This is by 70’s session drummer Alvin Taylor, who’s fairly little-known, but is on a lot of stuff. Here he’s with Bill Withers, on the album Menagerie. The song, Lovely Night For Dancing, is kind of a high-70’s, feel-good, throwaway number— Ain’t No Sunshine it ain’t— but I appreciate it on its own terms, and for the craft of it. Here’s the groove Taylor holds for the whole tune almost without variation:
Like a lot of our recent GsOTD, there’s not a lot of drummery interest here, but this is almost our whole job. Laying down time is exciting. It’s exciting to listen to someone do it well.
Audio after the break: