Jeff Hamilton Drum Solo

[J410music]

Drummer plays the melody!

[skateToooday]

And keeps time haaaha so crazy

[dmelv]

Simply outstanding playing

[BackLooking]

Nice warm sound of the drums.

[ctowels]

Does anyone know the name of this tune?

[FrieLegos]

this puts a smile on my face. lol

[1981TURBOTRANSAM1]

Excellent!!! Thanks for posting this!!! Ive met Steve Gadd,Steve Smith,Tommy Igoe,Rodney Green,Al Foster,Lenny White,Daniel Freedman,quite a few others...all in Manhattan,Ive not met Jeff Hamilton but Id love to hear This Great Player Live......

[AlicesAddiction]

I can't immagan drumming in a suit...

[SuperBonvo]

great drummer,traditional jazz style! i love it!!!

[Veritas1925]

These guys, the drum solo their music and THAT RETURN OF THE PIANO AFTER THE DRUM SOLO.... hmmmmm...... put a smile on my face....

[TheOneGregor]

Musicality at its finest! One of my favourite jazz drummers and one of the best brush players there is.

[MMJ420Gardener]

he plays like 3 different jazz standards in his solo that was sick!

[MacMic333]

He has the musicality (playing quotes from famous jazz tunes melodically on the kit) of that great great drummer Shelley Manne and still constructs a great solo with some wicked licks. Excellent.

[dantegreco1]

Ah Jeff....always the musician...always the tune...always the tasty and always swingin!

[AfterlifeBlack]

My jazz instructor always tells me to make my drum solos sound musical, have something of a melody, and tell a story, and that was the perfect jazz solo!!!!!

[halonerd04]

is it just me or does his toms sound like cardboard

[vantorification]

GENIAL!!!!



[bteniswood]

@T0MWATTS It's a very simple concept but one you only understand and really know how difficult it is when you play music, rather than just hit drums. Playing a bunch of licks might sound 'cool' to you, but to actually play music as Hamilton does here, is a whole other level. He's a musician first and foremost. If you knew the tune he was playing his solo would make perfect sense and sound great, not horrible. If you don't know the tune, it would probably sound meaningless. Gotta know MUSIC.

[Arthurski73]

2:10 One handed roll

[storagedog33]

@T0MWATTS The only people he has to please are the people who hire him. Jeff has been on nearly 200 recordings with artists such as Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Milt Jackson, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, John Pizzarelli, Benny Carter, Lalo Schifrin, George Shearing, Dr. John, Clark Terry, Gene Harris, Toshiko Akioshi, Scott Hamilton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Keely Smith, Bill Holman, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel and Mark Murphy.

[DonChato12]

Wow. He's a new fav drummer. I love his style. Very unique.

[tylerjazzdrummer]

1:24 Took my breath away

[dimetilldeath]

love how he keeps the high hat going right through the solo

[Trommelfunker]

Jeff Hamilton is one of the most musical drummers I know and so one of the best Jazz trio drummer of all time. Besides - who is this piano player on this track ? I really like his style...

[Veritas1925]

The size of his drum kit proves that size doesn't matter, LOL !

(18" bass drum ?)

[FurlanPaolo]

@Veritas1925 16", maybe

[Veritas1925]

@FurlanPaolo

16" bass drum ! It does seem very small.

[FurlanPaolo]

@Veritas1925 It is, but 16" bass drums are extremely comfortable!!

[Veritas1925]

@FurlanPaolo

I knew that for studio recordings, 16" is OK but that for live performances 20" minimum.

[bteniswood]

@Veritas1925 Tell that to Brian Blade, Matt Wilson and many, many, many other pro players who use 16s all the time. Just depends on the sound you're after. 

[Veritas1925]

@bteniswood

Yup. I can't argue with that.

I have had 20" bass, 22" bass and even once (LOL 24" bass drums)

Thanks for info.

[dimetilldeath]

this guy is down with the sickness ,full respect .Tasteful and technical is a hard combo to get right.

[OdysseusAres5500]

1 Hipster idiot should get hit by a truck...

[Veritas1925]

I could listen to these guys for ever !

[Veritas1925]

I love 'heavy rides' (drums & cymbals)

[Veritas1925]

I honestly do not like to use the Lord's name in vain... but He will forgive me just this time... Jesus, the entraqnce of the piano at 2:00 right at the end of the drum solo.... MAGIC.... Steinway, right ?!

[Veritas1925]

Thank you to the uploader....

What piano !!!

[331paradiddle]

This is what seperates the men from the boys. It may sound easy but I guarantee unless youve been playing jazz for a long long time you arent this musical. Playing fast aint shit. It just requires practice . This is a lifetime of listening and learning and constant performing. Very few have this much ability. He makes it look easy. Trust me its not

[Veritas1925]

@331paradiddle

I agree but it is not a question of ease.... Music is a very personal expression and that is what drives me to listen to others. I am a drummer and Dave Weckl is God to me but this band just knows how to do it !!

[dantegreco1]

Musical....melodic...very sweet and tasty...perfect for the tune...Jeff is a musician..

