Tony Williams vs. Carl Palmer

Tony Williams gets my vote for sure

I respect both considerably, but Tony Williams is an amazing drummer who has had such an impact and got my vote not surprisingly.  It's surprises me how often Tony Williams is left off greatest drummer polls here.

harmonium.ro wrote: Logan wrote: ^ Much as I love Top (and Paganotti), I won't. SaltyJon wrote: Tony for me.  Who are you going to be putting up against Greg Lake next?  You figured out my cunning plan!  I'd really like to put Charles Mingus up against Greg Lake (two very different kinds of bassists), but I don't think I will. Dave Holland for his double-bass work might be cool too.  Definitely not Jaco Pastorius, though at least he'd have a chance, and Miroslav Vitous would be a nice choice.  I lean towards doing Buster Williams or Ron Carter (they formed a two-bass group at one time). I was thinking of answering Jon's question with Miroslav Vitous before I read your post He would be a good third element of this grand scheme because just like Herbie and Tony he was a jazz musician involved in important, seminal Fusion projects. But he's not as famous and widely known like the other two. I have yet to hear any music featuring Tony Williams, so I won't vote. What would a Hancock-Vitous-Williams trio would have sounded like?

He would, and your reasoning is sound. so it will be Miroslav Vitous. And since, as well as other work with Hancock. Hancock performed on his "solo" debut (and I started these with Hancock), and that's  a much liked by me album, that's an added plus.

A Herbie Hancock, Mirolslav Vitous, Tony and Buster Williams quartet would be very cool (add John Williams -- the guitarist - for a quintet), and add another Herbie, Herbie Mann to the line-up and it would be even better.

Dellinger wrote: Logan wrote: ^ Much as I love Top (and Paganotti), I won't. SaltyJon wrote: Tony for me.  Who are you going to be putting up against Greg Lake next?  You figured out my cunning plan!  I'd really like to put Charles Mingus up against Greg Lake (two very different kinds of bassists), but I don't think I will. Dave Holland for his double-bass work might be cool too.  Definitely not Jaco Pastorius, though at least he'd have a chance, and Miroslav Vitous would be a nice choice.  I lean towards doing Buster Williams or Ron Carter (they formed a two-bass group at one time). But then you would have to do 2 polls for Lake, one for the bass and another one for the vocals.

Fair point, I did consider that.  Perhaps I could do it as preferred composer instead, or based on all around musical talent -- rather than just bass-work, one could take everything musical into consideration.  Of course there are other bassists who sing, but none I can think of that would fit the themes of the poll that well.

Williams, no doubt.