Peter Erskine, Jack DeJohnette

Good idea but too many important names missing for the poll to really work. Just browsed some of my old faves and noticed how often Jack DeJohnette crops up with atmospheric playing that doesn't rely on histrionics. Also really taken with Collin's on those Brand X albums, and let's not forget the wonderful Morris Pert (He's not on the list either!). Doubtless proggers will miss Bruford, excellent stuff in prog and with Earthworks, and Manu Katche also. 'Other' seems a shoe in. Now reminded that I love the ideas and playing of Goodsall/Jones and Lumley in Brand X too - off to pull out their back catalogue for a concentrated nightly Brand X binge I think! Wonder if their humour and upbeat playing meant that brow furrowing jazzers don't rate them as they would an ECM artist for instance? I'm waffling now. De Johnette by a short head.

Before his shoulder surgery Lenny White was the only other (jazz rock) drummer approaching Billy Cobham in technical skill imo.

Nice to resurrect this thread as my first post :-)

Voted *other* - David Moss David Moss in R.M. Točak Band:

Edited by Svetonio - July 15 2014 at 02:05

Billy Cobham. 

Saperlipopette! wrote: Would have voted for Tony Williams if I took into consideration his 60's avantgarde/post bop years. The best jazz drummer ever to walk the earth in that regard. But in the fusion style I have other favorites and by looking at the list of amazing albums both music and percussionwise with Alphonse Mouzon in the lineup, there's no contest among the ones in the poll. As with Cobham I prefer him when he is not up front all the time obviously showing off his chops. The two 1971 albums are impressionistic "lyrical fusion" all about mood, atmosphere and nothing about being the fastest rocking octopus behind the kit ever.  Four-five of the ten first titles are among my top 20-25 fusion albums:    Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)  Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska (1971) Norman Conners - Dance of Magic (1973) John Klemmer - Magic and Movement (1974) Jeremy Steig - Temple of Birth (1975) With Joachim Kühn - Hip Elegy (1975) ...and this quartet of acustic but still intense fusion masterworks with McCoy Tyner: Sahara (1972) Song for My Lady (1972) Song of the New World (1973) Enlightenment (1973) As well as the patchier and at times show offy ones, but still worth having: ...as leader (with Tommy Bolin) Mind Transplant (1975) With Larry Coryell: Introducing The Eleventh House (1973) Level One (1974) Planet End (1975) & then there's the progger's fave but not mine: Patrick Moraz - The Story of I (1976)

I only have Weather Report from this list.

These are the posts I treasure when I come here.  No better way of discovering new music.

Thank you Saperlipopette!

progbethyname wrote: Stuart Copeland. Although he is not in a full on, jazz oriented band, but his style of drumming is brought forth from jazz traditions, especially his grip use on the sticks! Anyway, Mr. Copeland's rhythmic style of drumming is some of the very best groove rock/jazz offerings I've ever heard, especially his work with the police.

Stew's awesome. He can play a very simple beat and make it sound 80x more interesting than (random example, not a slight) a complex part by Portnoy or Peart (and I like those guys, don't get me wrong).

Stew simply has "the touch." He was born to drum.

Bruford, Collins, Vander

chopper wrote: Drumstruck wrote:  the term Prog is "post-post-modernist" looking back on the time - in the 70s it was generally called fusion or jazz-rock or even avant-garde.... Am I reading this right? In the 70s prog was generally called fusion or jazz-rock?