Cindy Blackman: Multiplicity

[DaMariozz]

Mike Portnoy wouldn't be able to play this... I'm just sayin'.

[kevfullo]

some day all drummers will be made like this...I hope!

[noostrings]

I'm almost certain that is Tony william's Miles Cymbal. She has it now.

[janknjazovic]

I can not think about drums ...x))

Does anyone have a similar problem ...?

[AnywhereButHere09]

scary ass hair......

[cast390]

Strange looking stove

[flymarvin]

She SUX

[numlol1]

You can tell this video is dated, look at the Evans drumheads, that's the original logo

[wetrib]

Santana has himself a Black Magic Woman

[LionRoseProductions]

Really enjoyed the video

thanks for the help

[MacMic333]

Gerl, Tony be proud .Kill those muthas who think a gerl is strange on drums.

[mrsmithcolin175]

she SHOULD play jazz...that's prolly as hard as she has ever hit those drums lol

[drumswhilegolfing101]

wow great syncopation!

[NerfLad]

@joe39363 It's a very exquisite vintage K. One of a kind (more or less)

[TheMusicchannel23]

orgasm..

[paradeproductions]

Cant believe some one so pretty is married to Santana.....he's a great musician and all...But he Ugly!!

[kontax21]

what kind of a kitchen is that...??!!!!

[ThePolyrythm123]

Looking at different styles of drumming is so interesting to me.

[juanbarros88]

nah, watch virgil donati, that's independence, rhythm knowledge. Cindy is very good though. and of course this doesn't show her abilities, this is just an exercise

[DrumMan1025]

@szymonozimek that joke died out. it isn't funny anymore.

[anncokafor]

@szymonozimek we're not white. we've never had the chance to be housewives thanks your dad.

[julesickdrums]

@szymonozimek haha ...actually you're an idiot.

[Dubconferencedotorg]

Can this be a fake ? ...anyway .. even if it is true ... actually unbelievable ...its artistic.. not drumming

[dwdrummerboi]

Enjoy tendonitis in a few years.

[dwdrummerboi]

@dwdrummerboi Great playing though

[XTheSonofTheSunX]

very nice!

[Gigler43]

She is absolutely BADD ASS!!!!!!

[ter50]

more female drummers!

[TheKalleankan]

Her hairstyle is more amazing then her drumming

[royayersrules]

 I fancy her more than Sheila...

[bsm6776]

she sounds enthused

[123456cephiro]

i wuold fuck her with the sticks

[speedoflite1]

i liked the demo. she's good =)

[GraysnE]

Those lips are the definition of both voluptuous and supple.

[Baekmagoji]

Dude, that's so sick... Like seriously, wow... Watch just left hand and bass drum. Just watch. Stupid. Just stupid. Wish I could play like that. v.v

[TheMusicchannel23]

Thats Mitchell Style..and thats what i call drumming..man.

[hayhaymanhay]

Ahhh, traditional grip + female drummer = one hot female drummer!!!

[bmillerdrums]

Anymore of this vid please?

[drummerjen]

What kind of ride is she using? Ö

[Lugak14]

@drummerjen if i had to guess i'd say it's an old K. Zildjian. Probably intermediate stamp based on the hammering+profile,

[oCyfiuso]

hot and talented :]

[3rdofcatjay]

want to touch the hiney

[sexDrugsNrockNroll1]

she plays the ride in a weird way...she sets the accentuation an the 2 while it should normally be on the 1, shouldn't it?

[samnadel]

@sexDrugsNrockNroll1 Most people say with swing you should accent either the 2 + 4 or all 4 notes evenly. Accenting the 1 + 3 wouldn't help with the swing

[sexDrugsNrockNroll1]

@samnadel yeah, you're right...i double checked, and even i dont play the accent on 1+3...guess i got a bit confused but oh well...;)

[Grinderblack]

Amazing Groove! perfect execution! :)

[prydonian460]

I'm a pro guitarist and NOBODY appreciates a good drummer holding down the groove and setting the mood better than me !! AND Ms.Blackman is second to none in that department Period ...end of discussion !! Thanks for posting her amazing talent !

