Kenny Clare/Grisha Farfel - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

[verilymcfie]

How understimated the Billy Cotton Band was. Used to love listening to them on BBC Light Programme on Sundays. Of course it is superfluous to all the previous comments to say what a great drummer Kenny Clare was. It is a trip in time to hear all these wonderful arrangements. Who arranged this? Arrangers rarely got the praise due to them (while they were alive).

[DYNODRUM]

Great Drummer !!

[Cheeseford]

Kenny used all sorts through the years. He had a WFL, then an Ajax when he was with the Dankworth band. Then it was back to Ludwig for most of the 1960s and early 1970s, switching to Premier when Alan Gilbey developed the Resonators. Then from the late 1970s up to his death, he mostly used Slingerlands.

[tony00165]

were the Beatles about when this was recorded?......who did the 'cant buy me love' bit first....was this filmed after '63???....I always thought that 'Do you want to know a secret' was familiar when I heard George harrison on a ferguson tape recorder in Epsteins office and they did admit to pinching ideas from the Beach Boys for the sergeant pepper album.Makes you think.

[mikebuddy1]

Speaking of "Can't buy me Love" I have a great recording of Ella Fitzgerald singing this tune & recorded in london with Kenny Clare on drums.He was the best all round drummer england ever had.One of his best albums is "Drum Spatcular" with Ronnie Stephson.

[Pichon61]

Great stuff - I'm just about old enough to remember!

Bill Cotton Jnr. is certainly a chip off the old block!

Thanks for posting. Happy days!

[Wavingclouds]

Anyone know if they ever rereleased"Conversations-A Drum Spectacular" with Kenny, Buddy and Louie?

[haircut333]

Just an amazing drummer once sam him at a drum clinic in manchester i think for barrats music shop,a fan ever since ,his fills were unbelieveble sadly missed wish i had his 16inch avedis.

[clivestocker]

amazing Drumming! What an amazing guy.

[ishredu]

now THIS is swingin'!!!

[edymull]

Great to see Billy Cotton again. Brings me back to childhood and black and white tv

[Cheeseford]

As I said in my original notes, this is 1964. 10 May 1964, to be precise.

[01Firedude10]

How old is this, bringing back the 20's? Awesome though.

[buddyrichman]

No, not 20's, maybe a 20's tune. It's a 1940's style arrangement and I would guess this clip is from the 1960's. Kenny was a much respected British big band and session drummer. I have a great LP (Conversations) with Kenny, Louise Bellson and Buddy Rich all playing at a memorial concert for Frank King. Kenny was one of the few drummers held in high esteem by Buddy Rich, so that's says something about him!

[jonwilson]

Fantastic. I don't think I've ever seen Kenny perform before, though I've heard him plenty of times. And a nice Beatles quote (can't buy me love) at around 1:44. Proper entertainment.

[allaaaah]

Kenny was one of the best !

[lasermate]

That's what Sunday afternoons used to be all about and Bill was an ardent Arsenal fan. I remember one of his rhymes following the day before's football results was "Down in the vally nothing stirred - Not a leaf, not even a bird - Only blue jumpers seemed alive - Tottenham 1 Arsenal 5"