Great video: Marcus Baylor with the Yellowjackets

[Drummer Karl]

Hi all,

Thought I should mention that video here...great performance by Marcus and the band, here is the video (of course from Bernhard on Drummerworld! =)

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/marcusbaylor.html

thanks so much Bernhard for this!

Karl

[tracer]

Very musical guy.Are those Oak Customs?

[Class A Drummer]

Great video. Im surprised how he plays. He is an amazing player, but the way he plays them. Like his grip and style is so unordinary. Its great!

[Davidb59]

Looks like he went to the Ari Hoenig school of drumming

[CoryTACP]

Marcus is really fun to watch and his playing is just great. His style seems to be a little stiff at times but he can still lay it down. I'm wondering what snare he's playing in that video. Any ideas?

[jayp]

Man that killed, Great style, Thanks for that Karl.
Yea its a 14X7 Yamaha Elvin Jones signature snare
http://www.wwbw.com/Yamaha-MSD1470EJ-Elvin-Jones-Signature-Snare-Drum-i21938.music

[somedrummer]

That was some great playing. And his setup looks so comfortable. I might have to try something like that at some point.

[T.Underhill]

I see what you mean about stiff, but laying it down smooth at the same time. Unusual style but so enjoyable to watch. That snare sounded incredible!

[Drummer Karl]

Yep, he plays a Yamaha signature snare drum. Such a beautiful snare drum. Not just beautiful looking, also awesome sounding! Though I never really thought about putting a Powerstroke 3 on it.

His playing style is really impressive I think. He is very groovy and for me such a stiff style of playing makes my drumming much more sensitive, a bit more exact...and calmer. Sometimes I love to play so stiff, adds a different taste.

Just thought I`d mention this vid. =)

best,

Karl

[Tuxido]

heh, I find it hard to play stiff, but it really changes the sound, you should watch Brian blade on jazz crimes, on youtube.

[Drummer Karl]

heh, I find it hard to play stiff, but it really changes the sound, you should watch Brian blade on jazz crimes, on youtube.

Brian, one of my biggest influences. Brian Blade plays in that way, too...or at least in a very similar way. Jazz crimes is one of my favourites on my MP3 player and on Youtube the version is great!
But hey: The cover of "Summertime" with Mr. Blade, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau and Larry Grenadier is absolutly amazing.

But okay, that is Brian Blade, let`s stick to Marcus Baylor. =) haha...

Karl

[Tuxido]

I just came back from seeing the YellowJackets (with mike stern(montreal jazz fest))
And he really plays stiff all the time, It makes him play really soft, (he was playing with 1 brush and one stick, and the stick sound on the snare was as low as a gentle tap with the brushes.) also, playing like this seemed to really bring out the sound of his cymbals.
He really impressed me.

[CoryTACP]

I'm jealous of anyone that has had a chance to go watch the Yellowjackets. If anyone is interested in asking Marcus a question that he will actually respond to pretty quick go to the yellowjackets home page and then to the Buzz forum. In the forum you'll see a place for Marcus's post. He's really cool and from a personal note he's an awesome Christian. He really is outspoken about his faith and that is something special now days.

[Tuxido]

What I found weird yesterday was that he never even touched his "left side" tom and snare, I wonder why he brought them

[Drummer Karl]

btw, what Hi-Hat does he play in this video?? I know, it`s just mic`d but from what I´ve heard it has a beautiful tone and chick, really smooth, yet pretty high-pitched.

Looks like a Sabian Prototype to me...what do you think?

Karl

[brittc89]

What I found weird yesterday was that he never even touched his "left side" tom and snare, I wonder why he brought them

Well, thats not the whole concert, man. Just one tune.

[Tuxido]

I saw him at a concert, he did not touch them in any of the songs. But I still liked the show :)

[Wavelength]

What I found weird yesterday was that he never even touched his "left side" tom and snare, I wonder why he brought them

Certainly a drummer needs something to keep his pint of ale on?

[Raymond Bloom]

a couple days back I was in clinics with him and also saw Yellowyackets live, he had two just wonderful drum solos! He's a great down to earth guy, it was cool to hang out with him

[Drummer Karl]

a couple days back I was in clinics with him and also saw Yellowyackets live, he had two just wonderful drum solos! He's a great down to earth guy, it was cool to hang out with him

Very cool! From what I`ve heard he`s such a brilliant person and drummer of course.
Did he mention his influences by the way? :-)

I`m just curious...

Karl

[Raymond Bloom]

Very cool! From what I`ve heard he`s such a brilliant person and drummer of course.
Did he mention his influences by the way? :-)

I`m just curious...

Karl
Yes, hi did mention his influences...but... I forgot.... *blush*
What he sayed was that his favourite drummers are great piano players as well, for example - Jack DeJohnette (he's the only one I remember)! Marcus also plays piano and this is one of the things how he comes up with ideas for drum parts, he's all about being melodic and perfectly complimenting the music being played by other band members, you can really feal that when listening to him..!

[Drummer Karl]

No problem!
Yeah, Marcus sounds really great, melodic...he fits in so well.

Karl