[Jimmiedrums1]

I'm not certain WHY people use The Net to write foolishly, and denigrate people without Justification! Cindy was recommended to me by Kenwwod Dennard as a possible Endorser for Lento Percussion's Triplet Drum Gloves.

She has been very nice and congenial during our communications.

As for her Drumming-Cindy is a phenomenal musician.

So these people need to prove that they can do "It" Better!!

[188metalhead881]

@OakPark11MileRd What?

[FeathersT21]

that is some impressive independance work going on there!!

[chinludy]

I met Cindy in 2007 in Zurich Switzerland at a little jazz club in the center of town. She's a wonderful human being who can also move your heart with a simple beat. Plus, she's a complex musician & composer with a prodigious talent. In my experience when someone has a level of talent like this they can become very unapproachable & aloof but Cindy came out into the crowd to speak with everyone in the club & spent time talking music with me on two occasions during breaks. She's the real deal.

[stretchcity]

That is Chapin stuff Luke. Wish I had spent more time with that, makes me want to dust my old copy off and shed on it some more. She makes it sound pretty

[robbradley07]

9 people don't have coordination.

[188metalhead881]

Is this the girl who plays for Lenny Kravitz?

[cbblazer]

i have a lot of respect for this woman

[JorshWarshington]

I can't believe her and Onyx got divorced!

[avbove38]

@sondorul I know these posts are from immature idiots but I cant stand when someone makes fun or comments negatively on someone who has been so successful in their careers and they themselves dont have a thing to show for their own talent. Just irritating. Post your talent and prove what you have to show for it. Without drummers like Cindy Blackman drummers wouldnt have the education they do. Just remember, who taught her and so on.

[MegaLaue]

good jazz cymbals

[Xyrusjs]

That is a nice pattern... The cymbal ride is interesting. What is it, anyways?

[setnewer]

I can clearly see that you are a total amature just by looking at your drum set dont need to hear you xDD I mean zildjian cymbals only ? :D while choosing cymbal you have too be really deaf there are muuuuch better cymbals on the market. About the solo ... really basic rolls and rhytms your wrist ist not used propely with fingers and arm and so on so on truly only another amature can apretiate this so if you see negative comment you know that is a good drummer and not deaf YT user.

[amenrofl]

@setnewer congratulations, you just won the Troll of the Week award

[OGTheDemon]

thats not a kitchen....

[DustinShaneYounce]

@OGTheDemon naw she's black, you mean KFC take out.

[1245que]

@DustinShaneYounce

You know u Probably just bought a whole bucket mega meal from KFC the other day so get outta here. Lol

[1245que]

@OGTheDemon

wow u Thought you would get comment likes.

[mikeao54]

Jim Chapin's first book Advanced techniques for the modern drummer vol 1 explains those types of things perfectly.

[voltototo]

I didnt know that Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, is actually playing the drums ,,,

[Waste0paper]

Just a minor observation i made about her playing. It seems likes her jazz ride pattern is disrupted by all the foot and hand comping she employs when playing a groove. I don't feel the time at that point with her drumming, i just hear a bunch or realy neat patterns. Other muscians would much rather have solid unwavering time than a bunch of fancy embellishments.

[zootechnicsfuckurbut]

this reminds me of the lion king

[cast390]

@zootechnicsfuckurbut LOL me to

[charliebucket46]

@zootechnicsfuckurbut lmfao

[catthehank]

I'd also like to know what type of ride that is. It may be a very old K. Before Constantinoples, jazz drummers would often inherit old Ks from each other.

[dwdrummerboi]

@catthehank

Looks like a K Istanbul to me.

[avbove38]

If anyone of you idiots who think you are so talented to be talking crap about Cindy Blackman think you can do better than her than post a video to prove it. She is an amazing drummer and can whoop your butts when it comes to playing. And for the stupid remarks that women and drums dont fit together or that her name is Blackman you are immature and jealous as you will never, ever in your entire life accomplish what she has. maybe you should educate yourseves more than post meaningless comments.

