Cindy Blackman

[coldcake561]

wow thats terrrible

[banjer4444]

@coldcake561  why??

[novadrian]

Good on songs with Kravitz...but really low on the drummer's scale of talent re. soloing etc. Sounds like the proverbial toy cupboard with all the bits falling out. She will know this already if she's a drummer. Go and listen to.....do I have to tell you?

[gitchigoomi]

Unfettered, disjointed smashing of every sound source on the kit. Give me a break. She may be a great drummer, but this is a suck solo. 

[snezhok12]

seems like she just hitin everything she can hit. that's maybe technical, maybe difficult but this is not great if we talking in terms of rythm awesomeness

[samgomu]

wankers are usually competitive, music is not a sport , women usually just get on with it....and we don't bag one another ...

[Truthman25]

Nothing but noise...any drummer who wants to solo must first listen to Harvey Mason to know what a drum solo really is. Its not just chops, throwing everthing here and there. Have you seen any guitairst solo crazily all over. Those days are gone where drummers just shit around the drums. By the way she's got a pussy and hence Santanan is marrying her.

[rclere1]

@Truthman25 You know, that was an ignorant and crass low life thing to say... Shame on yo self... go wash yo mouth out with soap... The only noise is yo lips flappin!

[Truthman25]

@rclere1 ..I apologise for my last sentence. Please listen to Harven Mason or Weckl to learn more about drum solo.

How old are you? 10?

[SANTORIOBUSTANUT]

Absolutely Brilliant.

[TheTallMan35]

Buddy Rich would have been proud.

[crimdell]

Saw her with Lenny Kravitz in Virginia Beach. Awesome drummer. Today I read that she and Carlos Santana are getting married. Lucky SOB.

[ss810imp]

She is a Goddess.....................

[MrBenstate]

Grear drummer...PERIOD!

[96astefan]

men really feel threatened by a good female drummer :D just something a noticed after reading some comments.

[djmerc5]

nice video nice drummer (no Hot drummer) Go Cindy!

[blaydor65]

Her snare drum is very high, isn't it? Her groove is strange, I don't like it!

[Mathiaslengel]

@blaydor65 Yep, I think her groove are a little strange too. But when she plays with Lenny Kravitz her style is amazing!!! - look up "Are You Gonna Go My Way".

[Mathiaslengel]

@blaydor65

kk

[Sinisterproject]

I am pretty shure she can play circles around all the drummers who are putting Cindy down here. She is also one of the few drummers in the world that can actually play great rock AND bebop. If you don,t get it , you don,t get it.

[thelukemiester]

boring..

[darthjoey13]

It would sound awesome except the bass drum. I wish this was mic'd

[idrumkingdom223]

looks like a spastic five year old in the first 30 seconds

[PAF149]

not a pocket drummer at all! her sound is sooooooooo fucking light already!

[TheDice2008]

Take it easy on the cymbals cindy

[danielmastia87]

She's an amazing drummer and has a great technique but i always feel that she "sucks" when playing freely, looks slopy some times

[ekstrmzz]

i agree with u about cindy blackman:)

[ojfree32]

yawn

[ZwareBoysZ]

She is a Witch.

[winwood80]

I love her but also look for Emanuelle Caplette, this woman is a fantastic drummer

[thomasloyens]

I rather see her play jazz, I don't like this so much

[BigWillieWillHom]

Cindy Is The BEST On Drums, Hands Down!! Keep Up The Fantastic Job, Girl!!

- Big Will :)

[AlexandreSchwarz]

she is VERY good!

[Wantable]

SO SHEXY! DAYUM!:)

[LittleDisneyEmo]

wow she's very good. respect !

[chessrincon]

Holy shit that's Hot!

[JmViceHeart]

Respect!

[afrometaldrummer]

she is amazing she went to my college! in hartford ct id like to meet this chick someday

[westhofer8]

holy fuck i live in groton connecticut. what college did she go to?

[afrometaldrummer]

she went to hartford conservatory where i study right now im a drummer too!

[willV]

I love this woman

[ouaquede]

She is GOOD!People who criticise are maybe just frustrated drummers..

[gonzcrespo]

Cindy is the best funkiest women playing the drums...

There is no sexier thing than a hot woman playing mad ass drums....way to go Cindy

[jburnet5]

Nothing special? I'm sure you could do better right, and you people would know what real dynamic playing is? Yeah..okay... :|

I take drum lessons from a guy who plays with Gap Mangione and he knows his shit. He was praising Blackman today too.

Anyone who appreciates jazz drumming--at least-- should recognize her talent.

Anyways, the video is kick ass and so is Cindy.

[OlTownDrumClinic]

@jburnet5 shes a great drummer and a great groover but i think she has ALOT more justice with a band not by her self because i could see a bunch of younger and older intermediate drummers doing this all over youtube. deff not knockin her but i believe her soul comes out in a ensemble

[drumsequallife977]

@jburnet5 I don't think this shows much jazz drumming...and I'm a jazz drum student

[godzuki444]

@drumsequallife977 Agreed with you , she sounds like a rock drummer soloing more than a jazz drummer . Many people going to tell me "well thas why she is influenced by Tony Williams" ... ok but Tony has much more dinamics on his playing , she is always TOO HIGH ... just my opinion. Anyway I recognize her talent ...

[braino2000]

She's very underrated. Wow

[Panx93]

i thing she isn´t good ...

AFFEE

[ima0060]

I had the honor of hearing this phenom live in a quaint venue and my God, she is the bomb!! I'm sure there's alot of jealous guys out there that can't accept a woman playing this freakin' awesome.

[sgtpepper1138]

I wonder why she switched to from sonor Gretsch

[lynnpwilliams]

Girllllllll you make Shelia E. PROUD!!!  Play the damn things!

