Every second of every video of Steve Gadd is a priceless lesson on how to make the drums sing!

@frankburdodrums8984

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

@KimberleyJiang-vd6ni

2 ай бұрын

So true! I want to be just like him when I grow up. ❤

If you ask James Taylor who the smoothest drummer is, he will tell you Steve Gadd. He is a legend for a reason.

This nice man seems to be getting the hang of drumming. He really should consider a career in music ............

@janetremsing6988

2 жыл бұрын

😂 He’s a natural!

@genewilliams617

Жыл бұрын

Of course you said that with your tongue all rolled up on your cheek!!!!!!

@user-gu3xz3vv6p

Жыл бұрын

Hes the bus driver in Rosebud

@user-ht9ii7di1m

5 ай бұрын

😂 Ха

How does he do it? What a gift! I never get tired of watching Gadd work his magic.

I always come back here!!!! Been doing it for about 8 years now.. Love this!!!!

The Rhythm-o-cratic Oath : I swear to play the whole groove and nothing but the groove,...so help me Gadd!!

He’s still doing the same patterns and moves - a man who found his thing and committed to it 100%, no doubts, never tentative - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

A master of technique, groove, style, creativity and great ear for music. the complete package

Gadd has a few benchmark grooves that he's gotten lots of mileage and this one is one of them.

@rubberneckk

6 жыл бұрын

Taikomaniac agree..same samba based stuff every time..played impeccably although has to be said

Touch, feel, musicality and pure groove! That's why he is a master!!

Steve Gadd is the drummer playing with most L.O.V.E.

Virtuoso drummer here fellow drummers. Steve's approach is playing rudiments over the entire drum kit. His playing is so musical, thanks for all the killer drumming you've created, love you Steve!!!!

So glad I met him and still have his autograph he signed, my ted reed book! Greatest most humble and engaging almost shy in a very nice way!!! Love all your work on all 600 recording sessions you've done!!!

"reeeeeeee other drummers can play 10 times faster reeee!!!!111" It's not about speed, kids, otherwise my washing machine would be raking in music awards. Gadd is God. Simple.

@butuh13

4 жыл бұрын

So what? Fast ain’t the point, junior.

@ralf4131

3 жыл бұрын

Simple is the wrong word. This not simple at all. 8 from 10 would be lose if he would start playing Mozambique/samba on fire mode 140bpm🔥

@dadviper8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@butuh13 that’s what he said

A great musician that has chosen drums to express himself!

i will never, ever, ever get tired of listening to this! hot stuff!

Oooo when he goes back in at 3:42 just so good. Unreal musician

listening to this, I can type faster and work happier. thanks for the post tomgadd.

Beautiful! Groovy and powerful yet relaxed and light

steve gadd was one of buddy's favourite drummers, high praise indeed

Who ever tries to emulate Steve Gadd good luck! He's one of a kind obviously!!!

Watching from Mozambique 🇲🇿

@MitchClement-il6iq

11 ай бұрын

I bet gadd would be welcomed warmly 😊

His groove is magical!

I was told this: Gadd got a sheet - some band he was playing. And somehow it did not sound right. There was a quarter of a note wrong in the sheet and Gadd played it like that. He fixed it and came to the groove. What a drummer

Gadd is amazing. No matter the style he has a groove for it

Never gets old....

Still I remember I watched this video specifically in non android mobile with low quality and still I learnt this beat was priceless feeling it was..... Legend......

Love this!

Witnessing Steve's talent is second to gazing upon the face of God. "Play skillfully..." Psalm 33.

Steve is the inspiration, just learned the basic version of this groove.

One of the most important Grooves in the history of drumming.

A Master at work

@jebjas

9 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

@SuperFlanders123

6 жыл бұрын

Yuppa!!! Mr. Gadd showin' ya how it's done! : )

Steve Gadd is king!

nice video i always learn lots with him. tkx

I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST, AND I GUESS IT'S A GOOD LESSON FOR ALL OF US, VERY INSIGHTFUL

amazing i am still trying to master this groove

THE BEST ONE EVER

Changed my life

God Damn what a gift! The man is a metronome...

Mellifluous.

the amazing gadd feel we all love :) not that tough sticking tho: S=both hands (flam-like) SRLRRLRLRRLRRLR of course the accents and bass displacement are really tough..especially with that loose feel

steve gadd is so damn good. hes real technichal but he also has great feel to his beats, and dont get me started on his dynamics

afro caribbean rhythm from Cuba and good lesson with Steve Gadd style!

this is the groove he played with dave weckl,and vinnie colaiuta!!! i was dying to learn it!!!! steve gadd owns !!

master of masters

Groove master

Thank you for posting this. I need to study and repeat it in practice now.

makes me look at the drums differently and not to worry just play in the future and be happy with my instincts better go and jump on the throne problem is I need a big smoke ist then sweat then if lucky I might be in the zone it dosnt always happen but Im more inspired with my personal progress when I watch the gods share a part of themselves good stuff and thankyou steve gadd

Great!!!

