Senri Kawaguchi: STRATUS - Rocking the Castle in France

Filmed by Bernhard Castiglioni and Ron Sternlicht (Drummerworld)
ROCK AU CHATEAU at Villersexel, FRANCE on August 7, 2015 - Hassan Hajdi (Guitar) - Jean-Christophe Bauer (Bass) - Séraphin Palmeri (Keyboard) - Senri Kawaguchi (Drums) ...more Senri Kawaguchi Videos here at DRUMMERWORLD: www.drummerwor...
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[@int53185]

She plays at level 11 at all times. A marvel to watch. Those sticks are flying!

[@tcwild100]

In the intro, Senri is 100% improvising every move, with an ear-to-ear GRIN on her face. Gotta LOVE her! What a show!

[@EMTdrummer]

This young woman is about as good as it gets. I have watched many of her videos and she can play anything with any hand or any foot for that matter. She can tone it down at will, but most of us could never reach her speed and accuracy. To me, just a marvel to watch.

[@jaydoode15]

EMTdrummer a lot of practice will fix that, clearly she has the time to devote herself to drumming seeing as she is being looked at as a prodigy. However, if you can break down what she is doing you will notice it is not incredibly technical or extremely hard to do, it is just that she is very accurate in her approach. If you practice those kinds of fills consistently you too will reach her abilities.

[@jaydoode15]

***** She is fantastic no doubt, and a pleasure to watch. But again, there isn't too much about her playing that has me rewinding over and over again to figure her out. Ronald Bruner Jr. has me doing that, but I won't compare beyond that.

[@chriswilliams2305]

+jaydoode15 - why must she be compared to anyone? I mean, she is a pretty good drummer in her own right. pretty incredible actually. I go way back to Billy Cobham, Nrada Michael Walden, Neil Pert, and many other greats and I don't compare them. they're all great in different ways. I just enjoy listening to them and appreciate their talents. you can't deny that she's very talented and definitely has that it thing that defines great drummer and musicians in general. I, personally, don't compare her to anyone. I just really enjoy watching and listening her play

[@jaydoode15]

Chris Williams Yes, and that's how it should be. I only briefly compared her to Ronald Bruner Jr. because he absolutely nuts behind the kit, what Kawaguchi is doing I am able to understand right away as she is doing it for the most part, some of what Ronald Bruner Jr. does has my mind boggled. But art is subjective and we all have different tastes, we all approach things differently and we have different styles. I am drifting from my point made earlier in this thread, and that is that no one should be discouraged from thinking that they'll never be able to play like this, we should be empowered and wanting to learn more.

[@dwightb]

She does make me think of Neil Pert. Her fills are spot on and still subtle. Very nice indeed!!!

[@FushaStrat]

Senri is so very good. She never misses a beat nor does she over do it or crowd the other musicians. She is one of my very favorite drummers..

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Senri's concept of time is different. She is always on top of it. I think that might be what makes her so special.

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

I love the way she plays drums. To me, it is a sign of a good drummer.

[@carbonc6065]

The opening solo is just fantastic!

[@larrygraham5765]

There is good, there is great and then there is Senri! She is in a class all by herself. The Senri class!!!

[@boneheded2819]

It's good to see someone with this much talent just having fun. Maybe we can all learn from this and try and remember not to take ourselves to serious and just have fun.

[@georgemorley1029]

It’s like watching a lion playing with three kittens. Senri is the lion!

[@cypan1]

wait if shes the lion ....and we already know she is the Queen of all lady Drummers ..in a lions Pretext ...and the kittens ..are all wanting to be like Mommy ...Senri what will we have then lol??

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Classic Cobham tune! To me, this is real fusion. It rocks, it has skills, it's fun to listen to.

[@georgemorley1029]

Dave Lanciani yeah.

[@sticktrik]

Dave Lanciani And she had no fucking dynamics!!!...No emotion in her playing!!!

[@lolaxo5971]

Senri the Queen Please come to London soon!

