Dennis Chambers: A Salute to Buddy Rich

[AdrumaVictoria16]

I worked this event and helped set the drums for these drum kings, all the players were cool, this was in 97'. Thanks for posting!

[metalYES12]

All Blues, Ultimate chill tune.

[HelloMyNameIsOde]

incredible groove!

[infantfinite]

Miles fucking Davis.

[MrFellipe1994]

Muito bom! Dennis Chambers manda bem em todos os estilos de música!

[Easleytee]

Personally, I don't particularly enjoy Dennis in this setting.

[drumcat57]

Will Lee !!!

[drums4694]

Yeah stick to funk Dennis

[luke61290]

All of these guys are amazing musicians. This is amazing. They all works so well together

[Xanadude575]

Cool to see him playing traditional grip. Dennis is the man. One of the alltime greats. A pocket as deep as the ocean and chops as terrifying as ... an ocean .... full of Great Whites.

[colonelcorn56]

Yo anybody that thinks Dennis can't swing should watch him groove with Barbara Dennerlein .

This man is amazing. Shut up fools and dig the music.

[rhythmatist2013]

rrdrums (jeffy), you are a fucking wacko, first you hate dennis for YEARS telling people he sucks, then all of a sudden you praise him everywhere for on e solo, now you hate him again, pick one moron. either way dennis chambers still far better and more successful then youll ever hope to be. this is a FACT get used to it because this is the REAL WORLD not FANTASY LAND.

[rrdrums1952]

No swing from Dennis??? It's true ..he can't swing for shit..

[FurlanPaolo]

Classy drummer... but I don't like very much the solos. Too funky for matching in a jazz spirit.

[bloodzeal]

Being one of the most inspirational drummers of the modern era, I'm sure he's awesome on so many levels. Sometimes, you wonder how much concentration and effort they put in to make a song like this such a masterpiece.Its technical yet soothing. The most important thing is, both the laymen and the music professors can appreciate this. Dennis, you're amazing.

[Easleytee]

Dennis is far from a pure Jazz player. He is first and foremost a powerful and incomparable Fusion/Funk player.

Leave the Swing, Big Band and Bop to the professionals.

[Moog167]

@Easleytee Haaaaaaaaaaaaa lololol funny...yet so many drummers even from the Swing,Big Band and Bop scene is influenced by Dennis for his professionalism and feel.

LOLOL "Leave it to the pros" If he wasn't a pro he wouldn't be on the tribute wouldn't he? The man can swing he's just not seen doing it much because he's known for other things.

[cornelmunn]

piano player wasn't bad either

[XDrummerSteve]

Dennis is one of my drumming heros for sure but I have to agree with some of the others here. Of all the styles he can smoke, I've never really seen nail down the swing like Weckl, Vinnie, or Erskine. Still a master of the drum kit though.

[pulsingdrums]

It's the first time I ever see Chambers playing the brushes !

[dm6testa777]

dennis chambers plays jazz funk beebop latin rock hiphop blues and samba the god of drumming if u ask me look at his range thers other great drummers that mastered a style or 2 but not 8 styles

[reggaecracker]

feels in solo way different than the groove he's play'n..

[Drumboy5165]

@reggaecracker Doesn't fit does it?

[reggaecracker]

@Drumboy5165..... feel ....listen to feel......

[reggaecracker]

@Drumboy5165..... feel ....listen to feel......he great drumma..just more one-dimensional

[Drumboy5165]

@reggaecracker The problem is his 'feel' doesn't fit the situation, never indicated he was not a good drummer...just that his playing in this circumstance does not fit.

[Freshpinguin]

The pianoplayer looks like a goose

[pindaric]

Some people think Chambers is mainly a basher, but this shows him as the real jazz drummer he is.

[firebreathinghuman]

living in good old maryland

[pollonahual]

ilike that

is wonderfull ,,,,

to join his band

[MayraG1000]

Great Jazz!!!!

[Macman24]

The switch at 1:40 is absolutely sublime.

[billddrummer]

The people who say Dennis Chambers can't swing, or play along with the piano, or master different jazz drumming styles, should really LISTEN to the playing behind the rest of the group--not just his fills. If you did that, you would be able to see that he can play just as tastefully as any of the classic jazz drummers who were popular in the 40s and 50s--Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Philly Jo Jones, and many others.

Morons.

[billddrummer]

The people who say Dennis Chambers can't swing, or play with the piano, or master jazz drumming styles, should really LISTEN to the playing behind the rest of the group--not just his fills.

Morons.

[dm6testa777]

dennis chambers mastered at least 7 differnet styles most drummers can only play 1 or 2

[JDRUMNYC]

i swear some bassists have the weirdest body movements ive ever seen lol.. looks like they got a scorpion in their fuckin pants or somethen

[carabata64]

menos swing que el gordo chamber....

[drumhead40]

well, if Dennis Chambers can´t swing maybe you jazz masters should give him a call and " teach" him all your masterful swing moves... i just can´t help but wonder why the hell did they call him instead of YOU!!!!

[drums4694]

His fills aren't tastefull and they don't fit in or compliment anything the pianist is playing. If he's the best than he should learn how to swing rather than blow chunks all over the buddy rich big band.

