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Spotted this yesterday. I'm going for sure as I've never caught Zach in person. I think Steve will be going along as well.
Saturday
July 17, 2004
Scott Kinsey / Keyboards
Steve Tavaglione / Sax -
Jimmy Earl / Bass
Zach Danziger / Drums
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 09, 2004 03:51 PM: Message edited by: Derek DeFields ]</font>
Cool!
Where is it?
doh, Baked Potato.
Derek, is that you, man? You're a sexy bitch.
LOL, yes that is me. (and I'm a bitch)
I know he does a lot of stuff out in the LA area, but he must really be something, playing with that line-up [Kinsey/Tavaglione/Earl - filling in the footsteps of Weckl, Vinnie, Novak, Chambers, Heredia, Donati, & Covington].
I am not as familiar w his playing as some of you, altho I've heard plenty of good things about him, & his resume appears to speak for itself...can any of you guys recommend anything he's on to get the full picture? Thx.
[Derek - you're no Rebecca Romjin, but quit trying to pass off Tom Cruise's high-school yearbook shot for your avatar...we all know you look like Roseanne Barr meets the Elephant Man in a tutu in real life [img]wink.gif[/img] ...er, really, no off to the Elephant Man...] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 10, 2004 05:41 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
Fuse.......
Check out Wayne Krantz "Long To Be Loose" also, (live) "Two Drink Minimum".
Also, Chuck Loeb's CD called "Balance" has some really sweet stuff too...
Zach's own group "Bluth" first CD is pretty wild and dramatically different from the Krantz stuff... pretty funny too... almost a comedy album!
Wish I lived in LA!!!!!
Bryan
Hey BV, how ya doin, man!
[LOL - that avatar of yours! Hilariously bizarre [img]eek.gif[/img] ]
[Did you ever get my PM about the CCEB in NYC/Saratoga back in June of last yr? I think i rem you saying that you weren't able to go?...]
BTW, thx for the scoop on ZD.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 10, 2004 03:49 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
I remember watching 'Ocean's Eleven' and wondering who the drummer was when they were playing all that hip backround music during the casino scenes and all that. It was Zach. Too bad it is the only thing i have heard of him... i am lazy, haven't checked him out yet even though i have known of him for years.
Did anyone make it out to the show? If so, how was it?
BV
Hasn't happened yet; it's this weekend.
Another great record to check out with Zach is "Closer to the Light" by Leni Stern. Especially considering Zach was 16 years old when the recording was made. It's half Dennis Chambers and half Zach, great playing.
oops... I need to start reading more carefully!
BV [img]graemlins/sleepy.gif[/img]
So, how was the show???
I want a full report!
Danny
Not to change the subject but Dereck....man I just stumbled onto your website....great drumming great music and nice web design too. You sure got those Gretsch sounding sweet...wondered if you could hit me with an email...I've got a couple questons
Derek is da bomb!
hah, thanks. I sent you an email and removed your post with your address so you don't get spammed all to hell.
Re: the gig. Yes, Steve and I went. I'll leave him to his own review.
I really enjoyed it. We came into the BP to see a Yamaha Rydeen 4 piece, I think it was 12, 14, 22. Ride on right, crash on left and hats. That's it. All budget line hardware. Clear batters on toms and kick, nothing in the kick.
Scott Kinsey, keyboardist for Tribal Tech was the leader for the gig so most tunes started out with ambient synth patches. (keyboard players and their patches, don't get me started.)
As they kicked into the first tune, you could see immediately that this was no longer the early 20's Zach of the Wayne Krantz days. He was playing WAY loose (Steve pointed out the obvious Elvin influence) and actually somewhat in the vein of Keith Carlock IMO. Tons of ride/snare interplay, most fills done within the context of the time keeping. (phrasing within the ride cymbal/snare patterns) Music was Jazz/Funk, with Zach leaning hard in the Jazz direction and Jimmy Earl on bass going hard in the funk direction. Jimmy sounded about the best I've ever heard him.
Some tunes were done along to sequences being run off Scott's G5 (he had his 23" Studio Display with him too) and Zach had some small Sony earbuds for monitoring.
Highlight was Zach's "comedy interlude" where he put on a wig and sunglasses to address the crowd about the fact that, "there are some problems moving some of these baked potatos, particularly #15 (hot dogs with sauerkraut if I remember correctly) and #13. (this one escapes me) Reverb and delay were added to good effect. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Overall, I thought it was a GREAT gig and very unlike most you see here. The vibe was much more NY and it was a nice hang.
It was a pleasure seeing Zach, I had not seen him before. The thing I liked the most about his playing was not so much what he was playing, but where he played stuff. He seemed to put phrases in unusual spots, and avoided big downbeats. The was always a nice pulse on the cymbal but never a steady backbeat really. He was making a lot of effort to play loose and sloppy, but the time was never affected. He kept switching from traditional to matched and back again.
He didn't seem very concerned with the tuning of his toms.
He occasionally placed his wallet on his snare drum to give it a different muffled sound. That was cool.
Jimmy Earl is one of my favorite bass players, he's so fun to watch with his intense facial expressions.
#13 Baked Potato & Corn w/Ham......$8.50
So, we all know the BP makes drums sound like ass. So how did the cheap drums sound?
I'm bummed I couldn't join you guys! [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
Danny
I personally thought the drums sounded awesome and I was totally impressed.
we were however right at stage left so we weren't being bombarded by the PA or the other instrument's amps etc. Kick in particular I thought sounded awesome.
Does Yamaha make any drums that sound bad? [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 19, 2004 02:28 PM: Message edited by: Derek DeFields ]</font>
Nice reviews fellas, cheers. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
Yes, very cool, thanks.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HA HA - i DEF HEARS ya, m' man.Quote:
(keyboard players and their patches, don't get me started.)
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL. Priceless.Quote:
Zach's "comedy interlude" where he put on a wig and sunglasses to address the crowd about the fact that, "there are some problems moving some of these baked potatos, particularly #15 (hot dogs with sauerkraut if I remember correctly) and #13. (this one escapes me) Reverb and delay were added to good effect
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL...just got the h*** out of a gig like that. [Except that the Potato's budget is higher.] ;c) [Overpriced corn dogs & funnelcakes/elephant ears at state fairs are not a good idea for diet.Quote:
#13 Baked Potato - //"Corn w/Ham"//......$8.50
But, they will make a decent t*rd, though.] :cp
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 06, 2004 04:51 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
I wish i could watch that gig!
When i went to Drummer Collective, Zach was there
as a teacher. He was a realy nice person and a great teacher.But most of all he was the hippest "jazz-fusion"
drummer on the eastcoast around 94. Me and friends went to se him at the 55 club in Village all the time.
He had a special voice and feel but then he dropped out
from that scen and i have not listend to him since then
playing that music. I think that?s a lost!
I old casets and they still stand out as great.
Hope he takes a break from his comedy/programing stuff
and does more stuff as the gig in LA
My drumpage