[@GorgonFreemanPhD]

She is incredible. A fantastic and inspired performer.

[@Mad_maxman]

素晴らしい・・・聞きほれてしまう。間の取り方がなんとも渋い。彼女の音楽性とセンスは普通ではない。

[@davidgomersall7185]

Always an absolute joy to watch Senri 🙂 By the way, those of you being all negative about the rest of the band are kind of missing the point. Drummers just love to play, it's not about egos or showing other musicians up.

[@stephanedeposseldeydier9885]

Senri est sans cesse en avant dans le tempo. C'est formidable ! Bravo Senri !

[@robertsalanon2909]

Grosse présence de Senri !! une mitrailleuse ....Super

[@dragonfly6340]

Only 19 years old here. Most drummers never reach that level.

[@dagostinoification]

En plus Senri créé un nouveau rythme sur le thème...Très douée cette jeune fille ! Superbe prestation !

[@FrankieBag0donuts]

That monster one-handed roll @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="409">6:49</a> - She just kills it!

[@sfundawge]

wow!!! stunning!! amazing!! just perfect. enjoying every second of it; talk about reasons for wanting kids.

[@crimsonking214]

A teen playing Cobham!!! Outstanding!!

[@sticktrik]

Anthony Perri Don’t even go there man!!! She may be playing his tune but it’s an insult to put her in B.C.’s league!!!!!

[@Thalarctos.]

EXCELLENT SENRI ;-) !!

[@Gooddog1]

Straight up talent and hard work at her craft.

[@tonyroyal2958]

Wow that's all I can say. Senri can play some damn drums

[@FrankieBag0donuts]

Check out that one-handed roll at 6:47 Killer!!!

[@Bronzebk]

Senri rocks! Atop my favorite.

[@deuceg6913]

Absolutely awesome!

[@federov100]

Senri is an elite drummer, but she’s still young and has a lot of room to grow. She’s not yet Cobham, but watch out. Moving from .98 percentile to .99 percentile takes a better part of a lifetime.

[@vincentgallagher7562]

She's a teenager in this video. Check her out with saxophonist Miku Yonezawa, composition: Abyss, at Clap's.

[@hawaiidoves]

Awesome!!! Doesn't miss a beat.

[@bad_keyzi]

two words: Blown Away.

[@markkuniilo7374]

Her double bass drum work is especially good.

[@vabtho203]

Incroyable !

[@zenchan332]

AMAZING MIRACLE

[@danjtomlinson]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@caribousale]

She's very good. It misses feeling, it will come...

[@chriswilliams2305]

she is truly amazing. I personally would like to see her play with some musicians that match her skill level and perhaps various other genres like progressive jazz. maybe she's doing that and I just haven't heard it yet

[@bluedoober9194]

Check out "lay it down" with Senri in a jazz trio. She's just amazing.

[@georgemorley1029]

Chris Williams That's when she's arguably at her best. Check out buena vista and a la mode.

[@BulletProofSoul1029]

I know the comment is old but, she leads the Jazz Avengers. They have their own page and so does she.

[@goldenorange5854]

ohh hooo she's good.. talented.. .. the tune.. she's perfect

[@oozeoozing820]

awesome....Senri

[@Lonelyandsadhuman]

shes a fucking beast

[@teddys3558]

Phenom!!!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Al_Gorithm2]

Fantastic!

[@simmo1863]

This girl is one of the very best around, along with Kanade Sato imo, forget they are females, they are just 2 of the best out there at the minute. Incredible talents both of them

[@RayyMusik]

Frankly, I find Kanade Sato musically more mature, despite she‘s even 5 years younger. It makes more sense to me what she plays. Senri K. just seems to play solo regardless of the music around her. And sometimes her timing isn’t as tight as that of the true masters.

[@DAGDRUM53]

Check that right-handed fill she plays on the second and third rack tom down to the floor tom at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="407">6:47</a> ---- absolutely monstrous!!!

