Joe was always my favorite.With Mitch Mitchell being my favorite rock drummer.Every time i think he can't blow me away i've seen everything he's done...Damn, LOL, i found something like this and i'm amazed all over again.
Joe was a one-of-a-kind drummer and musican. In addition to his incredible drumming, he was a GREAT guy with a big heart and a fabulous sense of humor!
Your right they dont make them like this anymore, there are a lot of fantasic technical drummers but this was a certain era when there was an amazing type of swing and grove and everyone was a snare drum master. And your right if I hear one more person bring up travis F**n barker I will spew ! for goodness sake he is a punk rock drummer and there are thousands and thousands better than him practicing at home.
I think i know why five people dont like this vid. They dont like jazz so they will take it out on one of the greatest jazz drummers in history R.I.P Joe
Still trying to work out why ANYONE wouldn't like this. The man's a genius and always has been. If you don't believe me, listen to him playing at Carnegie Hall. The best drum solo ever - bar none.
holy crap a drum solo with rythm and not just a jack ass hitting his drums as hard and as fast as possible, i didnt know this was possible i love you joe
It is my theory that Travis Barker hates all the hype surrounding him. He knows that he isn't nearly as good as Joe Morello....he's rudimentally trained..dude knows chops when he sees them. Now...if only the obnoxious teenagers could realize that. Part of becoming a real musician is developing the ear to recognize minute details in great playing...I went through the Danny Carey is the best drummer who ever lived phase...but then I stopped being stupid.
0:10 - 3:12... Technique madness!!! people need to understand that people like virgil donati, mike portnoy etc. are drummers from a very different era... styles of drumming is influenced by the type of music played, joe morello's playing is obviously influenced by jazz and is going to play whats perfect for jazz, not what virgil donati might say is perfect for heavy rock/metal... drummers from two completely different eras cant be compared coz they are better than each other at different things
@henrycoleman3 LOL!!! I guess Travis Barker has practiced more than all the guys talking big on Youtube. What is so bad about his hands?? Good skills and a cool dude,
@henrycoleman3 Totally false. For jazz, look at guys like Steve Smith for amazing Jazz chops and guys like Mike Portnoy, Virgil Donati and Thomas Lang for amazing rock abilities.
His right foot at 2:46 beats that bass drum faster than I can tongue my nots on the saxophone. Faster then me just pressing buttons as fast as I fucking can! And thats just his friggin foot! God, What a boss.
I love watching so many drummers on youtube. Finally getting the opportunity to really appreciate guys that I didn't get to see all that much of before the advent of the internet. There's something to be admired in all of them, but I have to admit if there's one thing I'm heartily sick of it's that every drummer under the sun seemingly has to be compared to Joey Jordison or Travis Barker. Frankly that's just sad.
every time you see a great jazzer on youtube people always start talking about Travis Barker. Come on guy's Travis plays COMPLETELY different music to this but if he had to turn his hand to jazz i bet he would make a better job of it than the people slagging him all the time. If you want a succesful well payed carrear as a drummer in 2011 your unfortunately not going get it in a jazz combo, much as i love jazz
Classic Morello for all you know it all, wanna be but can't do brats. I love the part where he is doing hand to hand triplets and he brings up his right hand to adjust his eyeglasses and keeps the triplets going with his left hand only. Classic Joe move. Anyone who knows anything about great drumming loves Joe Morello.
@sqweezel Its true - I love when he fixes his glasses while his left hand is blazing thru the triplets. Joe was the best. I met him and got to tell him how much I admired his playing and what a huge inspiration he was to me. He was very appreciative - a real nice guy and the last of the great ones to leave us.
In the segment recorded in England, Joe looks like he should be head librarian at a university somewhere. That is the impression he gives, until you see him perform all these amazing feats, (which could probably only be equalled by Buddy Rich). He does not even break a sweat doing so. He was, and is, a drumming genuis.
@smrt888 How ironic, you mentioned him yourself, and got it to a top comment... YOU are the one bringing him up... I never see good comments about Barker or Jordison or fucking Bieber, it's the haters that keep mentioning them... just shut up...
@aakkoin woah buddy, I'm not hating on Travis Barker, I think he's a good drummer who obviously has some talent, i'm just saying that everytime i watch a video of say, Buddy Rich or Joe Morello, i'm bombarded by unintelligent comments such as "travis barker has 5 youtube channels" and i was just saying im tired of it. i completely understand where you're coming from though and i have gotten very similar replies in the 6 months its been top comment, im sorry if you misunderstood me in any way
i don't know the first thing about jazz or jazz drummers, but from watching this guy for the last hour i would venture to guess they don't make drummers like joe morello anymore and haven't for a long time.
Joe Morello became my first real encounter with jazz! On my 10th birthday i got my first drumkit along with a Morello record, and I will grow old and hopefully be buried together with this magnificent CD.
I think that first clip was on a DVD. When i first started drumming my mom got me this mega old drumming technique book and it had a disc with it which i think had that clip.....might be wrong
buddy rich and joe morello.... says it all really. WORLD CLASS
yes there's millions of good drummers all over the world even today. BUT joe and buddy another fucking league that NO ONE will ever be period. maybe jo jo mayer he's amazing. if i could only do what joe or buddy did on four limbs to their one i'd shit strawberries...
The tune is "Sounds of the Loop" from a 1950s album, I think. He was in his prime here. See that bass drum pedal? An old Ludwig, no fancy double pedals or trick mechanism. Just good feet, playing the hard way, one stroke at a time!
I saw Joe in Liverpool doing a drum clinic in 1963 I saw him twice more over the next few years he knocked me for six with his ability. He was a nice guy with a great sense of humour. he told an adoring crowd of young drummers 'Drumming is like life...you'll get out of it what you put in'.....I never forgot....so profound... He epitomised for me so much that was good about America.
My brother introduced me to Joe Morello at a time when I was just learning to play the drums. My brother was older than me and therefore better. I hoped for some sympathy from Joe but there was none. He is a true professional and a perfefctionist and required all drummers to perform the basics at top level. Later that night he played Castilian Drums. I will never forget it - the best drum solo one could ever imagine. So listen to Joe and Practice those rudiments!
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he was good back in the day but now travis barker is considerd the best drummer in the fucking world the drummers today r just much faster then theise old dudes
@scopions84 You've got to be shitting me. Look at this man play and then tell me that a chump like Travis Barker could do any better than this guy. I'm not even a drummer and I can recognize the raw talent and control this man has over the skins.
@scopions84 travis barker, fast,you need to go looking to findgooddrummers, themost popular isnot the fastest or most musical, look at the commentsby peoplewhoisound like they knopw what theyre talkin bt on hissolos.
Study, folks. Work hard study and more study. You just don't walk off the street and play this like death metal or Joey Jordison insanity. Study. Go get a job, make some cakes, earn some money and study. Fold up your hopes of metal and study like a real drummer. People wake up! Drumming has lost its soul. This is art. You must study, work, pay money, get a drum teach and avoid metal. Avoid bad habits. Go to the past. Be feasting on drums. Study like a nerd. Zazz. Jazz. No metal.
LOL...aside from the "no metal" part, I agree. You have to learn all aspects of music and be able to understand as well as execute to be considered a musican. Otherwise you are just another drummer, which is fine and fun, but us pros don't get paid lesson money and how we gonna eat? :)
So many great drummers in the 70's and 80's grew up with this kind of drumming
as there first influence. That's why so many drummers from the 70's and 80's were so versitile. They played Rock,Jazz,Blues etc. because they had too, to get work, and were hearing this music all around all the time. @Peredrum...I saw you playing at Warner Bros.studios in Burbank CA.with Jimmy Webb in the 70's...you were awesome!
my god! Micheal Shrieve from the santana band is really influenced by this kind of drumming...maybe not joe but someone of jazz....(i've just listed to soul sacrifice at woodstock :D so i've thought to that :D)
Without a doubt the best MUSICIAN ever to pick up sticks. If you want to hear a master class in drumming, listen to the BRUBECK AT CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT. Joe's solo on Castilian Drums still lives -- 50+ years later -- as one of the most amazing demonstrations of percussion skills EVER. As you listen in amazement, just remember... he had the flu and a 101 temperature! No one ... NO one... can ever stand in comparison to this AMAZING talent. Love you, Joe!
Joe is definatly one of the best of the best. Thanks to him, we had John Bonham too (u all know Bonham was an avid Morello fan and studied his tech.)What a great drummer.
4:35 I must be delusional to even consider that Joe might chop his French left hand even half as badly as I do, but that may just be because he's air sticking.
I studied under a guy named Chuck Flores at the prodrum shop in Hollywood in the mid 60's. He took me to Shelley's Man-Hole(nite-club) in Hollywood to see Joe play. I was then introduced to Joe as Chucks main studend. I couldn't stop watching him. Later he showed me some techniques he used,so I practiced them every dam day. I went on to play for many artist as a L.A.session player and was endorsed by Ludwig. Joe was a generous warm hearted guy. He also had great sense of humor. Thanks Joe!!!
Drumverse@peredrum hey if you ever pass through connecticut come look me up i would love to learn first hand joe morello finger hand and wrist technique
Jim Chapin said that some of the best drummers he knew had mediocre technique but their musicality (ability to play with others and play the right things at the right times) was top notch. He said that technique is often favored over musicality.
I think Joe Morello is an great example of awesome sound combined with incredible technique.
hearing a live album by brubeck at age 12 (1980) changed my life profoundly. i decided then and there i was going to pursue music as much as possible. mr. morello is a living legend. i hope the other members are still alive. the bass playing was my 2nd fave part of the group after joe morello, (personal bias) ---heck, even metal drummers cite joe morello as a major influence. nicko mcbrain of iron maiden comes to mind now. not surprising, as nicko is a highly accomplished jazz drummer.
@marklar74 I remember seeing Pat Travers live with Nicko as the drummer. I always dug his style. When I heard that Iron Maiden had tabbed Nicko as the drummer replacing the departing Clive Burr, I was delighted, but wondered how it would affect the Maiden sound. Then I heard the intro to "Where Eagles Dare" on Piece of Mind. Worries were put to rest.
Where did this joker learn how to count? If it were in 5/4 it would still be a feat. No matter what time signature, Joe Morello is magic behind a drum set.
Joe was always my favorite.With Mitch Mitchell being my favorite rock drummer.Every time i think he can't blow me away i've seen everything he's done...Damn, LOL, i found something like this and i'm amazed all over again.
maxwelld1961 3 weeks ago
Joe was a one-of-a-kind drummer and musican. In addition to his incredible drumming, he was a GREAT guy with a big heart and a fabulous sense of humor!
paulunde 1 month ago
Only true drummers know how difficult and amazing this solo was, timing was pin-point!
LentejOfficial 2 months ago 3
My left ear enjoyed this.
soularflareGT 2 months ago 6
Bonham got a lot from this guy, and not the other way. To make clear the comment of Coixxman
paulbeatles91 3 months ago 6
the first part solo closely parallels John Henry Bonham Mobby Dick Solo.
in other solos Morello plays with his hands just like Bonham.
Coixxman 3 months ago
@Coixxman Why are you so stupid?
ejlarson249 4 weeks ago 3
1:54 - He adjusts his specs without missing a beat. Class!
tigerslap 4 months ago 3
Your right they dont make them like this anymore, there are a lot of fantasic technical drummers but this was a certain era when there was an amazing type of swing and grove and everyone was a snare drum master. And your right if I hear one more person bring up travis F**n barker I will spew ! for goodness sake he is a punk rock drummer and there are thousands and thousands better than him practicing at home.
caetlin1343 4 months ago 2
not only is joe an astounding drummer but hell he pretty much did it blind half the time!! RIP joe!!
xxmlhedxx 4 months ago
does anyone what kind of clutch on the hi-hat? I always see that type from the 60's.
bsm6776 5 months ago
I think i know why five people dont like this vid. They dont like jazz so they will take it out on one of the greatest jazz drummers in history R.I.P Joe
janla2112 5 months ago
5 dislikes? What's there to dislike about this man's incredible talent? The man was legally blind, and he played Jazz! R.I.P. Joe!
Malevolant 5 months ago
AWESOME!!!!
MIKECONGAable 5 months ago
woooooooooooooow
super
google johan capiau
capjoartist1200 5 months ago
hes playing in a suit...thats what makes it awesome
DavinciBeatz100 5 months ago
Still trying to work out why ANYONE wouldn't like this. The man's a genius and always has been. If you don't believe me, listen to him playing at Carnegie Hall. The best drum solo ever - bar none.
matherrjm 5 months ago
Joe was not just a GREAT musician he was also a perfect gentleman. I was very lucky to sit down with him and enjoy a conversation over a beer.
He was very gracious and did this simply because I wrote him a fan letter.
crazyoldbastard 6 months ago
Joe Morello proves that you don't need a double pedal to have a fast bass drum
concertoldham 6 months ago
After hearing this why would you want to listen to Travis Barker? R.I.P. Joe, you are a legend!!
glisnake 6 months ago
r.i.p old man. at least heaven got the drummer it had always deserved.
ibm9117 6 months ago
r.i.p joe morello
narggla68 6 months ago
holy crap a drum solo with rythm and not just a jack ass hitting his drums as hard and as fast as possible, i didnt know this was possible i love you joe
niceshotjones 6 months ago
where's miking at this time ? :P
addelins 7 months ago
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addelins 7 months ago
o0o travis barker n those who keep mentioning about travis barker in other videos
atks22 7 months ago
morello might once should have bought a good carpet :)
shavethebravedave 7 months ago
It is my theory that Travis Barker hates all the hype surrounding him. He knows that he isn't nearly as good as Joe Morello....he's rudimentally trained..dude knows chops when he sees them. Now...if only the obnoxious teenagers could realize that. Part of becoming a real musician is developing the ear to recognize minute details in great playing...I went through the Danny Carey is the best drummer who ever lived phase...but then I stopped being stupid.
thatmantraman 7 months ago
One handed sixtuplet at the 1:50 mark...Oh my God!
thatmantraman 7 months ago
0:10 - 3:12... Technique madness!!! people need to understand that people like virgil donati, mike portnoy etc. are drummers from a very different era... styles of drumming is influenced by the type of music played, joe morello's playing is obviously influenced by jazz and is going to play whats perfect for jazz, not what virgil donati might say is perfect for heavy rock/metal... drummers from two completely different eras cant be compared coz they are better than each other at different things
LloydyFckinB 7 months ago
Joe kicks total ass!
MrDrummerdood 7 months ago
this man was a master of controlled chaos. RIP.
josephd183 7 months ago
pure silk
bruceisjack 7 months ago
This man was bad ass!! Which is also why we still hear of him today!! thank god for the legacy of music.
nuke97 7 months ago
Travis Barker is nothing but a Ham-n-Egger.
You don't see quality drummers anymore because they don't get educated on or practice their instrument.
henrycoleman3 7 months ago 2
@henrycoleman3 LOL!!! I guess Travis Barker has practiced more than all the guys talking big on Youtube. What is so bad about his hands?? Good skills and a cool dude,
0thcentury 7 months ago
@henrycoleman3 Totally false. For jazz, look at guys like Steve Smith for amazing Jazz chops and guys like Mike Portnoy, Virgil Donati and Thomas Lang for amazing rock abilities.
metalmike83 7 months ago
Travis Barker is nothing but a Ham-n-Egger
henrycoleman3 7 months ago
His right foot at 2:46 beats that bass drum faster than I can tongue my nots on the saxophone. Faster then me just pressing buttons as fast as I fucking can! And thats just his friggin foot! God, What a boss.
DUECEOFSPADAROS 9 months ago
@DUECEOFSPADAROS i can tongue my notes at the same speed on my sax......You get faster with the more you practice
jamin61495 8 months ago
I love watching so many drummers on youtube. Finally getting the opportunity to really appreciate guys that I didn't get to see all that much of before the advent of the internet. There's something to be admired in all of them, but I have to admit if there's one thing I'm heartily sick of it's that every drummer under the sun seemingly has to be compared to Joey Jordison or Travis Barker. Frankly that's just sad.
harnois75 9 months ago
Swing, groove, personality. He's got what's needed.
jimchapin 9 months ago
God, this is awesome. You don't see many drummers doing stuff of this caliber anymore.
mlcoo17 9 months ago
Fuck Travis Parker!
Malevolant 9 months ago
RIP Joe..the best of the best.
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toth1971 9 months ago
every time you see a great jazzer on youtube people always start talking about Travis Barker. Come on guy's Travis plays COMPLETELY different music to this but if he had to turn his hand to jazz i bet he would make a better job of it than the people slagging him all the time. If you want a succesful well payed carrear as a drummer in 2011 your unfortunately not going get it in a jazz combo, much as i love jazz
170adamb 9 months ago
this guy practiced stick control rudiments on a pillow for 30 years before he actually played the drums.
JazzQuasar 9 months ago
Barker?...he couldn't even carry Morello's stick bag...RIP Joe...
BeatleJim55 9 months ago 2
R.I.P Joe Morello, you are greatly missed by many drummers of all genres. Your mesmerizing angels now...
ParallaxDrums 10 months ago 2
Classic Morello for all you know it all, wanna be but can't do brats. I love the part where he is doing hand to hand triplets and he brings up his right hand to adjust his eyeglasses and keeps the triplets going with his left hand only. Classic Joe move. Anyone who knows anything about great drumming loves Joe Morello.
sqweezel 10 months ago
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@sqweezel Its true - I love when he fixes his glasses while his left hand is blazing thru the triplets. Joe was the best. I met him and got to tell him how much I admired his playing and what a huge inspiration he was to me. He was very appreciative - a real nice guy and the last of the great ones to leave us.
jdrum12 7 months ago
Truly overrated.
Easleytee 10 months ago
travis barker could not even compare to this giant....rock on joe !
auggdogrules 10 months ago
In the segment recorded in England, Joe looks like he should be head librarian at a university somewhere. That is the impression he gives, until you see him perform all these amazing feats, (which could probably only be equalled by Buddy Rich). He does not even break a sweat doing so. He was, and is, a drumming genuis.
castlehilldude 10 months ago
Still wearing those glasses :)
Love this man's playing
ElliotTheMoose4 10 months ago
OG of Blast Beats!....golden fingers...
xxSPiKeZxx326 10 months ago
cool alter !
Hirnzucker 10 months ago
THANK FOR ALL JOE!!!!!
GOOD TRAVEL to the eternity
yamahitas 10 months ago 2
THANK YOU JOE!
Fluffyfluffyhead 10 months ago
Amazing speed!
ProSam 10 months ago
im so tired of travis barker being mentioned in every drum video
smrt888 10 months ago 74
@smrt888 noticed how no one mentions him in a travis barker video though O_O
unclenabe 7 months ago
@smrt888
Who? :-)
63Brummie 6 months ago
@smrt888
So why do you mention him?
TheMrDsl 5 months ago
@TheMrDsl because I'm super badass
smrt888 5 months ago
@smrt888 How ironic, you mentioned him yourself, and got it to a top comment... YOU are the one bringing him up... I never see good comments about Barker or Jordison or fucking Bieber, it's the haters that keep mentioning them... just shut up...
aakkoin 4 months ago
@aakkoin woah buddy, I'm not hating on Travis Barker, I think he's a good drummer who obviously has some talent, i'm just saying that everytime i watch a video of say, Buddy Rich or Joe Morello, i'm bombarded by unintelligent comments such as "travis barker has 5 youtube channels" and i was just saying im tired of it. i completely understand where you're coming from though and i have gotten very similar replies in the 6 months its been top comment, im sorry if you misunderstood me in any way
smrt888 4 months ago
@smrt888
well your metnoning him now
drummerkareemovic 2 weeks ago
@drummerkareemovic because travis sucks.
rallyivan1234 2 weeks ago
Look at his foot at about 2:44. Amazing.
DoctorNoMD 10 months ago
i don't know the first thing about jazz or jazz drummers, but from watching this guy for the last hour i would venture to guess they don't make drummers like joe morello anymore and haven't for a long time.
zbyszek654 10 months ago 32
Joe Morello became my first real encounter with jazz! On my 10th birthday i got my first drumkit along with a Morello record, and I will grow old and hopefully be buried together with this magnificent CD.
RIP Joe - A true master of the instrument.
jonrixbus 10 months ago
best drummer ever; R.IP.
sirhcnav 10 months ago
I was actually introduced to Joe by Jim. May they both Rest in Peace.
Grndwlms 10 months ago
I was acyually introduced to Joe by Jim. May they both Rest in Peace.
Grndwlms 10 months ago
hes playing with gods orchestra ;)
AaronSk8Man 10 months ago
MOST EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!
MrMegaFredzeppelin 10 months ago
@MrMegaFredzeppelin
Great teacher too.
onthemoveagain 10 months ago
R.I.P. Joe. Playing for God now.
tommoyanks 10 months ago
I love Dave grinnin' at Joe! :0)
...Rest in Gods peace, Joe Morello.
oldedrum 10 months ago
RIP master
mutlubasdas 10 months ago
RIP JOE.
The4thGuy 10 months ago
I'm not a drummer but enjoyed his teaching style. He didn't spend a long time explaining before demonstrating.
"It doesn't mean you have to kill the stick." Classic!
JonP1961 10 months ago
Joe "Fucked Shit Up - Old School". The best ever. RIP.
mnick0962 10 months ago
cant believe he died :(
RIP Joe Morello amazing drummer
boybawang9997 10 months ago
Truly a great drummer and musician. RIP Joe.
