Yamaha | Larnell Lewis 'Sharifa The Great' Performance | PHX

Larnell Lewis performs 'Sharifa The Great' by Joy Lapps with his Yamaha PHX drum setup.
Yamaha's flagship drum model, PHX, has been produced since 2008 at the Yamaha Japan Factory by professional craftspeople who inherited knowledge of handcrafted drum manufacturing from the 50 years of history of Yamaha drum production. Learn more: www.yamaha.com...
Larnell's Set Up for this performance:
PHX in Textured Natural Ash 22x16”R”, 10x7, 12x8, 16x15
RRS1365 - Recording Custom Brass 13 x6.5 main snare
RBS1480 SOB - Recording Custom 14x8 auxiliary snare/tom in Solid Black
Customized Hexrack with 2 x HXCP36 extensions to hold snare baskets
EAD10
XP125TX RW 2-zone TCS pad in Real Wood
Band:
Larnell Lewis - Drums
Joy Lapps - Steelpan
Jeremy Ledbetter - Keyboard
Elmer Ferrer - Guitar
Andrew Stewart - Bass
Rob Christian - Flute
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[@Aghah-guitar]

I love how the most "metal" looking dude up there is shredding on the flute.

[@mincedoxygen6820]

he also plays sax

[@pattn4533]

You mean Steph Curry's twin?

[@calebjk_drums4037]

Larnell Lewis is easily one of the cleanest, articulate, musical drummers I've seen 🔥🔥and those drums sound great

[@jthesinger3941]

A Wife and Husband duo is a wonderful thing to see these days❤️

[@slicebone]

Everyone needs to make sure they make it to the 6 min mark......Larnell goes OFF! 🥁🤯🔥

[@constantlydrums]

It's the joy in his wife's face...seeing him play.(no pun intended)

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Recording this was so much fun.... so yah... face full of joy....lol.

[@andreasbreitwieser1449]

Videos like that are the absolute highlights of KZbin..... beautiful people, outstanding musicians, great music, performed in a perfect surrounding, thanx to Yamaha, to Mr. Lewis and all of the staff members of this excellent production !!

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Hey Andreas, thanks for this wonderful feedback. We agree that this session is top!

[@FreeHuman1997]

Couldn’t say it more beautiful! Absolutely agree!! Energy in this video is full of love and true joy!!! Thank you and cheers from Moscow 🔥

[@Nayrdrummer]

That's Larnell's wife on Steelpan. Power-couple!

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you :-)

[@oseisamueljnr7449]

Really.......

[@Mutamula]

Larnell is just a phenomenal musician! Everything he plays just sounds amazing!

[@slicebone]

Unreal musicianship here. Everyone's playing was top notch, and the PHX drums sound absolutely amazing. Larnell ALWAYS delivers! Great video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@adamsatur7277]

More music needs steel drums. Also, it's so nice to be able to hear cymbals well on a recording!

[@maegnificant]

yeah, like individual sounding cymbals and not like the "effect goes here" kinda mix that you get a lot in recordings

[@blessingmasindi1609]

I don't know who made Yamaha so angry that they produce such greatness, but whomever they are, plz continue 😩✨👌🏽

[@saintjabroni]

😂😂😂

[@CarlHamilton1914]

This is a master class in ensemble playing. Larnell playing is super interesting as usual but he never over plays and is always intentional in what he’s playing. No wasted notes. Very inspiring

[@jjlove2725]

ARE U FREAKING KIDDING ME???how did i only just discover this?????THIS IS AN AMAZING MASTERPIECE DUDE LARNELL!!!!eveyrthing was just beautiful man what an amazing arrangement not to forget that steel pan player was amazing!!!

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on more Larnell!

[@parist2732]

Heck yea!! Also btw that steel pan player is his wife Joy :)

[@thedrummer381]

That is how the music should be developed for future generations

[@dannylugojr3428]

Wow !!! This was awesome, everyone in this band was great. There should be more comments here, 🤔

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Glad you enjoyed the performance Danny!

[@larrytate1657]

Don’t think about it too hard, it’s just our current society doesn’t value talented musicians as much as they should. They listen to someone rhyme about being a dirt bag over a drum machine instead.

[@phpn99]

Beautiful composition, superb musicianship. I've given up finding superlatives to qualify Larnell Lewis ; I think I'll use "larnell" as a new superlative ; as in : "This dude sure does a larnell job !" ; "What a larnell design !".

[@alexlouis1500]

🤣🤣 ima start using it frfr

[@augsdoggs]

He went full Larnell!

[@nicolasfrossard4315]

HE JUST DOESN'T MISS

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Nope! :-)

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

Nice, Funky and Groovy 👌🏿 Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@hansolo8080]

I love the fact that there is a level of craftsmanship that you can't comprehend even if you know the basics of the instrument. But you feel it.

