GetAgrippa
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That's great news Supernoodle. I was thinking maybe he was swollen with ascites which it's usually cirrhosis or cancer related. So I hope recovers well-an awesome drummer!!
Dennis Chambers
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Al Strange
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I knew he had a health scare in 2014 but didn’t realise he’s just had a transplant? Here’s to a speedy and full recovery!!
Push pull stroke
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It’s going to suck to lose him. I remember when he was in his 30s. Let’s hope he’s got another 20+ healthy years in him. I’ve got my fingers crossed
wraub
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Some of my favorite drumming ever, on an album hobbled some (imo) by dated (imo) keyboard sounds... But DC's drums (and the bass, from Gary Grainger) are amazing (imo).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nceN2jiKmQ6a2IEUAl-6F5Lg0fBKKFsQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nceN2jiKmQ6a2IEUAl-6F5Lg0fBKKFsQg
Hewitt2
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One of the elite few whose groove and chops are off the charts. I remember the “in the pocket” vhs tape where he was doing this ridiculous billy cobham level chops explosion looking cool as a cucumber. More impressive was how tightly locked in he was with Gary Grainger.
Truly one of the GOATs
Truly one of the GOATs
Some of my favorite Dennis playing was when he did a series of videos for the Reference series and he was only playing a 4pc kit. His ideas were different than any other time I recall, I really liked the grooves he came up with. And I check out the Victor Wooten video he did 2018, sounded great as ever. Definitely a very instinctual player which is hard to do with complex music, I don't think he is a reader at all.
I'm not a gospel player or anything but Dennis is arguably the most prominent influence of this genre from what I see; everything seems to go back to that In the Pocket video and stuff like Blue Matter, Pick Hits, P-funk...the McLaughlin trio he had some nice playing but wasn't a fan of the sound of that band (though all great players). Anyways, I wish him a healthy recovery.
I'm not a gospel player or anything but Dennis is arguably the most prominent influence of this genre from what I see; everything seems to go back to that In the Pocket video and stuff like Blue Matter, Pick Hits, P-funk...the McLaughlin trio he had some nice playing but wasn't a fan of the sound of that band (though all great players). Anyways, I wish him a healthy recovery.
Keepgrooving
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Old PIT Guy
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I spent a summer one year doing a lot of driving, and Blue Matter was in the deck practically every day. It's one of those things you don't think a lot about, but listening to something that frequently creeps into your style without much acknowledgment.
A lot of my practice time is freeform, usually with a click, humming very simple improvised melodies - bass lines, mostly - and phrasing grooves and fills from those motifs. I definitely hear bits and pieces that in hindsight I owe to the influence of Dennis Chambers playing on that album. Listening to a lot of music is so important, even when you're not attempting to assimilate it.
A lot of my practice time is freeform, usually with a click, humming very simple improvised melodies - bass lines, mostly - and phrasing grooves and fills from those motifs. I definitely hear bits and pieces that in hindsight I owe to the influence of Dennis Chambers playing on that album. Listening to a lot of music is so important, even when you're not attempting to assimilate it.