I'm sure there has to be a thread already dedicated to this absolute master, but I couldn't find one. So be the change you want to see and all that.
I've been amazed by his drumming so many, many times over the years. But I'm not sure I've ever been more astonished by anything he's played than I was by just how utterly perfect his feel was when playing just a simple kick-and-snare pattern here:
A wow drummer for sure! I’ll have to dig out an old photo of my teacher Eric and I at an Omar clinic in Birmingham UK back in 2000. Eric being Eric sat behind Omar’s beautiful Pearl kit for the shot!! Great times, and of course Omar absolutely smashed it.
I absolutely loved the fancy high hat work, but thought it actually sounded better with just the straight eighths on the hats. That groove was so simple but so unbelievably sweet.
I just finished an older "Drummer's ressource" podcast episode with Omar and what a sharp mind he has, what a great human he is (on top of being one heck of a drummer). A great listen full of wisdom.
Nothing really. I thanked him for sorta squatting down so we looked the same height. He’s actually a lot taller than me. I just wanted to say I was a big fan of his since he was in Weather Report and he was genuinely happy I mentioned that era since it was so long ago.
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