[@renege.e1202]

6:21 This moment is just perfect. From the bass playing supporting larnell, to Larnell just using cymbals to add to tension and release to the camera zooming into larnell’s virtuosity

[@a.w.etv9981]

So much conversations happening so much beauty in every single second of this video wow man

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Awwww thank you

[@Colteon51]

Joy's smile is infectious! You can tell she never gets tired of playing music with her partner. She sounded amazing as well!

[@drummaman1]

Fantastic performance! Those PHX drums are singin!!!

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Glad you enjoyed this session!

[@sarinsahil]

I hear so much Weckl in this Larnell. Very tastefully done :)

[@chazrocket]

I’m so glad to live to see Larnell live. This is history

[@EuphoricImpact]

I am enamored with Mr. Lewis's musicianship. His love of meaningful communication is obvious. I look forward to everything he releases. He is definitely in my favorite group of drummers. That is saying a lot when he is in the company of: Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, Brian Blade, Bill Stewart, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Dennis Chambers, Anika Nilles, Neil Peart, Antonio Sanchez, Bill Bruford, Chris Coleman, Gergo Borlai , Sarah Thawer, Terry Bozzio, Billy Kilson, and Dave Weckl! This ensemble is bad to the bone! Love love this performance.

[@GregBatte]

Those are the best sounding toms I have ever heard. Everything was amazing about the PHX, but the toms are just perfect.

[@mjulio71]

Larnell Lewis has become a synonymous of "sorry, must listen - click".

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Agreed :-). Thanks for watching.

[@faithfulduru5153]

Nice session, plus good to see Yamaha responding to comments here

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@gustafsone]

I'm getting some Dave Weckyl vibes on this one! So gooood!

[@Samuelsami_]

Speechless! inspiring as always, I love your excellence Sir Larnell Lewis, also a beautiful sight to behold seeing you and your wife do music. 🙂Ahh! the part where I thought you guys were switching to raggae. I just couldn't wait for that drum solo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Clean as usual, breath taking, well crafted,...... Your drum solo speaks.....🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 The flute guy💖🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥, I'm going to learn the flute This is so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️💖 Thank you Yamaha Music🙏🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@jesseking6619]

cascara is life!!! thank you larnell lewis

[@olavic2]

New Levels. Too sweet for my ears. All on point. Thanks for sharing

[@conscientiousobserver7444]

That’s was fun!!

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@bigtimedrum]

Larnell is so smooth and effortless with his drumming , great band .

[@lawrencereynolds934]

Wow!

[@joshuadiarra4233]

What a solo wowwwww Lord have mercy

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Right? Larnell truly captures the essence of Sharifa every time he plays this song

[@vukjovanovicofficial]

Absolutely astounding musicianship, the grooves, the solos and the absolute joy and passion they play with is amazing! Big thank you to Yamaha for these amazing videos! I wanna thank the audio engineers as well, whoever it was, they did an amazing work with everything from setting all the equipment up, mixing and producing as well as mastering this, the sound quality is absolutely impeccable! Don't get me started on the absolutely jaw-dropping sound of this Yamaha setup!

[@nimblybimbly4002]

Those toms!

[@Slestcha]

wow👏👏👏. also, good to see rob christian here ! his work with marito marques was also great 👏👏👏

[@ogxr626]

No words 😶. Larnell 💥🤯🫡!!

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Niiiice....and those toms are butter 🧈

[@juarezhenriquelisboa3590]

Larnell learned this song 1 hour before this vídeo

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Hahahahahah!

[@relyt0011223344]

LL is inspiring. Makes me pick up my instrument and practice every time I see a new video haha

[@ukookechukwu3934]

Sounds more like ‘Africa>Nigeria>4beat’… lovely to watch

[@PickledAmericano]

Yeah! Wow. Just wow.

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thanks Steve

[@oseisamueljnr7449]

Mr Lewis is a genius ❤️.. nice performance

[@qawsedrf207]

Larnell Lewis is a god

[@godsonbrowne]

Hey Larnell, Andrew & Rob you guys are rocking and I'm smiling. Joy on the steel pan is icing on the cake. Looking forward to seeing you guys in Grenada again - hopefully with Joy as well. Everyone including the guy on piano was awesome on this track 💯💯💯💯💯

[@richardfoulk3228]

Glad I was already sitting down or I might have fallen over listening to this amazing performance. There are musical deities at work both behind the scenes and right before our very eyes. It's magical and so full of life. You just can't beat real passion and pronounced personality in art no matter what the form is. Pure joy and beauty! A lush sonic landscape to float through. Quantum love and blessings to these beautiful souls!

[@AlexRodriguez_Official]

Cuba in the house

[@LyinginSilence]

So beautiful....

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@cfyves]

Man.... ❤

[@luvomdleleni84]

Mhmmm, that was lovely. Just what the doctor ordered! 👌🏾

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Awwww thanks Luvo

[@joeldrummer23]

That set sounds amazing

[@Robert_Herring]

Beautiful playing, just fantastic. Props to the recording engineers as well, this sounds incredible.

