Joe Morello - Sounds of the Loop - 1964

Great Morello!!!

wow, I have even more respect for Morello after watching this. Paul Desmond was always, to me, THE MAN on alto sax, like Stan Getz on tenor....what beautiful tone they both had!! I always had rated Morello up there because of his abliity to play in difficult times like 5/4, 7/4, 11/8...stuff like that and still be able to swing. It was nice to catch him on this and just cut loose. Thanks for posting this vid. Great stuff.

Holy crap, how can anyone do what he's doing with the left and right sides of his body?!

Joe the Magnificent!

2 Best things about this video.
1). He plays the melody on the drums
2). He moves his fucking glasses man. While soloing. He moves. his. fucking. glasses!
I've been trying to do that for 5 years. The man's a God.

Freeze frame 5:30 -Courtney Loves' mother.

they're really in to the music!!!! COOL!!!!!

the 3 best drummers ever.. my opinion.

buddy rich.
joe morello.
louie belson.
and joe joe mayer too......

After seeing this a few times over the years, I have to say that he's just as good or better than Buddy OR Louie B. They all have their strong points, but Joe is just butter! he gets kudos for being a nerd too.

Hmm..My drum teacher studied with Louie B., and he says that while Joe is a GREAT technician, he doesn't quite have the chops that Buddy or Louis had. Still, they're all INCREDIBLE drummers who are better than just about anyone else.