Dave Brubeck Quartet 1966 “Blues for Joe” | Joe Morello Extended Drum Solo | Newport in Paris

Only flaw with this is the exceedingly frustrating camerawork that focuses on Joe’s face or hi-hat foot at the worst times🤬
Dave Brubeck-piano. Paul Desmond-alto. Eugene Wright-Bass. Joe Morello-drums
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[@shanegriffin2215]

His solos were pieces of music first. Incredible chops were just extra. Insane talent. And, he was legally blind.

[@anta40]

I'm a simple man. I saw a Joe Morello video, I clicked like. Love his tasteful, musical drumming.

[@kevinwalsh8839]

Joe was and maybe will be remembered as the best.

[@bobbysands6923]

Hard to find a more musical solo. And...he was FLYING at the end...as great as any drummer.

[@waldemarrazny]

❤

[@fanfleouf5724]

Simply the GOAT!!!

[@thomassander227]

Mr Morello never loose the Rhythmen, fantastic.❤

[@JackFlaps]

don`t lose your loose change

[@mikestevens5512]

Joe has such incredible technique. His Ludwig Sound unbelievable!

[@RidinOnABigCog]

Bill Ward, John Bonham, Ian Paice, Carmin Apppice and even Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden all thought this guy was the nutz!

[@sitarnut]

Morello's left hand is faster than a speeding bullet, he can jump over other drummers in a single bound, doesn't need Lois Lane or Perry White. Will never forget the Quartet's performance at NTSU in the Fall of 1962....we had read in "Downbeat", or heard about Brubeck's drummer, and how the other band members just left the stage whilst Joe annihilated an audience.. well, he did and I'm still knackered.

[@Serpenthia666]

There's a video where he played solo, he was yelling at Brubeck and/or Wright before they left the stage and he killed it!

[@rnl9520]

Morello Melts my Face with every solo. Incredible phrasing, dynamics, tension & release, musicality and Fierce technique. One of the Greatest of All Time!

[@bendoinnothin6076]

People have their favourites but even buddy in my opinion couldn’t do what joe could. Musical, fast and his accents are off the charts.. great left hand for traditional grip.

[@Serpenthia666]

Fact!

[@edellis515]

He is sooooooo good

[@boomerguy9935]

My favorite drummer, ever!

[@eadg4life1]

Mr Morellos work on the ride cymbal just drives everything. I wish I could work with drummers who play like that...... subtle.

[@briancullen9575]

I love watching his solos that much more because all you ever hear people say about Joe, aside from being a great drummer, was that he was a kind and humble man who devoted decades to teaching others.

[@vincentbuonora8477]

I’d have every student watch this to learn musical melodic rhythms. Every phrase is interesting from the softest to the loudest, great contrasts, texture, cymbal technique, some Stick Control patterns too. Truly one of Joe°s best solos.

[@carnivalwrestler]

Too bad we didn't see any of it.

[@domh4201]

Tbh I actually think this is my favourite Joe Morello drum solo

[@DumPhuc]

My Jesus Christ,that stick control🔥

[@Moluccan56]

Loose wrists, great energy management.

[@johnellis1567]

Magnificent!!!!

[@romuluscreative]

The fact he was this amazing and legally blind... even with 20/20 vision he would just be the best... it calms the mind only to melt it then to bring it back again.. I litreally could just sit back and listen to Joe Morello on drums and Paul Desmond on alto sax for like 15 albums in a row.. no other sounds... im a perfect world bing is on vocals with them but thats just my dream..

[@eshaibraheem4218]

Oh, Joe!

[@andyweis5194]

This one is new to me too. Has to be my favorite Morello video performance. FABULOUS! Thanks Drumuitar!

[@sixtieskid062]

The look Morello gives Gene Wright at 5;00 is priceless. "Hey,man, this isn't a bass solo". :)

[@vgr112261]

Love the way those old kits sounded.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

The bass drum is the heartbeat and Joe makes you feel it deep within you. Everything else is always good vibrations. 😸👉🏼🥁

[@mikekelly7679]

First time I've seen this. Joe's conversations on his drum solos are always soo interesting & melodic. He's smooth as butter.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

🍞🧈🥁

[@holywells]

Beyond any doubt....the fastest left hand in the business!!

[@paradiddlemcflam7167]

Me: Oh, cool. I can't wait to see Morello's sticking patterns. Cameraman: Here, let me show you his left foot.

[@thecrippledrummer]

Yeah, it’s REALLY annoying

[@domh4201]

Would’ve thought it was filmed by Quentin Tarantino

[@carnivalwrestler]

Hey, don't be so negative. They got his right ear, too.

[@kevinwalsh8839]

Yea really stupid... “ your fired”!.

[@AMEER-114-]

​@@thecrippledrummer Also frustrating and annoying... No date given in "66

[@SalmanRuzdi]

I must meditate about this a little, before I watch it. It is wonderful and rare. Thank you!

[@nancygermain3]

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[@dherz108]

Beautiful playing. Thank you.

[@iancarpenter6298]

perfection is difficult to improve....thats joe morello....

[@rick3747]

I love Buddy but Morello is the most musical drummer ever. BTW.... Bonham's biggest influence was Morello.

[@aguilas10102020]

En su tiempo sí.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Makes sense as he often quoted jazz drummers in his playing.

[@nancygermain3]

I'm so in love

[@Livius4]

He was always been my favorite drummer, and there was no need for this video which actually confirm It !

[@nindraco3173]

So there are 5 people that don't enjoy excellent music.

[@ProggerPA]

It's funny, as I really want to sit down behind a kit again and play my ass off after watching Joe Morello play. I wish I had appreciated him more when I was in my teens and taking lessons, as my drum teacher was a student of his.

