Marcus Baylor - yellow jackets

[Studio51media]

I love what your doing Marcus, I've made my living recording for the past 20+ yrs, I think that qualifies me to say; You are one of the best, a total Pro and a kind man too. When we met you out at blues alley in DC you played your ass off.... when asked to be part of a vlog, you were very generous. Thanks!

[eche73]

marcus did an admirable jpb however his concentration wasn't always there. which says much more to the acme of the rest of the group. The yellowjackets are one of the most hardest working musicians in jazz music today. These guys are mature intellectual players, who study one another and listen to one another. WK is the substratum on this group man

[pr192001]

He is good but when I think Yellow Jackets = Will Kenndey he set the bar high for any drummer that replaced him

[saulcabse]

this set is thought to make music, to be used as an instrument.. not like these pretentious wall of toms in some heavy metal bands.

[Drumstoo]

Dynamics!

[tommyx1995]

that face. 

[shazam911]

this is the most dynamic solo I have ever seen, it just comes at the price of him looking kinda silly hahaha. awesome band!

[neymeag5]

genial muito lindo!!

[MrDirtysticks]

This dude is sick!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing sense of space and timing!

[CHC4669]

@MrDirtysticks I agree whole heartedly he is truly a wonderful musician. Did I mention an excellent drummer.

He is amazing this what drumming is all about and he doesn't need toms suspended in the air and the rest of that silly bullshit to show how clever he is like some others who rely on gimmicks. This guy can fucking play.

[godot973]

ohhhh MY GOD! grande musicista, tecnica e sensibilità ECCELSE!!!!!!!

[dkgerman1]

SO MUSICAL, WOW

[flokdar]

what an awesome solo - what feeling, depth, and masterful interpretation

[jetsterx]

look at bob just nodding in approval while grooving to the solo. awesome!

[drumhead40]

a great musician who happens to play drums...

beautiful lesson!

[MrDimTh]

Amazing solo, i think is one of the best of the world....

[cleancomedy]

I have signed drumsticks from the 25th Anniversary Show in Cleveland and a signed dvd with everyone's signature! :-)

[MickChiltone]

Awesome!!

[watusi1971]

What an articulation... he is really on of my favorites!!!!

[jusruben911]

Can anyone tell me the name of this song... Or on which YELLOW JACKETS album I can find it? If you do, you'll AUTOMATICALLY earn three steps un on the Stairway To Heaven! Thanks...

[jeffarlt]

@jusruben911 Time Squared, Sea Folk

[ImproviseNow]

how perfect a band!

[Theodoremuth]

They just enjoy themselves so much and appreciate the music. in awe

[birdsk83]

What head he use?Please !:)

[Khempejjer]

@birdsk83 My guess is coated Remo something. 

[triondrummer]

@birdsk83 Coated Ambassador on Toms, Coated Powerstroke 3 on Snare (Elvin Jones Signature Model); Coated Pinstripe on Bass-Drum...All REMO ;-)

[birdsk83]

@triondrummer Thank you ! But I had guess yet that on toms it was coated ambassador, but thanks again dude!

[marcinnsz]

OAK CUSTOM!!! Yeahh!!!!!!

Nice Drummer!

[ppffffpp]

what is that DVD?

[nuancemusic]

Go get the DVD (which includes a CD), the CD has another live performance where Marcus does a completely different solo for this song that is amazing.

[jonblizaze]

New found appreciation for Marcus. I'll always be a Will Kennedy fan, but I love the look of affirmation by Bob Mintzer as Marcus plays. I'm in total awe!

[tarkusmjg]

Awesome!

[SOCOLEMUSIC]

That's my home boy right there go COCO!

[jetzine00]

WOOOO!!!! This guy is out of control. Mad dynamics.

[psyne000]

lord have mercy...

[ChrisCoplandDrums]

That doesn't look like Will Kennedy... Is it him?

[winnerbaby44]

marcus baylor man..

[ChrisCoplandDrums]

haha good point... Didn't notice that for some reason.

[winnerbaby44]

lol you were distracted by the mastery of Marcus.. its ok. happened to all of us =)

[ChrisCoplandDrums]

No kidding. Guy can PLAY.

[upbeatmantis86]

Damn... the drummer has immaculate stick control beyond anything i've seen.. very very creative..!

[andrewrush]

Name of the song please?

[winnerbaby44]

sea folk

[FeetsAndButts]

GGoooshhhh.....

[nixli1980]

this is so well refined. damn.

[grooveman84]

Musicality and quality sound. Amazing drummer

[vstyle23]

These guy's are monsters

He's a beast

[mariotelaro]

this is one of my favorite drum solos, every note is perfection... that much taste on the fly is super human to me man. wow

[kindablue28]

At 1:30, there is a GREAT moment when Bob Mintzer is just standing by in awe and watching Marcus do his solo. You can tell how much he admires his playing on such a deep level. Communication without saying a word.

