Steve Catanzaro (stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com)
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:20:15 -0700
All hail the funky ones! Five of my favorite, chronologically listed.
5. Gene Krupa. He's one of the godfathers of groove. You all know him as the
drummer on the original Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman. Incredible,
agressive swing that, to my ears, the noveau swing guys don't quite come up
to.
4. Sam Woodyard and Rufus Jones. Check it out, AJ'ers, I know many think
Duke Ellington is the guy who wrote "Satin Doll" and the rest of Marty and
Elaine's material, (l.a. lounge joke), but you do NEED to check out these 3
albums...
"Afro Eurasian Eclipse" "The Far East Suite" and "The Latin American Suite."
No, it's not funk, but what it is is the wildest, most awesome amalgamation
of sound ever assembled anywhere in the history of planet earth (Beethoven
and those old cats included!) Don't blame me if, 5 weeks after listening,
you still can't keep from tapping your Weejuns and snapping your fingers in
grocery stores, calling everyone "baby" and "dad", and wearing your RayBans
till just before you hit the pillow.
3. Clyde Stubblefield and John Jab'O Starks. These are the James Brown
drummers from the real, REAL golden era. Papa don't take NO mess.
2. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. Well, he's played on just about every funky
record since the '60's, from Aretha to the Beatles to Stevie to Steely Dan,
so that counts.
1. Stanton Moore. Plenty of great new drummers out there, but I think this
guy is really interesting. Great fills, great time, great groove.
Who are your fav's, and on what tracks?
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