GuitarZenMan 10 months ago
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日本語で、聞きたいデス
In Japanese, listen to Death
AlexAlesana07 10 months ago
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日本語で、聞きたいデス
AlexAlesana07 10 months ago
Old school. One I'll never graduate from.
DCussen 10 months ago
Que sarpado como toca el chabon, exelente!!!
TheMasterDramon 11 months ago
insane. guy brings the thnunder
TRUBADORtv 11 months ago
I think that first clip was on a DVD. When i first started drumming my mom got me this mega old drumming technique book and it had a disc with it which i think had that clip.....might be wrong
MRdrummerkid12541 11 months ago
日本語で、聞きたいデス
yukihiro4962 11 months ago
日本語で、聞きたいデス
yukihiro4962 11 months ago
Funny how in every video you see Joe pushing his eye glasses back up right between strokes.
scalabration 11 months ago
I hear a little Gene Krupa influence in there.
rellimtube 1 year ago
i'm a bass player. but i love watching joe morello. joe morello makes me wish i were a drummer lol.
mindbodylightsound10 1 year ago
Wonder if he is friends with Charlie Watts... man's a ledge ..
fjbutch 1 year ago
The kit! Oh my god the kit man, this is the kit!
burningthin 1 year ago
buddy rich and joe morello.... says it all really. WORLD CLASS
yes there's millions of good drummers all over the world even today. BUT joe and buddy another fucking league that NO ONE will ever be period. maybe jo jo mayer he's amazing. if i could only do what joe or buddy did on four limbs to their one i'd shit strawberries...
toth1971 1 year ago
Uhh I would have been the annoying crowd person that ruined the video from cheering.
ndbass09 1 year ago
Barker and Jordinson better than this? lol
SantaSeeker181 1 year ago
@SantaSeeker181 go seek santa... pure genius here... not for you
yosoysahidleon 1 year ago
@yosoysahidleon Im laughing at how people THINK they are better. Im not saying they are better... for gods sake
SantaSeeker181 1 year ago
LOVE the suit + hypersolo combo.
5147848amp 1 year ago
Those old farts will blow you out of the water.
Antiks72 1 year ago
Joe Morello è una vera leggenda!!!
3584817 1 year ago
Am i only one or this music vid dont have sound? :S
quaxxac 1 year ago
@quaxxac check your speakers! \m/
Donati666 1 year ago
Now this cool cat knows how to play and play right. Give it up to old school. WOOT WOOT!
SpiritFilled98 1 year ago 2
Now this cool cat knows how to play and plat right. Give it up to old school. WOOT WOOT!
SpiritFilled98 1 year ago
The tune is "Sounds of the Loop" from a 1950s album, I think. He was in his prime here. See that bass drum pedal? An old Ludwig, no fancy double pedals or trick mechanism. Just good feet, playing the hard way, one stroke at a time!
sckvevrbdy 1 year ago
Such a legend!
Drummin4justice 1 year ago
1:54 he puts his right hand up to adjust his glasses and doesn't miss a step. Amazing!
RCAvhstape 1 year ago
Anyone know the name of the tune that the drum solo leads into? I'd love to hear the whole performance!
decko87 1 year ago
fake rs
kerobreka 1 year ago
the last part of the video he greatly explains some stuff
deinielCOBOS 1 year ago
It seems impossible to me don´t link with Bonham´s stuff.
muitodoidomesmo 1 year ago
I saw Joe in Liverpool doing a drum clinic in 1963 I saw him twice more over the next few years he knocked me for six with his ability. He was a nice guy with a great sense of humour. he told an adoring crowd of young drummers 'Drumming is like life...you'll get out of it what you put in'.....I never forgot....so profound... He epitomised for me so much that was good about America.
tony00165 1 year ago
My brother introduced me to Joe Morello at a time when I was just learning to play the drums. My brother was older than me and therefore better. I hoped for some sympathy from Joe but there was none. He is a true professional and a perfefctionist and required all drummers to perform the basics at top level. Later that night he played Castilian Drums. I will never forget it - the best drum solo one could ever imagine. So listen to Joe and Practice those rudiments!
matherrjm 1 year ago
Absolutely stunning.
abe456 1 year ago
Seeing this video online is amazing, but seeing it live I'm sure was an entirely different story. I bet it boggled many 'a mind.