[giannidinovi]

so true mate, so true.

[flumbik]

просто чудо!!!

[kindablue28]

AMAZING. It's like Dennis Chambers and Kieth Carlock had a baby! :D

[smooth1311]

Yo wats the name oh this song

[AeriisGainsborough]

Que raro como toca. Pone súper tiesos los brazos.

[Jockobass]

I'm happy to see that this is on Youtube. Baylor delivers a very tasteful and creative solo. What a great control of dynamics !!!

[jimbox666]

what a nice sounding kit! minus the sabian octagon cymbal jkjk.

[degzdrums]

oh its great he came to our high school a couple years ago to play with our jazz band

[MAKHUVELE]

Marcus is awesome. The grin on the face and musicality. God bless.

[amoergosum3]

FANTASTIC solo......love his sense of space.

[jbad0]

Does anyone think Will was better?

[goulet22]

nope

[snaedwiev]

Grove-wise , yes WK had it

MB has his thing- and it's incredible

But everyone has a right to their own opinion.

This is one of Baylors performances, and a fine one - some really nice original stuff

[rockrhapsody123]

Is that Bob Mintzer on sax?

[gwaltzgs]

yes.

[tytaniumboxhead]

Great solo. Sometimes he looks as if he's moving in reverse. Weird.

[winnerbaby44]

much more than a drummer

a brilliant musiscian

[kabasak]

@winnerbaby44 your comment implies that drummers are not musicians!

[winnerbaby44]

@kabasak implies that MOST drummers are not musicians.. which sadly, it's true.

[jetsterx]

@winnerbaby44 the truth is most instrument players aren't musicians either, not just drummers. just cuz you can play a few licks and chords on your instrument doesn't make you a musician. and by you i don't mean YOU, of course.

[marcoplebs]

mmmm so musical

[keef227]

Marcus is my boy from St louis, Mo. We used to call him COCO, he has been tight from the start.

[Blassgrem]

Hi.

This theme is awesome, but what's the theme's name please ?

[ThEmAcHINe201111]

Marcus is one of my favortie dummer he is nasty...

any 1 know what type of ride that is?

[biggiesmallz57]

he plays sabian..im sure you could look it up on the sabian website.

[drums4praise]

apparently it's a Sabian 22" HH Raw Dry ride

[hahabass]

I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve Jimmy Haslip. Of course the whole band is steaming, but as a struggling-to-learn-what-seems­-to-be-the-basics bassplayer myself, to me he da bomb.

[devon8trillionaire]

so this iz where my man tye get his stuff from

[mariodubbio]

N I C E !!!

[shelterit]

Amazingly delicious solo. Ricky Lawson, Williams, Erskine, now Baylor. Some of the all-time most delicious drummers seems to have flown through the Jackets ...

[arvidgunardi]

IS the drummer using an ayotte snare?

[Storviksbo]

Elvin Jones signature snare,, nice sound:P

[ndinosan]

In every parts of Baylor's body there is a different time that go :-)....Fantastic!

[brothaman34]

6/4, 5/4,2 bars of 4/4 and 1 bar of 5/4?

[accurate18]

Tasteful soloing and incredible volume control. Marcus is an excellent drummer.

[iamareplicant]

um, god damn. That was fine as hell. about how tasty can a drummer get, mmkay?

[ruudjacobs]

In my opinion and personal taste, Marcus is the best drummer you can have in this -wonderful- setting.

[nebaioth]

winnerbaby44- You're not dumb. The fact that you asked this question tells me that. It's a clip picking up at the end of the piano solo alright. But, for the rest of the clip, the drummer is soloing with the piano, and, for a moment, by himself. There really IS NO back beat...no real groove to speak of. You can get a sense of time from his rim shots in the chorus, though. I'm a drummer, so I'm listening while there is an "internal" clock counting in my head! lol- I hope this is helpful to you!

[willie33040]

Ouch! ( ^ _ ^ ) Man oh man! Marcus put a killin' on those drums! WooOooOoOooOooo! Smokin'!

[rimriserusa]

The RimRiser for Drummers Cross Stick Rimplaying for the 21st century!

[winnerbaby44]

this is dumb but i dont really understand this type of music..

i have absolute no formal education in music and thats why i cant understand it i guess

what do they use instead of a back beat?

there is a "hidden" groove behind that?

could someone explain this to me?

please?

[funkyjfk]

here, marcus and kenny, the pianist, are playing off of each other. marcus is filling in the spots kenny isnt playing. adds depth to the song. in these smaller bands everyone is a musician playing parts that add to the song. not, the drummer provides the beat then everyone solos over top of him, which the yellowjackets do do sometimes. you gotta think your set as a whole, not snare, hihat, kick etc...

