Kenny Clare/Kenny Clarke

[@whippja]

The great Kenny Clare,never forgotten

[@loujug1]

Further to my earlier post. I can't ever recall two drummers enjoying each others company more than these two.

[@dinodeluca6210]

This is a case of 2 great drummers enjoying each other's playing. Different styles....but Kenny Clarke is the father of bebop drumming and I think Kenny Clare was honored just to be on the same stage.

[@SheltonHull]

The British drummers of that era are just a different breed. Awesome!

[@fweddyfwintsone4491]

Two greats, tellin' their stories.

[@dr.nunzio_improta]

Mr. Clare is awesome !!!

[@dagostinoification]

Quels merveilleux batteurs !

[@zif00]

i may be no drum genius man, but Clarke is watching Clare all the way thru that session..... with a smile on his face. the guys was god!

[@TheToocold]

i used to watch the old tom jones show back in 1969 just to listen to kenny clare's playing.

[@A.ChristopherJohnson]

Loved it ! ! !

[@roybeckerman9253]

Kenny Clare was a great supporter of the English Premier drums. A great sounding kit, used my many great British and European drummers in that era.

[@talbotvanman]

See my post above about drums "sounds" i am still playing a Boosey and Hawkes AJAX kit I bought in 1955 (as played by Jack Parnell)

[@buddyrichman]

Two great drummers! Interestingly it is Kenny Clarke playing Premier - it's hard to see what Kenny Clare is playing but he endorsed a number of brands around the late 60's/early 70's. In the early 70's he worked with Premier creating the 'Resonator' series, these were drums with an inner shell.

[@terrydonegan1622]

He had a kit named after him. It then became the resonator

[@sleatbuts]

wooooooooooww now i understand why my drum teacher is so frigging good. Kenny Clare was his drum teacher!!

[@dagostinoification]

fantastque big band de Francy Boland !

[@mikebuddy1]

point well put, both were great and they complemented each other within the big band which I think was the first and only two drummer big bands to tour and make many great albums.

[@roybeckerman9253]

Kenny Clare - hands down.

[@bcss45]

The were both great drummers! However Clare was the sight reader, and Clarke took is easy and let him do that, as you can see in 1:02. But Kenny Clarke was in his own way the foundation go Bebop drumming. Great clip!

[@bikerpeavey]

Was Kenny Clare reading this as he is playing ? If so it's even more amazing.

[@sitrep12]

i had the priviledge and fortune to have had a few lessons with kenny. i also have drum spectacular on vinyl, although when i asked, kenny said he had made no records. i found the album in an old record shop, payed about a quid i think.

[@terrelll.howard8660]

great sound !

[@mikebuddy1]

Very distincitve sound ok,which was the thing when listening to the great bands of the day.You immedetely knew who the band was(not just the tunes or arrangements)This group had star sidemen from europe & the states.Never got to see the band live unfortunattly.

[@toth1971]

the best solo i heard was a battle between ronnie stephenson and kenny clare on an album talkin about drums. on the drum spectacular album. amazing. hear it on drummerworld.

[@speedoflite1]

Greetings Drumguy! you may have a valid point as I often compare pro drummers to Buddy Rich and his band(s) over many years, which might be unfair in this case. I'll reconsider and will get back to ya.

[@kenblack9443]

Kenny clare brilliant saw him swindon1976 with my drum teacher On his drum clinic just proves you don.t need loads of drums to be one of the best

[@zachoneill6570]

As a drummer also I dont mind how many drums and cymbals you got as long as you use and utilise them! I hate it when a drummer has so much stuff and most of it doesn’t get played

[@ocho611]

Kenny Clarke all day long

[@gaetanocaccianini5600]

Two greats 🎶🥁🥁 When the difference it's only a "k" 😉😅

[@talbotvanman]

From the days when drums had a decent sound not like today when some (pop) drum kits sound like a bunch of old suitcases !

[@spercoco]

I don't know what drums you are talking about but you can get virtually any type of set made from any kind of wood or other material today. You can duplicate old vintage drums sounds or go with a more modern sound. Back then you had way less choices.

[@terrydonegan1622]

Off the Scale!!!

[@swingmanic]

It looks like Ronnie Scott on tenor in the sax section at 0:47

[@roybeckerman9253]

The two drummers should have been in front of the band .

[@BigBillLucas]

I remember Kenny Clare at the time he was Britain's answer to Buddy Rich, looking back now he was too wild and clumsy in his solo's and here he is clearly out played by Mr Clark, although Buddy himself held him in high esteem, he also praised a Drummer Called Ronnie Verrell who was noted for having the errr fasted "arms" in the business.

[@mikebuddy1]

This is a Documentry,not a concert,& shows each member of the band in a music / home environment.I kinda like the rare "home video" clips.You can check out the complete film elswhere on youtube.well worth a watch.

[@joellafargue9882]

I'm sorry, but those home movie clips seem, to me, to be out of place here. I might go so far as to say that they're "disconcerting". And, no, I'm not trying to be funny, but at the same time, I don't wanna sound like a jerk.

[@seekerofdreamers]

Clarke is playing salt peanuts!!! from dante agostini vol 2!

[@loujug1]

I once heard a guy say "But drummers aren't musicians". What an idiot. Kenny Clarke obviously knows the chart, but Kenny Clare is reading the dots outside the solo. .

[@allen6924]

You're "nuts" Kenny Clarke is the "jazz" drummer. The other guy plays drums. And was obviously a student taught by Clarke

[@keithdrums100]

I totally disagree,Big Bill Lucas,as a professional drummer myself I would rate Kenny Clare as a better player and indeed in his solo there were more complex rudiments taking place and a better feel,everything we hear is subjective but that is my opinion although I respect your too!

[@allen6924]

No way he was lost and supplementing musical ideas by hiding behind rudiments of drumming. Any real drummer would hear that.

[@madchops82]

yeah sure...hahaha

[@tonydir5673]

Both drummers are very good but not in Buddys league

[@johncook8279]

Tony Dir only Louis bellson could just about keep up with buddy

[@allen6924]

Kenny would eat Buddy for lunch any day of the week.

[@samtotheg]

buddy is so fucking overrated when miles and all the top notch jazz musicians cut albums you noticed buddys loud obnoxious ass wasnt on any of the classics!

[@speedoflite1]

incoherent, stiff, and all over the place.

[@wallypinner1182]

How would you know?

[@speedoflite1]

@@wallypinner1182 Long story short, Buddy Rich.

[@wallypinner1182]

@@speedoflite1 would love to hear the whole thing. Buddy adored Kenny’s playing, and rightly so.

[@speedoflite1]

@@wallypinner1182 Rightly, so what?

[@wallypinner1182]

@@speedoflite1 so who are you referring to when you say ‘stiff, incoherent and all over the place’ ?