BEST JAZZ DRUMMING VINYLS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD

“Tito Puente and Percussion”
Ed Soph, Woody Herman, “Giant Steps”
Eric Harland “Supa Nova”
Mel Lewis, Bill Holman, “Jive for Five”
Mike Clark, Herbie Hancock, “Thrust”
Billy Hart, Herbie Hancock, “Mwandishi”
Steve Gadd, Bob James, “Heads” “One” “Two” “BJ4”
Elvin Jones “Elvin!”
Elvin Jones “And Then Again”
Paul Motian, Keith Jarrett, “Bop-Be”
Elvin Jones “Is On The Mountain”
Jo Jones “The Drums”
Philly Joe Jones “Philly Joe’s Beat”
Philly Joe Jones “Showcase”
MORE TO COME!
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Welcome to my channel. Here's my bio: I was a jazz drummer for 15 years. Then, I wrote about jazz for DownBeat, Jazziz, JazzTimes, and now, Stereophile. So, I take a musician's, journalist's, and a collector's approach to collecting jazz vinyl. I tend to prefer OG or early pressings to new reissues, as they have more life force, sense of naturalness, and drive. Though admittedly, new reissues have more bass, and smoother overall texture which mates well with today's hi-fi equipment. Thanks for watching!
IG: @micallefjazzwax
FB: JazzVinylLovers
Stereophile: www.stereophil...
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My reference hi-fi on which I play and evaluate recordings:
VPI Avenger Direct Turntable/VPI Fatboy tonearm/Hana Umami Blue MC cart
Thorens TD 124 table/Gelco 350 tonearm/Luxman LMC 5 MC cart
Manley Chinook/Tavish Audio Design Adagio phono stages
Shindo Allegro Preamp
Riviera Labs Levante Integrated amp
PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid Integrated amp
Rogue Audio Power amp
Volti Audio Razz/Golden Ear BRX/Spendor BC1 loudspeakers
AudioQuest, Triode Wire Labs, Auditorium 23 cables
IsoTek and AudioQuest line conditioners

[@wylieroth3145]

"...vinyls you've never heard." Don't underestimate your audience.

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Love that Elvin lp!

[@mr.bigsquid8422]

Love this, exploring lesser known albums!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

More to come

[@Localbandography]

That Billy is a good egg.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

The most welcoming record store owner I’ve ever met

[@christophernoto]

Thanks, Ken, for sharing your knowledge and your passion! ❤ Also, thanks for including the actual list of records in the video description! 🎉😂👍👍 P.S. I consider the background sound of the city to be “a feature, not a bug!” All the best! P.P.S. Jo Jones, The Drums -is- on CD, and also on KZbin Music, to stream! 🎉

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thanks for that info

[@steftarget]

Love woody Herman

[@rayszymarek2920]

Thank you for creating this channel just one request please play the buddy rich record the monster I was told buddy played so so much on this record called the monster please play it for me dedicate it to boom thank you

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I can't play it cause of copyright, which will deny me any proceeds @ Spotify

[@jeffreysobczynski7113]

Love this video and also the “great drummers” episode - but how can Billy Higgins not be one of the greatest drummers ever? He was a machine and is on almost every Blue Note that I love best - well regardless love your channel … and enjoying and understanding jazz is a lifelong process

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Part two and part three usually follow part one

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thank you

[@heribertovalentin1563]

I got the Tito Puente record also on the black Tico label, great record !!!! Got to check out the other records....

[@brucevair-turnbull8082]

It took you 14 mins, but you got to (as you must) Philly Joe Jones, Ken. Have you got 'Blues for Dracula'? He had a sense of humour too.🤣

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Need!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I don’t know that one as well as I should

[@JohnZolla-bp7tl]

One of my favorites. The young lion, Mike Mitchell, Blaque Dynamite. 😎

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I know him, but what Record would you recommend? Jmi?

[@JohnZolla-bp7tl]

Yes, Blaque Dynamite, on J.M.I. It's a two LP, solo album.

[@thomosburn8740]

Should have also included Horacee Arnold's 'Tale of an Exonerated Flea'

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

cant include everyone's favorite. Make your video! :)

[@thomosburn8740]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 I guess I should have explained myself a little better, as Arnold plays circles around most players on your list, plus the stereo placement of the kit in the recording I mentioned is truly remarkable.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@thomosburn8740 Thanks. I only have his album with the flowers on the cover?

