What to listen to?

[porterhouse]

My drum teacher has recently told me that I need to "listen" to some good jazz and fusion types of music. Looking for suggestions of stuff I could check out. I'm also looking for good drummers to listen to as well and what CD I could catch them on. Thanks

[palmerlouie]

Whoaa!! This will prob be the longest topic ever!!! Opened up a real can of worms. Most of the usual guys on the board will prob no more than me.....especially bout vince but the best ones would prob be:

Dave Weckl - Transition
Uncle Moe's Space ranch - Dennis Chambers
Vital Tech Tones 1 & 2 - Steve Smith
Karizma - Document w/ vinnie colaiuta
GHS3 - Smith, Gambale, Hamm
Victor Bailey - Low blow (nice mix of jazz & fusion)
Mike Stern - Between the lines and Play
Chick corea Akoustic Band for some serious trio jazz

Mostly fusion stuff there, but great music and drumming. If u want heavier stuff then Niacin's Time crunch is great. Go to Audiophileimports.com for the best stuff. Theres loads of stuff i want to order including Kyomi Otaka with weckl and gary willis............does anyone have that.....whats it like?

[Derek DeFields]

For the "Triumvirate" (Vinnie, Dave, Dennis)

Dennis Chambers w/

John Scofield - Pick Hits Live
Blue Matter
Loud Jazz

Tom Coster The Forbidden Zone
Let's Set the Record Straight
From the Streets

Vinnie Colaiuta w/

Allan Holdsworth - Secrets
Chick Corea - Live at the Blue Note Tokyo
Jeff Beal - Three Graces (Weckl on this also)
Vinnie Colaiuta - Solo Album Self Titled

Dave Weckl w/

Any of his self titled solo albums or videos
Jeff Beal (see above)
Chick Corea - Akoustic Band "Alive"

Good luck. God willing you won't like this music at all and you'll save yourself a ton of money searching for hard to find albums with one of these guys on one track playing a 15 second fill at 6:23 on track 11. (the bonus only on the Japanese version) [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]