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Topic: Monster 70's drummers...
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: Monster 70's drummers...
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2012 at 6:52am
Three awesome drumming dudes that helped shape and raise  JR/F to its firmament...



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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2012 at 3:49pm
The Cobster has made the biggest impression on me.  If you say name a '70's JR/F drummer and his name comes to mind first.  Love the Phonse's work with Coryell.  I ordered what I thought was a Coryell album with him on it by what the listing said, but it turned out to be a Larryless disco album.  And of course White is Yes's best drummer. Tongue

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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2012 at 5:00pm
Billy for me, monstrous indeed - I do like White over Alph (just) but Billy has more punch, and more of a 'big sound'

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Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2012 at 9:43pm
Probably the people might feel MO and WR and RTF by this list. And I think that Billy Cobham affected it with very big contribution including a solo album.


Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2012 at 1:47am
Billy Cobham is the best of the bunch here. Probably one of the best drummers to exist; of any genre. Lenny White ain't no slouch, and his work in Return to Forever is fantastic, his solo albums from the 70s are excellent jazz-rock/fusion. In post-bop type jazz, he's also great. The Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi and Lenny White "Jazz In The Garden" is a great example. Alphonse Mouzon is my least favorite here, but he's great too.

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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2012 at 3:15am
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

The Cobster has made the biggest impression on me.  If you say name a '70's JR/F drummer and his name comes to mind first.  Love the Phonse's work with Coryell.  I ordered what I thought was a Coryell album with him on it by what the listing said, but it turned out to be a Larryless disco album.  And of course White is Yes's best drummer. Tongue
 
Mouzon's pre=solo album is the most impressive of the three, though
 
After leaving Weather report (stayed a bit less than a year), he went to Tyner's band and made it in a powerhouse.... McCoy's best albums date from that era: Sahare, Song For My Lady, Song Of The New World and the excellent live at Montreux
 
Then he created with Corryell the Eleventh House, which wouldn't have been the same without him
 
Now I agrere that in terms of solo albums, Mouzon's first two are not fantastic (euphemism), but Mind Transplant is absolutely awesome, almost as good as Cob's Spectrum.... Mouzon stole Tommy Bolin for that  too.


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Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2012 at 9:13pm
Alphonse Mouzon for me.

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Posted By: bytor2112
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2012 at 9:04pm
Billy Cobham get my vote.

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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2012 at 9:41am
Billy Cobham is AMAZING !!!


Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2012 at 10:54am
I'll give it to Mouzon for his awesome live performance with Weather Report.

Lenny White never convinced me, maybe it's the drums he uses, the sound, never was fond of it.

Anyhow, if it were for solo careers, Cobham wins easily, most of his 70s albums are great and different, with varying stellar line-ups.



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