[qazzaq23]

all hail.

[yrrepzepol]

why doesn't she stop copping Tony?? dumb ass

[jwervel16]

Was that a little Bonham triple bass at the beginning?

[Kinjerosa]

That blew my mind.

[milliebabii]

damn.

[superannoyinglogin]

Unreal.

[SlikkTim]

I can definately hear some 70s jazz drumming in here... Tony WIlliams, Lenny White anyone ? :D She's badass

[normloman]

Agreed. It reminded me of Tony Williams a lot... and some parts reminded me of a 70's fusion era Jack Dejohnette.

The video quality makes her seem a little sloppy in this piece. It doesn't do her justice. She has lots of skill.

[rale34]

she's great!

[yulelovethebeats]

This young lady is an awesome drummer.

She would not be on tour with her own group,

doing drum clinics or playing with Lenny Kravitz, if she was not. What a lot of people don't realize is that she mainly uses the single stroke roll, which is more difficult than the double stroke roll because you are not using any rebound. (She does use the buzz roll,occasionally) Go view some of her other videos, go see her live, or buy some of her CDs, and then tell me if she is sloppy.

[emuwithrabies]

A little inconsistent, and the crash floods the sound at times, but good talent.

[greenoutlet]

i think the flooding is mostly the sound quality of the vid

[legoflamb504]

hmm she obviously knows what she's doing but not a fan...

[ectomy1235]

ive heard she gets done alot

[pleeezeeatme]

She's sloppy and it sounds like noise.

[Kinjerosa]

No one like you but we all like Cindy :D

[taygrummer]

hello I'm a female drummer following in cindy's footsteps.plz check out my vids and critique. :-) thanks

[DJCornelis]

I agree with people thinkin she sucks when placing myself in someone's shoes who doesn't know anything about music.

This is really good because she persistantly uses the same weird timing, a lot of weird triplets and stuff. She's too good for the novice ear.

[charlessavarese]

A lot of old-school feeling in her style. More of this needs to be brought back and kept alive. Go Cindy!

[chino0sk8]

waaaa

tocaa chidoo

i es linda

[mikefooyung]

I can definitely see where the novice might get off thinking she's no good. She plays very loose and heavy, similar i think, to bebop great Art Blakey. When it comes down to it though, she can really down the groove.

[Beatpoet100]

"Serial jazz and rock drummer Cindy Clackman is the kind of ultra-talented, well-trained, and dynamically inspired musician who could only exist in the new millenium...Her (jazz) drumming prowess is simply astounding" Modern Drummer, June 2008 issue (of which Blackman is the Cover drummer). I think that might silence a few people, eh?

[sirnicholson]

she makes money shes hella fine she gets to play all the time.i would say shes the best drummer in the fucking world.if someone is hateing on her then they probably dont get off the couch much.

[clcgurl]

crap she's good! better than meg white

[ConstableDownsprout]

Even naming those two in one sentence is criminal. White isn't even a drummer when compared to a beast like this lady.

[drummerbecca]

Anyone is better than Meg White

[longtimeskater]

I like how people have the nerve to say that she sucks, but if those people were in a drum off with her, they would lose. I'd seriously like to see someone top this performance. I think it's phenomenal. Jazz fusion at its finest.

[MadmanMoon]

i like her style. very heavy.

[LEEMURJ]

im pretty sure everone knows HER by name and none of YOU other fools...so go BEAT yourselves!!! Then join a rock band and have other people film you so that we can all critique you...since you all know about talent and drumming.. A HOLES !!!!!

[bigstu8888]

i expected more from playing with kravitz

but really shes not that great.

[stanondrums]

yeah i've seen her also playing jazz :)))

loooool

that was very funny CINDY BLACKMAN PLAYS JAZZ

LOOOOOOOOOOL very funny

[weewee123456]

i dunno shes not that great sometimes it looks like shes hitting anything

[artooJp]

Oh I agree, it looks like shes hitting anything... Go back to school.

[taygrummer]

Hey I'm a girl drummer. wanna see sumore great chops. check out my page.

[maurojuliano]

cindy i luv u

[Harlew]

But saying that..she does lt very well.....

[Harlew]

There's an old saying..."A little bullshit goes a long way"....

[Takttalent]

i agree with MyChoiceZildjian xD

i think her playing isn't anything special...she's only fast but got no feeling, dynamic or other important things...

[MyChoiceZildjian]

for a drummer that has been around as long as she has, she should know that when you play a Crash it needs the bass otherwise it sounds hollow and horrible.

[YogritMUN]

not in jazz buddy

[grimstake]

she was better when she played with kravitz, it was a more organised group

[bellsteven]

i saw her play a jazz gig last night and it was horrible. most inappropriate shameless overplaying i've ever heard. disappointing coz her band kicked ass (when I could hear them).

[robkojak]

she's too aggressive. it makes her look out of control

[chrisibzu]

I agree... in spanish: estridente

[IamTwistieTie]

She's an awesome drummer!

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

i love to Listen as much as i love to play.

paul.

[Wantable]

shes hoooooooooooooooooooooooot!

[mokondji]

brutal

[bienorama]

THAT SNARE SOUNDS SWEEEET!!!!

[ZildginVicFirth]

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[Xenastaintya]

Thanx heaps  for posting. One of my fave drummers. CHIX WITH STIX RULE!

[DoctorB0P]

Geat groove .... yawnsville solo :(

[JohnnyVisionquest]

Geat spelling, Doc.

[DoctorB0P]

OOoopps! R you happy now!! lol

[BIGMO696969]

fuckin dig it !

[evilstillreigns]

Ohwow, I love her so much!

<3

[baldo1211]

nice playing!more power!