Weckl - 'Why Not?'

Louie and Lee told me they didn't know this early Michel Camilo tune called 'Why Not' with Weckl playing, so as it's an 8 minute masterpiece of music and drumming, I thought I'd post it up from them and anyone else that doesn't know it.
Enjoy.


http://jamesseph.phpwebhosting.com/DRuM's%20Stuff/why%20not.mp3

How come they didn't know about that bomb??
Possibly one of the best tune ever featuring D.W.
I just love the whole album which is my second favourite Camilo's album right after "one more once" and the awesome horn section of hell.
If you love Camilo's work,there was a dvd on DaD a few months ago that's just awesome.Cliff Almond rips that tune tho' he's playing in a very Weckl-ish way.And he's like 20 years old at the time it was recorded on german t.v. [img]eek.gif[/img]
So Grab it if you can. [img]wink.gif[/img]

That's a cool version, but i still prefer Camilo's big band version on One More Once. This is Cliff Almond on drums...

http://rapidshare.de/files/7923656/02_Why_Not.mp3.html

hey rudy!

I had never heard this either! Its friggin awesome, thanks for sharing it!

Rudy_Ment, I posted regarding "Why Not" on your other thread, but wanted to make sure you knew how much I appreciated you sharing this. It burns!

THANKS! Dug IT!

"The greater the artist the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize" - Robert Hughes

This is a powerful quote.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 21, 2005 02:18 AM: Message edited by: PocketPlayer ]</font>

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Originally posted by PocketPlayer:

"The greater the artist the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize" - Robert Hughes

This is a powerful quote.

<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ November 21, 2005 02:18 AM: Message edited by: PocketPlayer ]</font></font>

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whoa! Yes it is... and now I can be rest assured that my "pessimism" is really due to my artistic nature.

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Not to hijack the thread or anything but I'm glad you guys dig the quote. I'm my own worst critic and remember the first time I saw that quote. It gave me a lot of hope and encouragement.

Thanks for sharing the tune! It?s been a while since i don?t hear Weckl... it was cool!

Hey Lee,

This Camilo's album is for me his best work !!!
Dave and Anthony Jackson just kill me !!!

Weckl sound really fresh on this album, one of his best performance for me.

Thanks for remembering me this one Lee.

Peace.

Yeah baby!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img] Here's an interesting point (or maybe not?!?!) On Michel Camillo's first album, he uses Dave and Joel Rosenblatt at a time that they were best mates and studied and roomed together.

The result.... they sound exactly the same!! It's ridiculous I defy anyone to put on a track that Joel plays on and not think it's vintage Dave! ....check it out.

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Wow! Killer piano chops by Camilo. Love that little reference to St. Thomas in there.

I agree with you totally Dazzler, Dave and Joel do sound amazingly similar on that album.

I didn't know they studied & roomed together though, so thanks for the history lesson!

Paul

So, its Cliff Almond playing on that wonderful song "Caribe", on One more once.

I was convinced it was Weckl (although I was more focused on the other musicians).

Been on a Camilo kick lately, what a amazing, empassioned (is that even a word ?) musician.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 22, 2005 01:54 AM: Message edited by: fftha ]</font>

Yes it's Cliff on Caribe.
"Smitty" Smith also plays great on this album.

Weckl put Cliff on the Camilo gig, like he did with Joel Rosenblath.
I think that I can hear a difference between Dave and Joel, I find that the Joel's drumming is "less clean" than Dave at this area anyway...

All right.

A big thank you to Rockin' Rudy and LDGuy for sharing these files. Please keep them up for several days because I have a dial-up connection. I'm looking forward to listening to these Michel Camilo gems. [img]cool.gif[/img]

Rudy, thanks so much my man for sharing this! An absolute tremendous piece of drumming right here by Mr. Weckl, and Camilo and A-Jax play their asses off as well.

Hey guys you're more than welcome, glad you like. LDGuy, thanks for your mp3, that is a wicked version of the tune! I like cliff almonds approach, and there's a great groove happening right on 6:28, the last 4 bars, it really burns at that point!

Is Why Not the song that has the famous Weckl bass drum fill? It is so perfect that Cliff used it.

I like Tombo in 7-4!

Thanks go out to Rudy and LDguy. Both mp3s have been added to my collection - great material.

Someone lock up that pianist! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]