[@theirritatedirishman5440]

Brilliant The Whole Entire Band! This guy’s drumming just pulls me right in and the steel drum is beautiful. Beautiful cello like bass sound. The guitarist has fusion Tommy Bolin, Jeff Beck influence I’m sure. The flute player is coming from a Jeremy Steig day which you don’t see hardly at all now.

[@FrankMartinez-ll2yc]

Wow and 1000 times wow!!

[@luigybritofigueroa]

god bless you drummer

[@Jetta32696]

In the words of Florida Evans... "DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!" Absolutely incredible!!

[@Monsieur_PropreBXL]

This sounded so well, I want to buy myself a Yamaha drum set now 🙌

[@GusOnDrums]

Drums are fire 🔥

[@onixtheone]

i really wanna see a full orchestra playing this song!

[@endmok]

Thank God for Larnell. More cowbell please 🥺🥺!

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

🐮🔔

[@kristapspucens]

Awesome! Nice one!

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you

[@DAMHANE.0al]

You should come to gnawa festival in Essaouira - Morocco

[@azatatajanov]

great!

[@caseyadamsdrums]

Wow.

[@kevinfoster2246]

whoa!!!!!

[@DerrickMckenzieOfficial]

Amaaaaazing Larnell sounding amazing guys!!! And that slide And steel Pan combo is amazing!!!! 💯💯💯💯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🥁🥁🥁

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

So good!

[@samuelbabalola4358]

I so much love Mr Larnell!!!! mehn, his drums are sweeeeeet to the ears. God forbid I only listen to this once, the music is super sweet.

[@MrPistons4life]

PROFESSOR LARNELL LEWIS! Hey Yamaha are sub kicks ever going to be sold again?

[@norbertrunning.blue.reuter8638]

Makes me feel good. Beautiful sound.

[@michaelfontana3158]

His shirt is really cool.

[@hadenbaillie1833]

The finesse that nxt level muso's have is always so jaw dropping,amazing composition

[@brads4606]

That was so beautiful! Oh how I wish I could take lessons from him!

[@percywoods3167]

Lawd Have Mercy!!!! Everything was beyond excellent! Love the Yamaha Phx drums and the way Larnell played them! They sound so pure and open. They sing like Heaven has come down to Earth. I just bought the Yamaha Hybrid Maple kit (which I absolutely love), but that Phoenix kit is calling me!!! Somebody pray for me that I get that kit too, LOL!!!!! To the rest of the band, you all sound amazing! Thank you for this video!!

[@Lumerdrums]

perfect mix. the whole band sounds incredible!

[@bullet1218]

This is just awesome...💯👍

[@GlobewireGaming]

JoshuaCrawford need to react to this ASAP!!!!!

[@alersonmarcelinoo]

Som extremamente maravilho de se ouvir. Larnell sempre incrível e musical, me inspiro em você!

[@dannyberry8725]

Great as always!!! Didn't know the lead singer of Korn could play the flute...LOL

[@MrJosuegarcia]

Insane

[@Leo_Karam]

Great video and music, Larnell perfect like aways!

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Larnell is the man!

[@stevencaldwell5463]

Awesome on every level! The arrangement is beautiful, talent everywhere. Lewis is at the pinnacle of the field. I can’t wait to see more.

[@emanuellsmith1944]

Amazing...

[@emilkisan]

The guy with with the dreads and metal tattoos plays the FLUTE!!! WHAT!?!?! 😅

[@JoyLappsLewis]

That's Rob Christian and he kills it every time... any woodwind instrument he touches...

[@mars_over]

Yeah but can he play Enter Sandman?

[@LarnellLewisMusic]

I can (now)! 😅😉

[@godsonbrowne]

🤣🤣🤣 I see Larnell on the response and I totally lost it.

[@dbcanada]

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[@JoyLappsLewis]

Hahahahahaha

[@ivanbajovic3476]

The 🐐

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Agreed...

[@phpn99]

sumptuous

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you :-). Glad you enjoyed it!

[@juliendelion4999]

Just woaaaaw amazing

[@YamahaDrumsEurope]

Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss any more videos!

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thank you Julien

[@medmed6487]

Snare sound so yummyyy

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Absolutely!

[@alphaomegaape8622]

Wowza ,what a beautiful combination of sounds.

[@chris_d_r_u_m_s]

That was incredible

[@wind3]

Top

[@JoyLappsLewis]

Thanks

[@fabianperez5384]

Just Thanks!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@CyFlaW]

Incredible music and musicians!

[@uzochukwujohnson5993]

Drum sounds amazing! Great musicians.

[@jonathan-dj5rl]

an absolutely vibe!!!

[@daveisrael6645]

Speechless 👏