Rakalam Bob Moses at the 2008 Chicago Drum Show

[SetJoesBodyAblaze]

mind blowing

[bangbetter]

this guy sounds like any other guy experimenting with the different sounds...checkout bangbettercom

[331paradiddle]

His book Drum Wisdom is very revealing. I really think it is very good at helping the player understand what his role is in much improvised music. Many questions I have had for years were answered. Check it out

[dagostinoification]

Rakalam bob moses est un batteur coloriste, il joue avec des climats,des danses qui rappellent des musiques "traditionnelles",il met une nappe,une ambiance,on est loin du débalage technique,mais dans une autre approche de l'instrument,plus intimiste,sensuelle,délicate.D­IDIER d'AGOSTINO BATTEUR*COMPOSITEUR et professeur de batterie,videos sur youtube,dailymotion.

[sqweezel]

A true original....who doesn't sound like everyone else. Too many achieve fame before they find their own voice.

[mohomoho1]

Drummers such as Bob Mosses, Milford Graves, Hamid Drake are true masters. They just aren't reconized by the mainstream masses.

[junkdrum]

I've had a chance to hang a little bit with Bob. Nice guy. He didn't have to spend his break out on the street talking drums and music to a total stranger but he did. Chances are he has more to offer than those who would tear him down. I don't see the point in talking shit about people who made a contribution.

[NailujMa]

So good, so good...Healing

[paxwallacejazz]

I had the great pleasure of having Bob play on my 1st CD in 98 and the man was the essence of magnanimity and kindness. I believe his spiritual journey to be sincere. He is one of the few true originals . Plus he sure didn't make much so he worked for the shear love of music.

[inaglasscage]

i heard he's completely lost his mind.

great drummer though.

[sheddk]

Wow, beautiful playing....does anyone know what drums he is using in this video? They sound perfect!!

[cutiebrutus]

He's not a phony drum master, loveisthelaw. He can most certainly play the drums. But like certain other musicians (Getz and Bing Crosby come to mind)  He's a phony HUMAN BEING. Don't believe all the "peace and love" hippie bullshit he spouts. Inside, he's a conniving, insincere, lying, cheating hypocrite.

Don't confuse being a great musician with being a great person. They are not always the same thing.

[stillfightingit11]

@cutiebrutus I'm really sorry you have had some bad experience that gave you a bad impression of Moses. I have no idea what your personal experience was, and I know that "back in the day" Moses did play a lot with some great musicians who were mixed up, to say the least. That being said, I've spent a good bit of time with Moses in the past couple of years and can honestly say that as he stands now, he is without a doubt one of the most honest, open, caring human beings I've ever met.

[Cometsamba]

Interesting kit

[cutiebrutus]

Too bad he's such an arrogant phony.

[generatrix999]

@cutiebrutus

Moses has been every form of cool there is when it comes to the drums

He's playing music here, something very few drummers can do and then even fewer still can do it this well

This a song from his soul, not just a bunch of licks he's practiced

[loveisthelaw20042004]

@cutiebrutus you think Moses is a arrogant phony? haHa!! He might be arrogant but he is no phony! This dude is a heavy drummer! You dont know shit!

[libertatus]

For me, as a bass player, this is like blissfully listening to a gentle morning rain.

[JustAintthatWay]

there's 'the edge' there's 'out there' and then there's the place where cats like moses are

mortals like us we can only try to dig this stuff

and yeah there is a certain brando/kurtz/heart of darkness look the man has/projects ...kinda spooky

[artistinresidence]

Rakalam means the inaudible sound of the invisible sun. According to Moses himself.

[dasglasperlenspiel10]

Good Heavens?? Bob Moses has finally grown up!!!

Now THIS is beautiful drumming!!!

[freebird1969]

Awesome...textures and conversations...meditations...­.just sweet as can be....cherish those whose musical vocabulary transcends!

[randomlightningman]

What is he using as a stick around 3:30 ??

[robcookrebeats]

Bob carves his own sticks. They do not match; he made a left and a right.

RC

[dsleeperhold]

i think thats the stick he had the whole time. And a shakey thing. yeah he drops it at 4:36

[chauntzu]

Beautiful stream of conciousness playing!!! So many young players and arrogant jazzheads just don't get this! Very sad indeed!!!

If you dig this, check out Han Bennink, Fritz Hauser and Pierre Fauvre.

[Lifesucksdie123]

never get out of the boat...

[steviedeedee]

fuckin awesome. THE hippest modern drum shit i've seen on youtube.

i think rakalam means: bad ass muthuhfuckuh!!!

got him on a hal galper record with michael brecker. it's so swingin'

[florgat91]

what does Rakalam mean ?

[Stapperful]

Amazing! .. Smooth! ..Controled!..

[libertatus]

I'm having trouble finding words to describe this............

[russxdrums]

Beautiful

[qwerty9034]

Bob Moses is the Marlon Brando of drums.

In his heyday, Bob was lean, prolific, and innovative - just like Brando. In his later years, Bob has become reclusive and impenetrable - just like Brando.

Is it not ironic that he now LOOKS LIKE Brando!?!

[chauntzu]

Man, when you live in this musical space you have to be a recluse...it's the only way to remain sane and free from the mean spirited public and musical know it alls!!!

[sonortubelug]

GREAT!!!!

[joshuacreamer]

Bob's playing reminds me of my own playing.

[moogoogaipan]

Yeah, right.

[fukmans]

Drum Wisdom

[memzehni]

...once again: Bob Moses is un-be-lie-va-ble...!!

[memzehni]

This solo kills me...marvelous...

[lpsling]

Moses seems to me to be one of the most brilliant drummers....alive and subtle, that ever was. How did he not become as known to the jazz public as he deserves to be? Oh well, most of my favorite players arent very famous either....just great. I can hear Moses speaking.

[cageehv]

Bob is a brilliant musician!

And a great person (I do know him personally)

Peace,

Rolf

[zildjian66]

mean smooth double stroke rolls. Beautiful sound, complex polyrythms, its really good. I don't think it flows very well from concept to concept however.

[lpsling]

Bob Moses is a master of flow and subtlety...really a spiritual phenomonen in the leagues of jazz drum set players. I could listen to him just play like this for hours every day....his inner speech is beautiful.

[Superfro2]

Thanks for posting this! I love Bobs playing! Have you seen his video from Pasic 94.

[TheBigRoll]

Thanks so much for this video...Moses is such an underated icon...amazing concept and technique...do you happen to know what kind of cymbal he is using to ride with?...its beautiful