[@luytondriman6236]

Hi Ken, I'm a huge jazz drumming fan and really enjoyed your deep dive to lesser-known albums ( at last) by drummers that I know. Just one comment, there were not a lot of European drummers, one of my all-time favourites is Charly Antolini (Swiss) and in the US, Steve Smith is doing some amazing stuff as is Clayton Cameron (tasteful brushwork).

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thanks for reminding me I do have a Antolini album that I like a lot. But I neither can nor want to mention every jazz drummer in the universe. There are some people I just don’t care for such a Steve Smith, who is great technician doesn’t really swing in my estimation. so, this is part one of part three thank you

[@luytondriman6236]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Thanks for the feedback, I was really getting into Alvin Queen yesterday, he has a very smooth style (live with George Coleman)

[@UFO_computers]

Jim Gordon never played with Jethro Tull, but he did record two records with Traffic after Derek and the Dominos

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Did I say that? Don't think so. Gordon played on hundreds of records that's for sure

[@UFO_computers]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455- sorry, you’re right. You said “Clive Bunker Jim Gordon from Jethro Tull and Derek and the Dominos respectively“. I missed that ‘respectively part’. I never listened to Jethro Tull and don’t really know that first drummer Clive. You da man.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@UFO_computers oh man, Clive bunker is on aqualung. Just a phenomenal player, right up there with another great British drummer, BJ Wilson, who worked with Procol Harum. Drummers, you have the sensitivity and expertise of jazz players, yet with the thunder of rock ‘n’ roll.

[@Vinylbop]

Nice video! Very interesting what you told about Steve Gadd. Great drummer but without the subtle jazz swing swing.

[@UFO_computers]

I believe he also lacked the intensity the masters had.

[@xentakis]

@@UFO_computersLacked intensity? Maybe sort of on pure traditional swinging jazz only, but “lacked intensity” is really not a description I would ever use for Steve Gadd. Sure, Gadd’s swing doesn’t have that special something that Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams, and those greats who specialized in jazz had - but don’t forget none of those guys had the breadth of ability to nail a session in EVERY style the way Gadd could. Not many drummers in history could hang with the absolute cream of the crop in pop, funk, R&B, fusion, and yes traditional jazz like Gadd.. And by the way, I quite enjoy Gadd’s jazz playing on Jim Hall’s Concierto.

[@Joe-yi8xj]

I like Steve's jazz playing on The CTi milt Jackson record-Goodbye

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Such a wonderful musician

[@chrisfisher6954]

On the mountain is available directly from PM records, I think the found some boxes in Gene Perla's basement. Also . . . they have original copies of the promo posters with that picture of Elvin. Ken I hope to run into at JRC next week, I'm planning on stopping in on Friday, would love to meet you.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Wild! Thanks for the info. I only work at the store on Saturday.

[@chrisfisher6954]

Bummer I’ll miss you then

[@SonicPVC]

🎼🥁🪘🪇🎶

[@Joe-yi8xj]

I agree about Mel's playing which is kind of ironic that he had a massive ego in the best possible way.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

He did have a massive ego? I didn’t know that.

[@Joe-yi8xj]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 check out the drum history retrospective episodes Loren Shoenberg recorded with him. Amazing info and Mel telling it like it is. I'm sure one of your drummer friends has a copy

[@filipedasilva8512]

No Art Blakey? In neither videos? Sorry Ken, but I haven't heard better recorded drumming in my house

[@filipedasilva8512]

You can make a video with only art blakey records... I'm listening right now to Bu'S delight and OMG and it's like honey

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

part three usually follows part two follows part one

[@JohnZolla-bp7tl]

I'm first!!!

[@m.charron]

"vinyls" 😐

[@TheDonteventalktome]

You’re telling me it’s not Paul “motion”?? Shit…

[@jeffreysobczynski7113]

Seriously - I swear that I have looked into this multiple times and that he pronounced it “moe-shun” 🥴

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I honestly don’t know. Should’ve asked the publisher when he was alive.

[@cheezruff]

Steve Gadd can play swing more than you are giving him credit for. Check out Chet Baker album 'She was too Good to Me' on CTI. Two vocal tunes along with 5 swing standards, with 1 of them played by Jack Dejohnette. Also want to mention an Elvin album called 'Mr. Jones' on Blue Note, with Jan Hammer on electric and acoustic piano, no synths.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Compared to any of the great swing players from Higgins to Taylor to Jones, or younger cats like Bill Stewart, Jeff Hamilton or Kenny Washington, Gadd comes nowhere near their level of flow, freedom, drive and elasticity. His ride cymbal is dead weight.