free jazz meets rock power trio ensemble Power Tools was for me the apex.
Chris Squire and Bruford of Yes. "Heart of the Sunrise" particularly.
The cats in Red Snapper, whose names escape me at the moment. "Suckerpunch" on Making Bones just slams.
Marcus Miller and Al Foster on Miles' The Man with the Horn. "Fat Time" is one of the slinkiest, most insinuous tunes ever. It builds and builds.
As does the long tune that opens the Weather Report LP where Victor Bailey and Omar Hakim made their debut (Initiation? Is that the title? It's one of the only WR titles I can't seem to find on CD). Such a different sounding rhythm section from Jaco/Erskine--less lean and clean, more loose and muscular--but such worthy successors.
Michael Walden and Ralphe Armstrong from the much maligned Visions of the Emerald Beyond era of Mahavishnu Orchestra. Narada Michael Walden created one of the most distinctive acoustic drum sounds I've ever heard.
Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson. Was there ever a stranger conceptualist on drums than RSJ? Musical and odd. Oddly musical. Their work in the incarnation of The Decoding Society that featured a second bassist, Reverend Bruce Johnson, and a pre-Living Color Vernon Reid on guitar was amazing, but their free jazz meets rock power trio ensemble Power Tools was for me the apex.
Chris Squire and Bruford of Yes. "Heart of the Sunrise" particularly.
The cats in Red Snapper, whose names escape me at the moment. "Suckerpunch" on Making Bones just slams.
Marcus Miller and Al Foster on Miles' The Man with the Horn. "Fat Time" is one of the slinkiest, most insinuous tunes ever. It builds and builds.
As does the long tune that opens the Weather Report LP where Victor Bailey and Omar Hakim made their debut (Initiation? Is that the title? It's one of the only WR titles I can't seem to find on CD). Such a different sounding rhythm section from Jaco/Erskine--less lean and clean, more loose and muscular--but such worthy successors.
Michael Walden and Ralphe Armstrong from the much maligned Visions of the Emerald Beyond era of Mahavishnu Orchestra. Narada Michael Walden created one of the most distinctive acoustic drum sounds I've ever heard.
Personally my current faves are:
Melvin Gibbs/Sim Cain (I would love to hear earlier/later Gibbs stuff if I could find it)
Helmet (one of the few metal bands who GROOVE- check out Meantime and hopefully you'll understand even if the intensity isn't to your liking)
RHCP
James Brown's rhythm sections - all of 'em
Tori Amos' live band (no names to hand at the moment)
Rocco Prestia/David Garibaldi
Melvin Gibbs/Sim Cain (I would love to hear earlier/later Gibbs stuff if I could find it)
Helmet (one of the few metal bands who GROOVE- check out Meantime and hopefully you'll understand even if the intensity isn't to your liking)
RHCP
James Brown's rhythm sections - all of 'em
Tori Amos' live band (no names to hand at the moment)
Rocco Prestia/David Garibaldi
Gorge Porter and Ziggaboo Modleste
By they way I hope its crap but Ive heard Muzz Skillings is a disfuntional substance abusing schmuck these days.
AJ
By they way I hope its crap but Ive heard Muzz Skillings is a disfuntional substance abusing schmuck these days.
AJ
tim cummerford & brad wilk justin chancellor & danny carey gezer butler & i cant remember the drummers name the guys from At-The-Drive-In the guys from system of a down too
