Hey hey! Don’t sleep on Al Foster who plays amazingly on Blue Mitchell’s The Thing To Do, and Down With It! Some of the most tasty, funky and crispy hard bop drumming i have ever heard and he was only in his early twenties! Ciao!

Love the drumming on Wayne Shorter’s ETC. session.

HI KEN,a very good video but i would assume some of these lps would be hard to find? even more so as i am in Canada! your knowledge and enthusiasm is very inspiring! at age 70 i am still learning so much about this great art form! Cheers

Ken love this thank you! Can you do one of these about the great drummers recorded on ECM??

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

6 күн бұрын

will try,thanks

Great!

Ken, I don’t care how many people attempt to do what you are doing, but you are irreplaceable. Your style and knowledge of the art form and Bluenote in general is astounding. Being a drummer yourself you bring a unique perspective. You bring new/old music to both the young and old/young at heart.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

10 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot, Sid. I really appreciate it.

That NYC breeze through the window must have felt good. Ken, your drumming expertise really sets these videos apart. I would love to see you break down specific drumming techniques (maybe you use a snare or symbol) then discuss records/players who had their own unique version of that technique. I know very little about drumming, but I've listed to a shitload of jazz so I know the sound of those techniques, but I have no idea about their origin. Maybe you profile one drummer at a time? Anyway, I love how you add some real knowledge to how these players are actually playing. Good stuff Ken!

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

8 күн бұрын

I haven’t played in years for

Pugilist! Good word! :) Always enjoy your videos, insight and love for the music, Ken!

Great stuff Ken,all these albums are killer.Your descriptions of the drummers style and technique is illuminating and understandable for a layman like me.Thanks

I come here to see who’s triggered by “vinyls” Love it. Also, great vid 👍🏻

@rhythmfield

3 күн бұрын

Triggered - I don’t like it - but I’m an aging boomer so who gives a shit about my opinion and other fading aging grumpy old farts?

Ornette Coleman's "new york is now" DID come out as a tone poet!!!! It's part of the "round trip" boxset. :) With the same photo's in the gatefold. !

You always blow me away with your jazz drumming episodes. So insightful and honestly inspiring. Great job Ken keep this stuff coming. I was fortunate enough to see many of these drummers live at the Top of the Gate or the Village Vanguard. Please consider doing a similar video on the swing era.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

10 күн бұрын

Sounds like you’ve seen them all. Which swing drummers are you interested in?

@JazzMessenger1218

10 күн бұрын

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Bellson, Krupa, Rich, Papa Joe, Sonny Payne, Sonny Greer, Big Sid, Sam Woodyard.

AFAIK Philly Joe's last recording with Miles is when he sat in uncredited on Blues No. 2 off of Someday My Prince Will Come.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

10 күн бұрын

@@EricBaileyDrums that’s it. And it’s on a 70s twofer as well.

Thank you. Would love to hear you comment on Paul Motian and Barry Altschul who I grew up listening to their playing on Bill Evans and Anthony Braxton records, respectively. Also not surprised to see All Music Guide give M'Boom Collage a middling review (this is common for many great records). Would love to hear you comment on that as well. Also, maybe a topic for a future video: modern big band drummers.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

Күн бұрын

@@sprachnroll I’ve commented on Paul motion before. I don’t know a lot about Barry Altschul though I enjoy the recordings he played on.

Thank You Ken for the video, I have/know many of these albums. Great to hear them described from the perspective of the percussion, by a drummer such as yourself. The one album that keeps eluding me is the Art Blakey Buhaina's Delight....

I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you. Glad that you mentioned Point of Departure. Tony's playing on track one might be my favorite performance of his. I also love his playing with all of the space available on Out to lunch. What do you think of Andrew Cyrille on the two Cecil Taylor Blue notes?

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

8 күн бұрын

I don’t know his work as well as I should.

Great content. More of these please!

So many great albums here. And it's always interesting to get your more drumming focused insights. Totally agree with your comments on Freddie Hubbard too. Open Sesame is one of my favourite Blue Note albums.

Really glad that you picked “Blackjack” from Byrd which goes virtually undiscussed by the VC and also “Clubhouse” from Gordon - but really think “Sidewinder” is Higgins at his greatest - the rhythm section of Higgins/Cranshaw/Harris is a machine Maybe Sidewinder is too obvious, but I have never been able to stop listening to my early mono pressing BTW my Blackjack is a Liberty stereo pressing from Keel with van Gelder and the serrated edge - sounds great Great video

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

11 күн бұрын

Mono rules

Great, informative presentation! Many thanks, Ken.

Very pleasant and interesting video to listen to !

Excellent video Ken. A lot of value and knowledge in this.

I also have these records in my collection, great music, no question. Nice video, nice to hear the drummers opinion.

