> Oh yes, I've seen the All-stars in person, they played here in L.A.
> fairly regularly around the summer of '94; I saw them at a Jazz Funk
> Festival along with Pharcyde, Solsonics and Buckshot LeFonque. Zak is
> pretty impressive. In fact, he was the person in the band who I thought
> was the coolest player. He's a fairly big guy (or at least he looks it) and
> he's got this relatively tiny drum kit, and he looks cool playing all
> over it.
> Elson
Yes...i did the same thing when I first saw them....I just stared
trying to determine where they hid the other drummer! :) It's just
amazing that he gets so much out of that drumset. In my opinion however,
some of the truly greatest drummers have never needed a big fancy kit.
Stewart Copeland is one that immediatly comes to mind. I don't know how
many of you have ever really stopped to listen to the drumming on much of
the Police's stuff (I was a big, big fan back in 1980) but I personally
feel he ranks right at the top as far as talent. The man could keep an
incredible beat and pace through an entire song! When you concentrate on
it, you'll swear that he's an octopus or something :)
Tim (tca@cerfnet.com)