[paterwillem]

@avbove38 Thanks! She is an amazing drummer indeed!

[sondorul]

@avbove38  Thank you!!

[myklmusic]

@avbove38 I hear You.

The first rythms I experienced were heart beats within the Womb of my Creator.

I've been writing, performing and playing by ear for 41 years, as a result of my Mother majoring in Music. My Dad plays piano too.

Women can and do everything They choose... this Lady chose Drums.

Rock on, Cyndy.

(I'd like to see the work of some of Our condescending Friends too. That would be a show!)

[furibunduz]

@avbove38 I liked the part where you said "maybe you should educate yourseves"

[cast390]

@avbove38 I cant understand why anyone would mock her.She can play anything.

[wildanS]

@cast390

Guys with very low self esteem often look to scorn the (seemingly) weak to make their fragile egos feel better. It's just a coping strategy, even if highly ineffective. If a guy needs to pick on a woman you just KNOW that he has no backbone.

[TheForrbidenFruit]

@avbove38 ohh shit niggas white knightin'

[scrotumdickoveries44]

@avbove38 + she is hot

[Rhythumjet]

@avbove38 I LOVE Cindy . Thank you for your post!

[Jay435]

@avbove38 You tell 'em. There's nothing a guy can do on a drumkit that a woman can't. These guys need to see her live. LOL it wouldn't be safe to stand too close to her when she builds up a head of steam and lets go. Among many others, she plays with Mike Stern for God sakes and that is enough of a calling card for anyone - we're talking about one of the few guitarists Miles Davis would let on stage with him. Cindy's all that stuff, she's a grand classic.

[MrEspenFarstad]

@avbove38 Ha! Blackman! A woman playing drums! Ha!

[drumlord420]

@Audi0Phil Oh yeah? Post a video of YOU playing something HALF as good as this! ASS!

[drumlord420]

She looks like a lion and she plays like one too!

[SymbolicDrummer]

Her name is Cindy BLACKMAN ROFL!!1

[drummerboy11695]

@Audi0Phil sexist much?....there isnt anything wrong with girls playing drums...the best drummer in my school is a girl.....and she is freakin awesome

[djpeteret]

@Audi0Phil You are not one to be talking lol... She completely outdrums you dude.

[pulsingdrums]

What a beautiful lady !

[tonno6866]

please what type of ride cymbals she plays?

[22cwheels22]

what's going on on that kick drum? some crazy muffling technique? I've never seen that before, it looks like strips of carpet

[tindrum]

@22cwheels22 I think its the old old muffling system Sonor used to have. She is probably using the old Horst signature bass drum, mega bucks!!!!

[jba1995]

Cindys an accomplished jazz drummer, she played on Lenny Kravitz first album, and she's 51!!!!!

She just recently married Carlos Santana.

[drumdigger]

@jba1995 This is interesting news! Is it really true? :)

[jba1995]

Cindys an accomplished jazz drummer. And she's 51!!!!! She just recently married Carlos Santana

[drumdigger]

She is soo beautiful. I can hardly focus on the drumming....

[archsymphony69]

Q guapa!!!

[UnderD1000]

What have on the bass drum??

[serenopiovoso]

She is so beautiful and a very good drummer!

[ozzaman]

what ride is that?

[DoughBoy112196]

@ozzaman its my ride

[MrBobregular]

the women is bad

[ryanandtricia]

Most underrated drummer on the planet, IMO. Cindy is BAD ASS.

[IceTitan84]

she can wash dishes, fold laundry and make a sandwich like a boss!

[Imban3z]

I think she is ready to jump at me! Like a cougar if you know what I mean ;)

[SimonVicFirth]

I think she has a really coördinating brain! 8-)

[TheMrshort13]

охуенна!



[mgt42]

Very nice limbs independence here, cindy play drums a lot better than i thought

[uremeshi23939]

if only she was a black man. then her name would be appropriate

[allmetaliswelcome]

i wonder if those shoes acre actually good for drumming...

[TankistasLT]

drum porn?

[SimonJamesMcClure]

that is a nice ride! What is it?

[BusyWreakingHavoc]

First!