[@TestDriveUnlimited1]

It's easy for her - 4 x two sixteen notes ( with one sixteen pauses of course ).

[@gangstanigga7280]

AMAZING

[@4beatsti]

6年も前にこんな凄いビートを叩いてたのか…… 凄いドラマーになったね。

[@bert5209]

She's on 🔥

[@EixtremeDrummer]

Extraordinary

[@abbdrums]

That feel when you realize you're an amateur compared to this girl 😒

[@dks3982]

Tell me about it... I feel like selling my kit now, want some Sabian AAX cymbals? because I quit lol

[@DAGDRUM53]

+Austin Burcham You gotta love that big grin she gives you just before playing a fill that will stagger a man.

[@sammccue500]

No, no, no... stay at it. Play what you like. It's supposed to be fun, remember? Check out Hiromi Uehara.

[@cypan1]

shes a child Prodogy phenomanal player

[@SuperRedorchestra]

Good performance ! But can she plays seven nations army?

[@Gretschnut]

Haha Come on, she's just a kid. Give her time to work up to the more complex stuff.

[@tonyfacey7734]

Amazing

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

She’s fucking fantastic. 😮😳😳😳😳❤️❤️

[@l8tbraker]

Woe to the band that can't keep up with Senri.

[@khairilanuarothman3869]

Never listen to Senri with your headphones. Life will just zip by in a haze!

[@hocheye]

The best drummer in the world seven years ago!

[@marc2397]

Whatever happened to traditional grip?

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

This is the new generation.

[@StartdrummingDe]

Stratus spielen in dem Alter? Genial! :-)

[@MateuszGawronOfficial]

That snare... Anybody know what is it?

[@frankyk9491]

yeah Senri.....so great *

[@jayvancamp6137]

Senri********* STOP IT!........ Come on! So incredible! JAY** 7z

[@ericchapot7080]

Billy Cobham and Terri Bozzio have got to be Proud.

[@artwalker8812]

That Senri can make that disaster listenable is a testament to her amazing ability.

[@drummist1000]

I hope those guys are getting paid well. Because she’s soloing all the way through those songs, as awesome as she is, she’s really up in the mix and playing for herself. I’ve seen many drum icons playing with bands and they respect the dynamics of the songs, giving rests, and space for other musicians to shine too. This is waaaay overpowering. Before you attack me as is the norm on KZbin, it’s just my ducking opinion. (Deliberate typo)

[@АлександрАржаев-ч4л]

Молодец!Супер!!!

[@osmansultan1340]

WOW!!! Thats all I have to say :)

[@dwightb]

I believe the measure of a great drummer is not to lead a band but to play off of other band members and lead from behind and to do the fills where needed. Senri is more than capable of leading from behind or in front. Good call on the Billy Cobham reference. If she has heros like that she will go far. Amazing!! She can play soft and hard when needed.

[@inthapocket378]

Dwight Burchak ....and its a Cobham tune: stratus

[@fukhue8226]

Senri is one of the best drummers I have seen anywhere. Wait till she gets a little more experience and combines it with her natural talent. Unstoppable.

[@georgemorley1029]

Fuk Hue I think that's already happened. She's an ex-prodigy, now firmly established genius.

[@lazyslip2962]

bravo

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Great, but can she play a Viennese Waltz?

[@videofuel]

Even Billy Cobham would be proud of this one.

[@eleluku29]

...ou Billy Cobham?

[@panorama4526]

She should find musicians who can keep up with her. I can imagine that´s not easy...

[@dimitarkanev8910]

OMG did Danny Cary made her ?

[@edwinvanderbeek9534]

Senri has all my favo drummers in her body and mind. Unbelievable, I'm gonna sell my drumkit and buy a simple cowbell, also much easier to carry. ;-)

[@MaruNoNamae]

SENRI が ドラマーの MONSTER MUTANT です。やばい　すごい　！ ;-) Roma kara konnichiha

[@mrlatino1964]

WOW

[@tylerhagerty4692]

she's so good anyone know how old she is?

