Here’s one of my favorite funk performances ever, by Ndugu Leon Chancler on Watch Out, Baby!, from George Duke’s Reach For It. It’s pretty NSFW, so you may want to put on the headphones if […]
Category: daily best music in the world
DBMITW: models of simplicity
There are thousands of examples of simple pop drumming which achieve a kind of craftsmanly invisibility, but here I’ve chosen a handful of favorite tracks in which the drumming actually stands out artistically for its […]
DBMITW: Sam Rivers with Barry Artschul
Another track from Sam Rivers’ Sizzle plus some bonus Barry Altschul after the break:
Daily best music in the world: Gil Evans
We can debate the subtleties of the meaning of the word “daily” later- right now just play this loud: That’s Tony Williams on the drums, in one of my new favorite performances of his after […]
DBMITW: Young Man Blues
Another one of these was dropped in my lap, so I guess I’ll continue this feature du jour. A different performance of the standout track from Live at Leeds:
Daily best music in the world
Twice in a row makes this a feature, I guess. Because I don’t have time for much else, here’s Weather Report from 1971, with Alphonse Mouzon on drums and Dom um Romao on percussion. Plus […]