Vera Figueiredo video...

**tombo74** · March 19th, 2005, 07:25 PM

Nice!!
Have you noticed the "in between triplet and 16th" feel in his feet and hands during the samba like section? Typically brazilian.
Hard to pull out for us gringos.

**r_navega** · March 20th, 2005, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by Tombo 7/4:
Nice!!
Have you noticed the "in between triplet and 16th" feel in his feet and hands during the samba like section? Typically brazilian.
Hard to pull out for us gringos.

YES, typically Brazilian, people from here do that without thinking about it.
Vera Figueiredo have played with well-known Brazilian artists, like Milton Nascimento and Eliane Elias.
Like Groovissimo said, Vera Figueiredo runs a very successful drum and percussion school in Brazil. Her drum festival ("Batuka") is very important here, motivating new drummers and bringing top drummers to Brazil, like Virgil Donati, Marco Minnemann, Jimmy Branly etc.

**Cameron_Mahoney** · March 20th, 2005, 05:36 AM

Originally posted by benrand:
She's good...and hot. [img]cool.gif[/img]

But I have yet to find a female drummer who really causes me to go "WOW look at the drummer!".

Maybe it's just that women lack the musculature that guys have and therefore can't throw themselves around, or that they just aren't as aggressive at drumming like a Tony Willams or Billy or Virg or Gary Husband. Tony's arms were fricking huge and he hit with authority. Billy was a physical specimen too, still is.

That said, she's really good. Better than I am. Probably better than a helluva lot of other guys.

Ever check out any of Terry Lynn Carrington's stuff? I like it a lot; she's one of the only femme drummers that really is up there to me, despite gender. Please nobody take this offensively.

**troutbrooke** · March 20th, 2005, 07:13 AM

Originally posted by Cameron Mahoney:
Ever check out any of Terry Lynn Carrington's stuff? I like it a lot; she's one of the only femme drummers that really is up there to me, despite gender. Please nobody take this offensively.

I agree. Teri Lyne Carrington was the first female drummer I saw (on T.V., not live) that didn't look 'awkward' when she played. She's really a great drummer. This Vera girl's movements are really good too.

Groovissimo · March 21st, 2005, 12:30 AM

On Vera's CD, here are two duet samples,

One with Dave Weckl:

http://www.verafigueiredo.com.br/mus_dave.mp3

This one, with Virgil Donati:

http://www.verafigueiredo.com.br/mus_double.mp3

**Henry II** · March 21st, 2005, 12:43 AM

Originally posted by Cameron Mahoney:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by benrand:
She's good...and hot. [img]cool.gif[/img]

But I have yet to find a female drummer who really causes me to go "WOW look at the drummer!".

Maybe it's just that women lack the musculature that guys have and therefore can't throw themselves around, or that they just aren't as aggressive at drumming like a Tony Willams or Billy or Virg or Gary Husband. Tony's arms were fricking huge and he hit with authority. Billy was a physical specimen too, still is.

That said, she's really good. Better than I am. Probably better than a helluva lot of other guys.

Ever check out any of Terry Lynn Carrington's stuff? I like it a lot; she's one of the only femme drummers that really is up there to me, despite gender. Please nobody take this offensively.<hr /></blockquote>Agreed.