Most skilled drummer?

floydaholic wrote: How the f**k has no one voted for Colaitua? He is the most skilled on this list. Do you people have ears? Or do you just know nothing about drumming?

yeah- he's the best and Donati

Runaway wrote: Not  in this list, but Rodney Holmes, Dave Weckl, Carter Beauford, David Garibaldi, Nick D'Virgilo, the 3 flower kings drummers, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, and STEWART COPELAND (my fav) are very good.

Yup, great names. How about Chad Wackerman, I love his playing. I'm still surprised no one's talking about Marco Minnemann, have you heard this guy?

Not  in this list, but Rodney Holmes, Dave Weckl, Carter Beauford, David Garibaldi, Nick D'Virgilo, the 3 flower kings drummers, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, and STEWART COPELAND (my fav) are very good.

Yes, he is quite amazing. However my favorite of the skilled group is undoubtedly Steve Gadd. That man has held some of the most magnificent grooves i've ever heard. I can't think of anything that compares to "The Mozambique" and its many variations. He's just got great feel and instinct on the set and is pretty damn precise and such.

floydaholic wrote: How the f**k has no one voted for Colaitua? He is the most skilled on this list. Do you people have ears? Or do you just know nothing about drumming?

Well, why haven't you voted for him, then? But yeah, since Mark Mondesir isn't on the poll, I will vote for Colaiuta.

Ya know, I love Neil Peart - he's a prog pioneer, a tight, spot on, skilled player, and one of my first drum idols. But I have to point out that aside from the little bit of big band he did on Burning For Buddy, he never steps out of his prog safety zone.

Billy Cobham I've heard with John Mclaughlin, T. Lavits, Jeff Berlin, Jack Bruce, and Peter Gabrial. Jazz, Rock, Big band, Funk, Fusion, Film scores... Cobham writes all his own material as well.

I've heard Bozzio with Zappa, the Brecker Brothers, Jeff Beck, Stevey Vai, and his ostinato based drumming is groundbreaking. And he was the first to play The Black Page (have you ever seen a transcription of that? Yow!)

Vinnie Colaiuta has played on hundreds of records, he's one of the most prolific studio cats on the planet, from Frank Zappa, to Sting, to the Dixie Chicks - he can play anything.

Bruford's the same way: Yes, Crimson, Genesis, Al DiMeola, Earthworks, Gordian Knot, prog pioneer, fusion player, big band - extremely versatile.

No offense meant to Neil, but I honestly don't understand why he's winning a "most skilled drummer" poll.

Colaiuta or Cobham... I chose Cobham