spacitydrummer4JC 1 year ago
At 1:21 all I could think of was SICK!
ndbass09 1 year ago
killed it
machaud1 1 year ago
that foot!
redoctoberff 1 year ago
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he was good back in the day but now travis barker is considerd the best drummer in the fucking world the drummers today r just much faster then theise old dudes
scopions84 1 year ago
@scopions84 You've got to be shitting me. Look at this man play and then tell me that a chump like Travis Barker could do any better than this guy. I'm not even a drummer and I can recognize the raw talent and control this man has over the skins.
tnad5212 1 year ago 30
@tnad5212 Travis CAN play this. He chooses to play what he plays. Until you have seen Travis attempt Jazz style then you cannot back that up.
skippy127 9 months ago
@skippy127 Same to you, sir.
tnad5212 9 months ago
@scopions84 travis barker, fast,you need to go looking to findgooddrummers, themost popular isnot the fastest or most musical, look at the commentsby peoplewhoisound like they knopw what theyre talkin bt on hissolos.
0ngus 1 year ago
Study, folks. Work hard study and more study. You just don't walk off the street and play this like death metal or Joey Jordison insanity. Study. Go get a job, make some cakes, earn some money and study. Fold up your hopes of metal and study like a real drummer. People wake up! Drumming has lost its soul. This is art. You must study, work, pay money, get a drum teach and avoid metal. Avoid bad habits. Go to the past. Be feasting on drums. Study like a nerd. Zazz. Jazz. No metal.
JoeJacari 1 year ago 3
@JoeJacari Agree completely. There are no shortcuts. Listen to Morello and his orchestra from 1961 (found this in my LP collection recently):
watch?v=A-LirwEkwZ0
reagrds
classicvinylbiz 1 year ago
@JoeJacari
LOL...aside from the "no metal" part, I agree. You have to learn all aspects of music and be able to understand as well as execute to be considered a musican. Otherwise you are just another drummer, which is fine and fun, but us pros don't get paid lesson money and how we gonna eat? :)
PositivelyBored 1 year ago
that groove and that ludwig sound are what made this guy a fucking legend !
blica1 1 year ago
is he right or left handed...i think hes both....this guy is the best in my eyes
mmdmcknight 1 year ago
So many great drummers in the 70's and 80's grew up with this kind of drumming
as there first influence. That's why so many drummers from the 70's and 80's were so versitile. They played Rock,Jazz,Blues etc. because they had too, to get work, and were hearing this music all around all the time. @Peredrum...I saw you playing at Warner Bros.studios in Burbank CA.with Jimmy Webb in the 70's...you were awesome!
lapspd 1 year ago 11
Death metal? Please, even a monkey can hit the drums fast. Jazz is about soul, figures that any band who sings about having no soul can't play drums.
CreativeMast3rmind 1 year ago 4
beasting at 1:52 (left hand)
chickenpotpie1216 1 year ago 2
@chickenpotpie1216
I know SICK isn't it!?!?
LucasSpurrell 1 year ago
my god! Micheal Shrieve from the santana band is really influenced by this kind of drumming...maybe not joe but someone of jazz....(i've just listed to soul sacrifice at woodstock :D so i've thought to that :D)
Cachid 1 year ago
This is some great sticking!
justentime77 1 year ago 3
Without a doubt the best MUSICIAN ever to pick up sticks. If you want to hear a master class in drumming, listen to the BRUBECK AT CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT. Joe's solo on Castilian Drums still lives -- 50+ years later -- as one of the most amazing demonstrations of percussion skills EVER. As you listen in amazement, just remember... he had the flu and a 101 temperature! No one ... NO one... can ever stand in comparison to this AMAZING talent. Love you, Joe!
CCConservatory 1 year ago 3
i find it always funny to see that the cymbal stands of those vintage sets are so thin(small in radius). modern cymbal stands are way thicker:P
DrummerRF 1 year ago
God I love this.
wilso666 1 year ago
love what he does at 1.55
MrTomasRamone 1 year ago
What a joy to watch and hear. Laying all those breaks on top of the rhythm. Adjusts glasses during solo! Heh heh.
smegweevil 1 year ago
1:52 ... LOL WUT? :O
Georgebucio18 1 year ago
Great feeling for rhythm, i love it!