Buhaina’s delight is such an absolutely beautiful album!

Thank you 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

8 күн бұрын

where was I the other day and you were there on the phone?

Great show Ken, I continuously have to jot down albums to check out that I haven't heard of ! By the way, have you ever featured the great British drummer Phil Seamen ? he was the best in the UK during the 60's and 70's, closely followed by Allan Ganley. Phil chose the matched grip and it can be heard via his style and solo's - freedom / flow and power ! And of the 'younger' US generation, what about Jeff 'Tain' Watts?

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

9 күн бұрын

I don’t know enough about him and I have no recordings. But I know Ginger Baker copied him.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

9 күн бұрын

I don’t know enough about him and I have no recordings. But I know Ginger Baker copied him.

If you are focusing on Blue Note drummers, what about Pete La Roca? His album with Joe Henderson was pretty WILD. Art Taylor and Ed Thigpin were kings of the brushes.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

11 күн бұрын

! A horrible oversight

@pickinstone

11 күн бұрын

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 All good. Not as offensive as calling yourself a jazz fan and being aversive of all drummers. Actually, the worst offense is calling yourself a "jazz musician" and disrespecting the drummer in your band. Jazz ain't shite without a great drummer driving the band. And when there ain't a drummer in the band, you better believe that everyone on stage is doing their best to imagine the best drummer playing along. Afterall, what is jazz without the dance?

After I posted the comment, I remembered you focused solely on Blue Note guys. Enjoyed the episode…👍

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

11 күн бұрын

Thank you

Ok....I got all these.....see you next video

Of course, every great jazz drummer can’t be included on a list such as yours. If I’m adding another, it would be Dannie Richmond. I love his work with Mingus.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

11 күн бұрын

He’s not on Luna. This video is dedicated purely to blue note albums.

Would be interested to get your take on ESP Disk Ken.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

10 күн бұрын

I don’t own many, but I can do a video

Wonderful video. Not sure if this was intentional but what you sang at 12:37 sounded like Keiko’s Birthday March from Puttin’ It Together!

A young Tony Williams should be on Miles' " Live at the Plugged Nickle"

This is a great listing of great recordings, but I’m puzzled that you name Philly Joe Jones specifically as a blue note artist. He was a freelancer, he ended up on several great BN records, but didn’t do nearly as many BN sides as, say, Art Taylor. Philly probably did a lot more records on Columbia, perhaps a bunch on Prestige? And dozens of other really important labels. Are you specifically promoting or working for Blue Note?

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

Күн бұрын

never called him a blue note artist no blue note records under his name. I said he did many sessions for Blue Note. What Columbia records did he play on? Working for Blue Note. You're daft. If anything I am persona non grata as far as BLue Note cause I don't spread the Kool Aid that Tone Poets are better than original pressings. You're daft.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

Күн бұрын

and except for his records with Miles he appears on very few Columbia records. Don't dare accuse me of working for Blue Note. Ass

One album I love but to my knowledge has not been put out on vinyl ever, is Art Taylor’s Mr. AT with Taylor’s Wailers. To my knowledge, it was only ever released on cd. Would love to see it reissued as a Tone Poet.

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

10 күн бұрын

That definitely came out on vinyl. One was auctioned off last week at Jazz Record center.

@billharper7523

7 күн бұрын

How much did it sell for?

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

6 күн бұрын

@@billharper7523 You think an album originally released in 1960s came out on CD? a pristine mint copy sold for $2,849.

@billharper7523

6 күн бұрын

Wow, big price! A friend bought a cd copy so I know it came out in that format. That was huge money tho for a vinyl copy, but there probably weren’t that many pressed that still exist in really good condition.

Ken, seriously, you shouldn’t promote people saying “vinyls”. They’re going to embarrass themselves in conversation. 😮

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

11 күн бұрын

But they will never learn to say records or LP. It’s over.

@sensational_cellar8606

10 күн бұрын

So many young people say ‘vinyls’ now that it’s normal. They’re not embarrassing themselves to anyone but greying GenX and boomers.

@Joe-yi8xj

10 күн бұрын

Mickey Roker plays his a** l of on Stanley Turrentine Another Story

@terjemyller6573

8 күн бұрын

“Titles” is a better word, I’d say, as it covers every format the music is presented in. It’s about the music not the format, right?

@agalleyne

8 күн бұрын

​​​@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Nooo! 🙅‍♂️ It's like using "sheeps" as a collective noun!! (Love the T-shirt, BTW)

I really don’t like ‘vinyl’ as a noun. Let’s be courageous, proud old farts and just not do that shall we? But I also can’t stand the new ha of a drum exercise or drum pattern a “chop.” That’s right, young people are calling a rudiment or a cool drum pattern: a chop. That’s even worse than shredding…

@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455

Күн бұрын

I couldn't care less