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Magnificent ~ thanks !!!

[@BPJazz]

Beautiful!!

[@thomashupp-drumspercussion3414]

That is Perfection,i never saw someone with that left hand.

[@vgr112261]

Buddy Rich.

[@ctrainugly6444]

@@vgr112261 I read somewhere that Buddy sharpened his up after watching Joe. They were friends, and both absolute monster players.

[@genez429]

Only Joe Morello could have pulled that off.... Only Joe!

[@barrybecker3706]

OH-MY-GOSH!!

[@Pharoset]

A drum solo for 8 minutes and 30 seconds. DAMN!!!

[@edellis515]

WONDERFUL

[@MrPublicPain]

Drums accompany. This solo is an accompaniment to a Sax, bass and piano part from his 3 bandmates........ in his head. In his head, the 3 are playing and he accompanies what he imagines they might play. That is a skill you drummers can't identify. He is not doing a drummer alone in his basement during rudiments. He is playing to Dave in his mind while Dave does not make a note.

[@hellomynameisscen]

Who hurt you?

[@russ6541]

tf

[@dickmason100]

Blues for joe

[@thecrippledrummer]

Ahhh. Yes!

[@fabioernestotagetti5822]

Thanfully the camerawork focuses more than usual on Eugene Wright.

[@oltyret]

Thanks Joe. You convinced me. I think I will take the premium platinum insurance package. Death and dismemberment included? Yes please.

[@roybeckerman9253]

Another Ludwig master....could not understand why he switched to DW. In later life. These sounded brilliant. Just using a 4 piece kit...not 14, like some modern day drummers. The camera man’s facial shots of Joe’s, were a pain....he should have concentrated more on his playing.

[@roybeckerman9253]

george nolte What year was that ?

[@roybeckerman9253]

george nolte I wonder what changed about the drums and who was it sold to.

[@thecrippledrummer]

george nolte Terry Bissette was a major part of turning Ludwig around. He recently left and returned to retail.

[@thecrippledrummer]

george nolte I’ve heard the EXACT same thing from a few friends that studied with Joe. I never had the chance to meet him but he called me after I had written him, must’ve been around ‘94 or so. I was so shocked that I was talking to him that I can barely remember what he said.

[@roybeckerman9253]

Wayne Smith Definitely the best , for us Baby Boomers..😊

[@randysemenak2439]

Yikes,that was way cool and the kit sounds killer you can clearly hear that Bonham copped licks from this guy

[@domh4201]

Mr Camerman, as much as I love Joe’s beautiful face and left foot, I would like to see his sticking patterns just a little bit more.

[@Hernantejeda]

Joe was the first,the unique,the best.He was all music.Thanks,God for bring him us.

[@geoffnelson4777]

Can’t understand why the director kept cutting to JM’s hi hat work. Once, OK, but c’mon, let’s see the Master play!

[@thecrippledrummer]

I have a hunch that the camera guy knew little about drumming and pointed it where he thought the action was coming from. Lol

[@thehaughtcorner]

@@thecrippledrummer Blame the director, not the camera operator. He only shoots what he's told. The director makes the calls on what goes out over the air -- which shots and for how long they stay with a given shot. Seems like you can always tell if the director tries too hard to be "creative" instead of working with the melody -- like using a long shot during a solo, instead of something tight on the hands. Seems like that could be worked out at rehearsal.

[@carnivalwrestler]

Most of the time he caught Joe's right ear, or a straight on shot of his face. They do the same thing with dancers, even step dancers: they show their shoulders and faces when they're doing the most difficult and beautiful steps and it drives me nuts. Too bad we don't have a video of Joe's performance. Lost forever, we'll just have to listen, but it would have been nice to have seen it, too.

[@a1rf0rce1992]

what's his sticking on the snare drum from 0:49 - 0:50?

[@adenihil]

That dude is not drumming… He’s singing.

[@Plastikman5]

there are legends and there are God's, Joe was a God

[@roybeckerman9253]

Supraphonic ? Today’s Ludwigs sound great as well. Was Joe using Mahogany or maple.

[@thecrippledrummer]

CHrome over brass.

[@roybeckerman9253]

@@thecrippledrummer I meant the rest of the kit…not the snare..

[@frank2778]

A cross between Rich’s precision and Roach’s musicality? Just asking.

[@EconAtheist]

Had folks not been so bamboozled by Rich's snappy snare and infinite cockiness, he'd never have been considered the best by so many. Buddy Rich was never the MJ or LBJ. He was the Wilt Chamberlain or the Shaq. Among the top half dozen or so, was often the top dog for many years, but never ~the~ all-time drummer. /that racist jagoff Ginger Baker was better than Buddy Rich, all things considered

[@thecrippledrummer]

@@EconAtheist Ginger Baker was and still is the most overrated drummer who ever lived.

[@rick3747]

@@EconAtheist Ginger Baker was ok but not in same league as Buddy, Morello, Cobham, Bruford, Bonham, Gordon, Porcaro(Jeff and Papa Joe), Purdie, Seraphine, Gottlieb, Ringo, Collins, S.Smith, Erskine...........

[@vgr112261]

@@EconAtheist that is utter nonsense.

[@nancygermain3]

You have to look he needs to hear the bass. A drummer and the bassist need to be one and the same

[@kevinwalsh8839]

All the stuff joe was doing with his hands and the camera man zoom in to his foot on the high hat.. dumb and weird!.

[@AJK.630]

Does anyone make it look easier than Joe?

[@kevinturner5857]

Superb , i was a big fan of Paul Motian too Bill Evans drummer , very tasteful 😊