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Bj-1

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Posted: November 28 2007 at 13:06

One of my personal favorites:

Univers Zero - Dense!

RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!

superprog

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Posted: November 29 2007 at 10:18

Jarle Vestepad - Supersilent 7 dvd (the man is a serious improv-tribal-glitch f**k beat powerhouse!!!)

John McEntire - Tortoise's Glass Museum (lovely intricate yet urgent stuff)

Mastelotto/Bruford - B'Boom off KC's Thrak (deadly duo!!!)

Billy Hart - Herbie Hancock's Sextant (super spacefunk groove masta!!!)

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Posted: November 29 2007 at 20:55

Narada Michael Walden - Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Visions of the Emerald Beyond"

Philip

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Posted: December 05 2007 at 14:03

Thera are so many wonderful drum performances. I choose Tantra' "Máquina da Felicidade" from their debut "Mistérios e Maravilhas", a milestone in prog made in Portugal.

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Posted: December 09 2007 at 04:12

Heart of the sunrise has some crazy rythmes and Larks tongues in aspic pt 1 is as crazy
Bill is the man Clap

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Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:39

StyLaZyn wrote:

Gavin Harrison on PT's Hatesong off the Arriving Somewhere DVD. Blows me away everytime.

Agreed, his performance on that song is exceptional, I love watching him play that on the DVD.

Damjan

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Posted: December 10 2007 at 19:16

Anything off Watchtower's Control and Resistance, Rick Colaluca is the man.

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Posted: December 15 2007 at 21:53

Danny Carey on Lateralus. (Listen to reflection, he keeps that tom rhythm consistant.)

Mike Portnoy on Awake, Train of Thought, Change of Seasons, and Live. (The more i look on PA's forums, I've noticed a trend that DT is frowned on. I for one like them, seen them live 3 times now. But Mike Live is amazing to watch.)

Dan Foord(SikTh) on Death of a Dead Day, the man has some chops!

Bonzo anytime he plays Moby Dick.

Martin Lopez on Damnation and anything he did until he left. Damnation is an amazing CD not only for Martin but for Opeth. He drumming on that is amazing. To go from the Heaviness of Delieverence and Blackwater Park, to this chill mellow Album is great.

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Posted: December 18 2007 at 15:23

Well, I can't speak for "best ever", but as a drummer here are some of my favorites:

Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) - "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" from Live at Pompeii
Phil Collins (Genesis) - anything from Nursery Cryme or Foxtrot
Pierre Moerlen (Gong) - anything from You or Fish Rising (Steve Hillage)
Ian Paice (Deep Purple) - "Space Truckin'" from Made in Japan
Bill Bruford (Yes) - "Heart of the Sunrise" from Fragile
Peter Giger (Dzyan) - "Time Machine" from Time Machine
Jack DeJohnette (Gateway) - "Back-Woods Song" and "Sorcery I" from Gateway

Nucleus

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Posted: December 20 2007 at 17:14

But surely Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick (especially Live of of HTWWW) must take the honors...

In recent years, however, Gavin Harrison is incredible in PT's Anesthesize.

What else...

Alan White in Gates of Delerium (Yes)?

Carl Palmer in Tarkus or Tank (ELP)?

Neil Peart (Rush) in... everything?

Bill Bruford in Heart of the Sunrise (especially live from Yessongs)?

So many great ones.

ES335

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Posted: December 21 2007 at 14:19

Counting jazz guys almost seems unfair, but Billy Cobham on the first and second Mahavishnu Orchestra albums is awesome.

And I know y'all will laugh, but Ringo Starr inventing progressive drumming on "A Day in the Life"

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Posted: December 23 2007 at 05:11

One Of These Days with Nick Mason, just watch the Pompeii-version.

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Posted: December 23 2007 at 13:51

I'm not sure if this is available on any Colosseum live albums but when John Hiseman does his Drum solo there's a part of it that always brings a smile to my face when I've seen him. Basically what he does is a fast single stroke roll on the snare drum and a very slow single stroke roll on his double bass drums. Now that in itself is very simple to play but then he starts speeding up the bass drums and slowing down the snare until they are both at the same speed; he then continues slowing down the snare, speeding up the bass drums until of course it's now a fast bass drum roll and a slow snare roll. To do that as evenly as he does it is not easy. Try it Drummers.