DaZeDmerlin 1 year ago
holy crap that was awesome. stick speed and technique obviously but did you see his foot? insane.
kickstar1 1 year ago
Joe is definatly one of the best of the best. Thanks to him, we had John Bonham too (u all know Bonham was an avid Morello fan and studied his tech.)What a great drummer.
chrisGTO66 1 year ago
nice.. just nobody can dance
Dubconferencedotorg 1 year ago
1:35 I wonder if his beater ever got caught in his pant leg
Aspartamebraintumor 1 year ago
Doing all that in a suit... Sweet :P
NPC919 1 year ago
4:35 I must be delusional to even consider that Joe might chop his French left hand even half as badly as I do, but that may just be because he's air sticking.
Isntthisalreadytaken 1 year ago
ugly bass tune... but legendary guy
tkmj2008 1 year ago
Joe is The Man!!! Insane time signatures, left hand, foot... everything about him. And as nice a guy as his playing!
ministerofgroove1 1 year ago 2
I studied under a guy named Chuck Flores at the prodrum shop in Hollywood in the mid 60's. He took me to Shelley's Man-Hole(nite-club) in Hollywood to see Joe play. I was then introduced to Joe as Chucks main studend. I couldn't stop watching him. Later he showed me some techniques he used,so I practiced them every dam day. I went on to play for many artist as a L.A.session player and was endorsed by Ludwig. Joe was a generous warm hearted guy. He also had great sense of humor. Thanks Joe!!!
peredrum 1 year ago 84
Nice post mate, Im Scottish and I love his drumming, he is so loose how the feck does he hold those sticks?
scatmando 1 year ago
@peredrum wow thats awesome man. Its great that he passed on some of his knowledge!
LastCommand 1 year ago
@peredrum hey if you ever pass through connecticut come look me up i would love to learn first hand joe morello finger hand and wrist technique
vsdub1 1 year ago
I just sent you an email responding to your question.
There are some good pieces here on YOUTUBE from "Joe"
and some of his techniques he uses you will see here.
I will send you some exercises to try.
peredrum 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Drumverse@peredrum hey if you ever pass through connecticut come look me up i would love to learn first hand joe morello finger hand and wrist technique
vsdub1 1 year ago
@peredrum i think he is alive...:S
DonConstantinos 1 year ago
@peredrum i was too a student of chuck flores! at PIT in MI at hollywood! great teacher n a funny one as well! cheers!
rtztree 1 year ago
1964
jimmyconway94 1 year ago
i did not even know people could drum that brutal in that time its oldskool time but with that tec you can make some really sick drum beats O_o
TheATeamClan 1 year ago
Jim Chapin said that some of the best drummers he knew had mediocre technique but their musicality (ability to play with others and play the right things at the right times) was top notch. He said that technique is often favored over musicality.
I think Joe Morello is an great example of awesome sound combined with incredible technique.
mailmepizza 1 year ago 6
He's a true old-school classic man, along with G.K. and B.R, the source of inspiration for many others.
copypaiste 1 year ago
hearing a live album by brubeck at age 12 (1980) changed my life profoundly. i decided then and there i was going to pursue music as much as possible. mr. morello is a living legend. i hope the other members are still alive. the bass playing was my 2nd fave part of the group after joe morello, (personal bias) ---heck, even metal drummers cite joe morello as a major influence. nicko mcbrain of iron maiden comes to mind now. not surprising, as nicko is a highly accomplished jazz drummer.
marklar74 2 years ago 15
@marklar74 I remember seeing Pat Travers live with Nicko as the drummer. I always dug his style. When I heard that Iron Maiden had tabbed Nicko as the drummer replacing the departing Clive Burr, I was delighted, but wondered how it would affect the Maiden sound. Then I heard the intro to "Where Eagles Dare" on Piece of Mind. Worries were put to rest.
dgoss1966 1 year ago
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yourpaljc 1 year ago
@yourpaljc ---your words show your foolishness. PISS OFF.
marklar74 1 year ago
THIS MAN IS G O L D !!!!!!
PsychedelicElectric 2 years ago 3
One of the very few drummers who can make the drums sing!
jesseroman3 2 years ago 4
Where is the fool who brought Thomas Lang into this? He needs to be nut-tapped. Tom "no soul" Lang.
yeagemk 2 years ago
you've got to remember that he's doing this solo in 5/4 which is a feat in Itself!! imo
ChrisMiller1994 2 years ago 3
Where did this joker learn how to count? If it were in 5/4 it would still be a feat. No matter what time signature, Joe Morello is magic behind a drum set.
bealbrit 2 years ago 2