I love it. I'm just learning how to play this, and I'm not gonna lie it's pretty hard. What sticks is he using?

He is ¡¡¡¡ THE MASTER ¡¡¡¡

Sounds like a drum corp version of Cuba percussion....brilliantly executed of course. 😮

it's a left hand flam, and also, the second and the last note that plays the left hand -in this pattern- have accents. Notice that there's also a slight variation on how he hits the cowbell.

Good Gadd man!

brilliant

Drumming sincerity at it's best

exelente¡

Anyone dissing on this just remember Steve has more groove and feel in his pinky toe than all of you combined

Master 🔥

The best

@BEOWULF282 Nailed the pattern, thanks!

immenso steve

I love to dance to Mozambique when it's played at a drum circle.

Like poetry in motion.

"There... that outa hold ya for a while" Gadd doesn't skimp when answering your question.

The daddy, most musical drummer out there still...

so dynamic , so melodic.....you can sing what hes playing!! thats why it works ....who needs other instruments when the complete melody is being played here....not a pattern but a rhythm song....this is what conga players and djembe players know....try to play these forms on the drums...not patterns.....not as a final goal anyway....music out of technique....Gadd is a master at this!!! RESPECT...RESPECT..... hey, thanks for posting this

Master...

Steve Gadd based his groove on the Mozambique in the hit Paul Simon song "Late In The Evening." Without his drumming in that song, I don't think it would be known as a "legendary" song. The other Gadd groove I was referring to is "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover," also by Paul Simon.

I watched Buddy Rich doing West Side Story the other day. I mean a video.... Man!!!!!!

1 des meilleurs à la batterie

@Kane.. Who do u think inspired Weckl? If u like Weckl. You have to love Gadd

@roach4946

7 жыл бұрын

nah man 30seconds of this was enough for me. it just got hell boring.

Is that groove that he plays from 3:42-3:56from a song? I love it!

best drummer in the world. full stop.

Late in the Evening was on One Trick Pony released in 1980.

❤

When he switches to the cow bell he changes the sticking.. He actually plays on the 3 with his RH on the CB. Tell me if you don't agree

I've been looking for an explanation on this beat. My favorite part is at 3:52!

I JUST LOVE ALL THESE COMMENTS.

does anyone know the sticking pattern from when he first moves on to the cowbell?

it was late in the evenning . . and he blew that room away!

I can't imagine him playing with anything other than his black signature sticks TRADITIONAL grip.

Omg, like when he just suddenly went fast I was like 😮😮😮 2:12

Every one of you jokers who dissed this performance are showing your immaturity and ignorance. Its not just what he plays, but how he plays it and it feels. Sure there are a lot of fast complicated drummers out there with all kinds of chops, but they don't groove like this cat.

@vergon6662

5 жыл бұрын

Pepe Lepeaux AMEN!

@DavidHimmelPerforms

5 жыл бұрын

Who the actual hell is dissing Steve Gadd that's just plain ignorance.

@Ammiel1234

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone who can't feel the groove or respect it isn't a real drummer, I'm 50 now and just played drums as a hobby, never was serious about it never had any formal training either, Never got really fast or anywhere near the talent in so many drummers alive and passed. I played everything from southern Gospel to Slayer and Pantera etc. At the time I never disrespected the drummers from the music genres. Somehow during this time I acquired a funk, didn't even know I had it really it was just me and how I felt the music. I was told by one of my peers that the reason they kept me in their band even tho others were wanting to be in the band and they were far better drummers than me, they told me no one has a funk like you man. They just loved it. I didn't feel it was anything special but others better than me did, so yes Groove and funk is very important in drums. I'm actually just getting acquainted with Mr Gadd. I love his grooves.

@vaughanxaviermusic

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Internet. And I'm sorry you thought that this comment would really change any one's mind

@frankburdodrums8984

4 жыл бұрын

They don't know what or who they're watching and listening to. They're just a bunch of Justin Bieber fans.

i want to learn this so badddddd

heheh steve gadd is the master, I got his technique the mozambique it's realy great..

The number one, like david garibaldi.

O MY GADD !!

master

It's the same pattern all the way thru, from the hi-hat in the beginning to the snare/hi-hat playing at the end. Simplified it is - rL RLRRLRLRRLRRLR. Then just repeat(rL stands for flam of course). Or am I misunderstanding your question?

Gadd is such a tease. He makes you wait and wait, but in the end the payoff comes and he gives you what you wanted

@drex48239 On a single drum, it's a flam ( both hands at the same time awkwardly cancel each other out). One different drums, one should try to get both hits more or less simultaneously.

@pulgabros meniel has some nice sounding cowbells

wow :O

So clean darling!

Does anybody out there know where I can get a nice bright sounding cowbell like this? So far nobody is making them like this anymore.

great groove to cop

F = Left Flam R = Right L = Left l = Left ghost note F RLRRlRlRRLRRlR

Isn't it something else that the two most famous Steve Gadd beats are both on Paul Simon songs? Add to that, both songs were hits.

@drex48239 no it´s not at the same time ..... it´s a flame !