Most under-rated drummers

[Terry B]

How about:

Gene Lake
Mark Craney
Ari Hoenig
Poogie Bell
Tobias Ralph
Larry Bright
Jon Von Ohlen
Joe Travers
Sean Reinert
Ricky Sebastian
Jason Marsalis
Joel Taylor
Dicenso (of course)
Jojo Mayer
Toss Panos
Charley Drayton
Ray Luzier
also Rick Gratton

I'm sure I left out a ton of people and this list might lean toward the "under noticed" category. But I will go out on a limb here and say that I kind of dig Brain. I think he is sold short by many people. I have heard him play in a lot of different situations and have always enjoyed listening to him. While he may not be the most versatile player out there, I do think he is musical and fairly adaptable to different situations. As far as being under noticed, I would also like to add Jeff hamilton and Steve Houghton to the list. I just don't seem to hear much about these guys.

[Terry B]

Oh, and Paco Sery!

[Groovissimo]

Thrilled to see the response to one of my two first posts on Hostboard ! Everyone has their own unknown or underated drummer. I believe that chatting about these great drummers can only help to make us aware of their talent.

Another newcomer to the North Americal Scene is Australian powerhouse Sam Aliano. I heard he is now on tour with the band Gongzilla. Anybody here have any stories on Sam Aliano ?

[beat Hit]

Groovissimo... Welcome aboard and thanks for all the Heads Ups...

[drum4fun]

Jeff Hamilton, Ralph Humphrey, and Collin Bailey are my picks.

[Dazzler]

Terri Lynne Carrington
Adam Nusbaum
?est Love
Paul Motion
David King (The Bad Plus Trio)
Aphex Twin [img]wink.gif[/img]

there are loads more I'm sure...

[quitou]

There's an Aussie drummer called Pete Drummond who I think should be on the list...I've only heard a few clips of him, but every Aussie that I hear talking about Pete say that he is a monster...I heard that Thomas Lang even asked Pete for technical advice at TUDW last year...must be pretty amazing if lang asked him for tips [img]confused.gif[/img]

[matricks]

Great names so far. I have Gene Lake on some Steve Coleman stuff and MAN, that guy BURNS!!! As far as Bill Maxwell, that guy did some good stuff with Andre Crouch, i dig him although i forgot about him, thanks for reminding me. Carlos i second for sure. I always loved Lenny White, wish he would get more love out there than he does. One more guy who i think would get more "credit" if he didn't have the "regular" gig that he does is Smitty. He can KILL the fusion stuff but when it comes to Big Band, he does it proper. Not that there is anything wrong with the gig he has, wasn't saying that.

[matricks]

Oh, i gotta add Marco to that list. I know he is in the new crop of chops guys but i haven't seen him in MD as far as interviews and he doesn't get as much press as Virgil or Lang. I saw him in clinic here a few months ago and WOW!!! A friend of a friend boot-legged it from the sound board and got a GREAT mix of him and all the recorded tracks he played with. He absolutely KILLED IT! His musicality is underrated, i didn't realize how well he applies what he can do til i saw it in front of me. Great clinic too, he just hung and had a drink with us after; the clinic was at a bar! Weird setting, people were playing pool during his playing and two drunk guys started fighting and Marco had to wait for them to leave before he started talking [img]confused.gif[/img]
Fun times!

[neber_dude]

Ah yeah of course, Lenny White! His drumming on Return To Forever's Romantic Warrior opened my eyes to an entire new world! Damn I feel to guilty for not mentioning him before!