[@buggi5389]

+Tyler Hagerty Senri is born in Jan.1997 - she's 18 now.

[@FrankieBag0donuts]

She was 18 at the time of this video.

[@wbutrico7627]

well put Austin... but don't feel bad, most of the so called pros, would sound like amateurs next to this girl, who is all of about 18 in this video, and by the way (in my humble opinion) way out of this bands league that she is drumming for.

[@eleluku29]

Ca ne serait pas un morceau de Weather Report?

[@buzaldrin8086]

Billy Cobham

[@yoshimitsu380]

I love that drum pattern, with the rolling snares, I don't know the correct terminology.

[@crazydescent]

"Awesome"

[@yoshimitsu380]

@@crazydescent lol yeah that works

[@MisterFiddle]

Haha. Those guys are in way over their heads.

[@georgemorley1029]

Clinging on for dear life I’d say!

[@georgemorley1029]

At approximately <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="15">0:15</a> every other musician on the stage realises, we’re out of our depth here, let’s just try to stay afloat and hang on!

[@Mao-max454]

菅沼孝三さんっぽいドラミングで凄いですね。＾＾

[@seraph82]

Pardon me while I pick my jaw up off of the ground.

[@lendi90]

Hahaha pretty beast.. Good job..

[@roku_nine]

what the faaaaaaack.... holy shieeeettt!

[@blizzbee]

I know

[@bert5209]

She definitely has "POWER"

[@georgemorley1029]

POWAH HITTA

[@robertsalanon2909]

Les petites, c·est du concentré ...Bravo

[@francoisgrenier4919]

千里は女神です。Those three clowns don't belong on the same stage as Senri!

[@松本硬輔]

こちらこそスパシーバだよ！　どんだけカッコイイんだよセンリは・・・

[@mindscraped]

I would not call her the best female drummer in the world . I would call her the best drummer in the world period. Her being female has nothing to do with it.

[@kbprojekty]

Yeah, people transplant the sport thinking into instruments, but despite drums being the most physically demanding instrument out there, as we can see from girls like her or Kanade Sato, size doesn't mean squat. It's a universal playground.

[@nikolai841]

not true

[@drummist1000]

i think it does. because i think things would have been a little tougher for her actually BEING a girl.. she has gone through more of an ordeal than a guy would, and my god look what came out. i guess her age has nothing to do with it either. she is this good at this age.that should be acknowledged. the fact that she's asian, I'm not sure about that one.ive been watching her videos through the years and seen her grow so confident, speed accuracy,sticking, flame,rimshot,cymbal work. SHE is an awesome GIRL drummer.

[@kennywowie]

Really, best in the world? Have you heard Gavin Harrison, kirk Covington, dave Weckyl, Anika Nilles, and many more? I'd take any of those in a heartbeat over this youngster. You may be too easily swayed by her youth. The artistic content is still very rough with her but if you can't tell then I can't convince you. it's a matter of taste.

[@drummist1000]

Yeah but ken Ray, there are people who think that Justin Bieber is an “awesome” drummer.

[@francoau9944]

FIRST CLASS ..... MVDP ......

[@phillipnormanlane9546]

RUSH needs her.

[@billmayo1094]

I don't know...changed the original groove. Solo is nice but needs to chill at some point.

[@romaonetto]

Toca muito (Y)

[@kennethkunie4978]

this is enough to make Billy Cobham jealous.

[@Panthercholo]

"Show me your rudiments..."

[@spooky3669]

Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYirpJJ6eJqAhdU

[@Samuel0.0kang]

Fucking awesome!!!! Lol

[@sophieKal1602]

Stratospheric drummer

[@elnazareno2125]

billi cobham joue la main gauche sur la charleston !

[@blackcatboogie]

el nazareno étonnant pour un gaucher !

[@didiervan4204]

Billy Cobham