[funkyjfk]

its to hard to explain over the internet. as far as the sound, draw out a triangle and divid it into 3 horizontal parts. for rock the bottom box is the kick (being the loudest) middle is the snare (slightly softer) then your cymbals in the top box. there the "backbeat" comes from the snare and kick. if you turn the triangle upside down, thats the sound for jazz. the ride and hihat are lowdest and are the "backbeat" the snare is softer and the kick is softest of all. the above comment will helpto

[winnerbaby44]

nice visuals ;]

you know.. I've been listening to a lot of jazz and after so much time listening to this tune again feels very diffrent.. its a matter of feeling and having sensitivity.

Thank you guys anyway! You helped a lot =)

[infantfinite]

if i could ever play my drums with half as much feeling as Marcus i'd be more than satisfied.

[ZildjianDrummer244]

Not to brag, but when I play my drums (you know that feeling you get when you don't care about anything else other than what you're doing right there) that's what I feel when I play and I put all my feeling into it.

[infantfinite]

yea that's sweet. Like i feel it and every thing, and i have feeling. But i dont think my playing level is high enough to just get into it that much, im concentrating too much. And that could also come from my heavy metal background.

[dkochanski]

this song has a chorus that's 5 bars long, then it's repeated...making it 10 bars total. in my last post, i describe the beats within each bar.

this video seems to be a clip - so it's coming out of the piano solo - not an intro. the video fades in on like the end of bar 3 or so (during the bars of 4/4)...

the crash just prior to the sax coming in would be bar1 (for counting sake).

if you start counting right on that cymbal crash, you'll be able to keep counting throughout to the end.

[dkochanski]

i'd count it as this pattern: a bar of 6/4 then a bar of 5/4, 2 bars of 4/4 then finally one bar of 5/4. at a tempo of roughly 180bpm.

songs like this, in odd meter - you just come up with a way of counting that works for you...not sure how they would have written it out, but that's how i'd count it.

[selphietan]

thx for reply... may i know how many bars for the intro of the song?

[selphietan]

anyone knows the time signature if this song..? thx..:-)

[loesberkels]

this is beyond good

[joaowagnerxavier]

the best

[drunks2000]

unbelievable. You can tell this dude's forte is dynamics. Super impressive.

[marcoplebs]

i coul watch this solo 100000 times

[nbdrums]

does anyone know the name of the song?

[rkfromchi]

"Sea Folk" off of the TimeSquared album.

[bambam5442]

Does anybody know what kind of snare is that?!

[keithphelpsmusic]

dont know wat the snare is but i can bet u 1 mil wat makes that thing sound phat is those wooden hoops u cant go wrong there

[daughter2]

What do they do?

[keithphelpsmusic]

wooden hoops bring warmth and tone to the drum i have them on my toms and it makes a huge difference and am currently in the process of getting them on my snare

[neilpeart23]

yamaha billy coban..

[Oladipo5]

It's a Yamaha Elvin Jones Signature snare drum.

[bambam5442]

AWSOME!!!

[trktrt]

Wow! Will kennedy was and still is my drummer but there always seems to be some new cat that comes out and takes it to the next level. He's cool.

[infantfinite]

i have this dvd. my god he is soo good. he reminds me of my band teacher steve zenz. just the way they feel it so much

marcus rocks.

[rufuscoss]

he must be sorry because he doesn't use his wrist,........so the masters teach hahaha

[Superlative101]

hey, what dvd is this on???

[rkfromchi]

Yellowjackets 25. Its a combination cd/dvd 25yr anniversary set.

[Jadyellow8]

he holds his sticks solo unusually, kind of stiff. It looks like it would be hard to play

[TomPKan]

I see what you mean. That allows him a great amount of control over his articulation and rebound as you can see in is playing. It's anything but unusual. He's an amazing musician.

[grijazz]

Wooow!! Awesome drumming, beautiful sound, amazing dynamics skills....i love it!!!

[akv8]

to*

[akv8]

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[willie33040]

Dude everytime I watch this vid of Marcus I'm like how in the world does he bring it all back? He's locking the entire thing down nice and then he just brings it back on point like it's childs play! ( ^ _ ^ )

[geetarnut]

Swiss watch movements!! A rolex of a drummer! wow, second that,, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lifesucksdie123]

amazing musicians...amazing drummer!

[musiq306]

Marcus Baylor's feel and dynamics are ON POINT!!! he's one of my favorites

[willie33040]

Marcus Baylor is nasty on the drums! Nasty! Dude is wicked!

[jamoj928]

simply great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[osugrad05]

Marcus Baylor is crazy tight drummer!

[fifovelazquez]

He came into the group having to fill Will's shoes and did an excellant job of it! wow! Keyboardist is Russel Ferrante, Bass player is Jimmy Haslip, sax is Bob Minzer. All are new legends in jazz!

[JazzySaxE]

drummer is nasty! Sax player is woah! Piano player is awsome and bass player is weird! but aren't they all? lovely tune what's the name of it?

[Vladpeters]

I think I saw a little homage to Will Kennedy with that single stroke roll...

[fasteez]

my god, each time i see a new videos from them i got mad..

love them too much