[generatrix999]

Hamilton is good at sounding like other great drummers, but he leaves very little room for Jeff Hamilton.

Calling Jeff Hamilton please!

[vild3r]

its good, but after just been watchin u got a match with dave weckl... its kinda boring :)

[Sc0ttPrian]

@vild3r isnt it? this is so much more expressive :) ha..

[JazzNaySean]

he played the meolody of the song in the first parts of his solo did you guys catch that?

Genius!

[FaHoBaGi]

fat white guys band.

[izzoglc13]

The way he crashes the China is a John Von Ohlen signature, one of Jeff's mentors.

[davelewitt]

very musical !!!

which is novel here on YouTube

hey?! where are the double kick 16th note rolls at 300bpm?

[Veritas1925]

@davelewitt

I agree.... beautifully MUSICAL !!!!

[Veritas1925]

I am a drummer and I have always had a weak spot for 18 to 20" heavy rides.... !!  Beautiful !!

[heantonstudios]

@davelewitt ha ha your right!!! has anyone mention travis barker yet lol.

[drumminman54]

@ Etwizzy. Jeff's hang Tom has a higher sound than the floor Tom. We're viewing a delay in the video. : )

[Etwizzy99]

Is his rack tom tuned lower than his floor tom?

[nickppp100]

nows the time

[grooveman84]

Gran fraseo! un verdadero solo de batería! Master Jeff

[lesliefrancs]

Yeah he crashes from the underside of a china.

It's similar to what rock drummers do, except rock drummers just flip the cymbal instead of adjusting their hitting technique.

It's to lengthen the lifespan of his sticks and for that subtle difference in sound.

[1000ydguy]

Jeff Hamilton has never missed anything in his life. You've never craashed a cymbal from the underside? Childish comment. This cat is so tasty...one of the greats and a truly fine gentleman.

[jpgp950]

Yeah, I beleieve he intentionally hits the china that way.

[jpgp950]

What a BEAST!

[marionetas]

jeff hamilton RULES

[davyman13]

haha 2;26 he misses the cymbal haha.... but brilliant solo..

[groovingandi]

I don't think he missed it, I think it was intentional because he likes to crash his china cymbal from below

[davyman13]

@groovingandi

cool.. it looked funny though

[davyman13]

@groovingandi

cause ive done it loads of times

[AstralPlane1951]

One of the lesser known drummers but one of the better ones.

[Veritas1925]

@AstralPlane1951

He is only expressing himself.... musically... 

[Veritas1925]

@AstralPlane1951

If he is 'lesser known' it's only because of our ignorance. The guy is very musical

[RichPrentice]

@Veritas1925 Harsh! Surely if more people are ignorant of him then he IS lesser known?! So that's kind of the point..

[Veritas1925]

@RichPrentice

Did you by any means misunderstood what I said ?

Have another go and read it !

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If he not well kn0own it's NOT because he's no good. He is BRILLIANT !

[bteniswood]

@AstralPlane1951 I think the only thing that matters, especially to him, is that he's known by all the great MUSICIANS. That's what he is; a musician who happens to play the drums.

[stevebul]

I've seen other drummers play with the left hand so far back on the butt end of the stick. It seems the balance point is way off and would slow things down a bit. But Jeff does an amazing job, one of my favorite drummers.

[bcwdrums]

Creative..............

[diexico]

W O W !!!!

=D =D =D

[RedHotRag]

One of the things I like about JH is his ability to play with that Joe Cusatis taste in a trio or with Krall, and then kick a big band into Basietown the next night. EXTREMELY versatile. Thanks for this.

[nimajnebenneb]

That's a really good thing. One thing i'd like to see though is a guy do that and play black metal, dnb, pop, country, rock, screamo and latin

[setpsistariasbaniou]

kai hahto (almost :P)

[jsh4drum]

when and where was this from?

[sNaRe270]

great melodic soloing and phrasing.

[rhythmgj]

And he swings like Irv Cotler...

[rhythmgj]

I don't know if anyone is catching how hip this solo really is... He plays some Ellington, then Charlie Parker, right there on a four-piece kit! A long time ago, Jeff made some disparaging comments about Rock/non-Jazz drummers, but I almost forgive him now. Outta Sight!

[Bosphorus92]

i wonder what he would have to say about jojo mayer then??.....he's a bita both, jazz then d 'n' b!!!

[yunadezign]

I think this is with Monty Alexander and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

But I'm not sure

[BassmanII]

NHOP played a three finger pizzicato technique on the bass. So no this isn't him.

[rseward]

i'm pretty sure it's monty alexander on piano as well but that's lynn seaton on bass, bass professor at university of north texas now.

[groovingandi]

It's Lynn Seaton on bass and Larry Fuller on piano. They made a few records as "Jeff Hamilton Trio"

[dontdodat00O]

haha i did catch things aint the way they used to be and now the time in that solo lol

[jokostelyk]

great video, excellent playing + solo

[Vayshen]

Whoever the bass player is he looks too much like Jeff :P

[yeagemk]

i believe thats his brother hahah