[fillnns]

@drums4694 Yeah, but I have to think that's Dennis Chambers' play'n - jazz not being his forte.

[Moog168]

@fillnns Miles Davis offered Dennis to join his band and Dennis refused.....Yeah okay....

[TheMASDrummer]

FUCK

OMG

WTF

HES THE BEST

WTFFFFFF

[Percussionfish]

Aw shit.... this brother cant swing.....

[peachfuzz31]

Dennis Chambers is no jazz drummer, no flow too stilted

[32clave]

dennis chambers seems out of place in this setting

[zazvar]

satin doll

[sirdrumalot9]

its a salute to buddy rich, but i say a video where buddy curses drummers who play matched. I just think its funny haha

[godlydrmr]

Buddy was always pushing his band while Dennis plays a lot more laid back. I think Tommy Igoe did a better tribute for Buddy in a representation of his style

[MrDrewbies]

Amazing player, but the only gripe I have is that he doesn't have much subtlety in his playing. And I don't think his drums sound earthy enough for this kind of music. But its just an opinion.

[dvundebah]

Seems like the piano has to carry him on the last half of the video.

[Icandrum2]

dude this is soo calming and nice i could fall asleep to this!!

[dwsabianguy]

...playing a Miles Davis song recorded with Jimmy Cobb as a salute to Buddy Rich... interesting approach to say the least. That aside, his ride cymbal sounds awesome. Any idea what it is?

[The4thGuy]

@dwsabianguy From "Kind of Blue", right?

[dwsabianguy]

@The4thGuy Yeah, the song is All Blues.

[pooperscoopr69]

His swing and BeBop playing is pathetic.

[armedwithturtles]

@pooperscoopr69 and i'm pretty sure you can do better of course

[DonQuerres]

@pooperscoopr69 Ehr... no?

[inimicalODDITY]

Is he using a Remo snare head? That's...weird.

[drumsanddrumming]

What snare does he play here?

[TheColbles2009]

@drumsanddrumming It honestly looks like a pearl concert head

[drumsanddrumming]

@TheColbles2009 yes! You could be right!

[JoeJacari]

Is this a tribute to Rush and Neil Peart?

Is this a tribute to the millions of illegal aliens that are pouring into America and getting free dental, medical, housing, urban development, school meals, education and a joyful life of ease and style?

Is this a tribute to AC/DC or Iron Maiden?

Is this a tribute to the Old Tyme fiddle players of Texarkana, Texas?

What sayeth these here drums? What banging away and noise and clatter of sounds and gongs and splashes and clicks.

Why all this?

[jtc95]

@JoeJacari because buddy is known as the best drummer alive dude! they saluted him after his death as he is a drum god!

[dave90mckeague]

@jtc95 how can he be the best drummer alive???

you even said he's dead...

[aegisgfx]

@dave90mckeague

even dead he plays better than most live drummers....

[dm6testa777]

this is y his the god of drumming dennis plays jazz beebop funk rock blues fusion latin hiphop

[y0stevee]

are they playing miles davis?

[Buddythunder1]

Beautiful. Really like the brushwork.

[rockitmanley]

sick drumming....

100%

[lanceengland]

I don't know his name, but isn't that the bass player from the David Letterman show band?

[vedicardi]

god the bass sounds awful

[schanze12]

Denis started playing drums in nightclubs. Jazz is his favourite kind.

[lionqueen11]

dnnis chambers is a rock drummer plays songs with jazz harmony...bad!

[pulsating123]

buddy rich, incredible musician, horrible human being lol

[gubatera]

Dennis chambers is a shit drummer....trick.... He can play just fusion stuff. He cannot play real jazz and complex things. Trick drums

[thecaleb1000]

thats a fantastic bass player! And of course dennis is doing awesome!

[TwoStepN41]

@thecaleb1000 What's the bass players name?

[thecaleb1000]

@TwoStepN41 To be honest I have no clue.

[drumnut001]

@TwoStepN41 Could be Will Lee from Letterman's show.

[TwoStepN41]

@drumnut001 That's what I thought as well.

[RacManRhythm]

Ok fellow drummers hold ears I'm about to blaspheme, I'm a Soul/ Funk drummer and I hate Jazz, I know many of todays drum fills & licks come from Jazz drumming but I just can't get into it, I've played Jazz many times but it does nothing for me, I,m a big fan of Chambers & Collins drumming but give there Funk stuff any day.

[xnumxlockx]

I just realized they were playing All Blues... I'm playing that song at school and I'm gonna be doing drum trades too... Awesome :p

[UntitledHead]

BORING!

[Bozkicksyourface]

@UntitledHead Have some patience. If you were to actually listen to the music and the technical phrasing of the question and answer solo, it would not be so boring.

[xnumxlockx]

@UntitledHead

It ain't boring at all... And if you find the drumming boring, listen to the piano o.O

[heinzie5]

if he was any more chilled out he would be asleep :-p

[Memberotto]

GOD DAMN! That was my first reaction XD

[IwshIcldstrtover]

I hope that God doesn't damn him.

[biglalu]

So freely around the set!

[banestin]

That's hotter than the oven door!

[yurec777]

The Godfather!