i first saw dennis at gelb music cal 1989 and now 2015 boston this drum solois the best solo ive heard by him thanks mr chambers the master drummers great solo
I've met and spoken to quite a few drum legends, Dennis was the easiest to approach. Still have his signature sticks and relieved to see he has recovered.
1 now own mr chambers white pearl signature snare drum he is using hear at berklee music boston 2015 1 dig the quiet buzz roll rim shots left hand singles etc and great bass drum work too my favorite chamders solo
Whether playing a solo or some of the toughest charts on the planet, he is always smooth and powerful. A tough combination. He is my inspiration to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, then PRACTICE some more. However, doing it with eyes closed... WOW! He is beyond category.
Ca part dans tous les sens, cela ne veut rien dire ... Batteur "bûcheron" par excellence, aucun intérêt musical, le "Lucky Luke" de la batterie, voulant jouer plus vite que son ombre, aucune respiration, aucune dynamique (toujours forte ou fortissimo ...) ... Cela plaira certainement aux jeunes impressionnés & influencés par la technique pure (quoique, il y a beaucoup mieux : Jojo Mayer, Steve Smith, Brain Blade, Peter Erskine ...) ... J'ai l'impression de voir & ou d'écouter un étudiant chevronné qui s'entraîne seul dans son garage ... Insupportable sa caisse-claire, et sa grosse-caisse "carton", atroce ... Ce batteur ne sait absolument pas se taire, infernal !.... Je vais donc vite aller voir l'original, c'est à dire Sieur Billy Cobham ! Ou alors me consoler avec Paul Motian, Steve Gadd, Brian Blade, Bill Stewart, Papa Jo Jones, Mel Lewis, Jeff Porcaro, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Jack DeJohnette .... (liste non exhaustive), à méditer : "Tout ce qui est excessif est insignifiant" (Talleyrand).
Dennis Chambers is one of the few original players out there...! Own style.....Not the type of same boring type of technical sounding drummers of todays music!......He has something to say!......
+ChromazoneFusion Well, he was the 'godfather' of the so called gospel chops, then other drummers came in and made the mess we see today where people always play loud and fast, has no dynamics and wants to cram as many notes they can in a single measure.
+ChromazoneFusion Yep! Althoug he possess amazing techique, I have always admired his groove. And there is one more thing - a lot of great musicians are weird and pretentious and vain, but far as I understood, he was a mentor to Tony Royster Jr. I remember that they have recorded album together back in 1999 (can't remember the name of the album), when Tony was just 15.
"few original players". Really? Not by judging what he's doing in this solo. 90% of what he's doing was done by Billy Cobham during the early 70's when Cobham was with Mahavishnu Orchestra and his own solo band. Yes, Dennis has plenty O chops, and yes, he has some decent stuff that he's done on some albums, but in terms of this solo? NOPE. Sorry, I've seen most of this done by Cobham when Cobham was faster, stronger, on a bigger set and would do things that were simply insane and jaw dropping. My jaws didn't drop here. Sorry. And yes, Cobham and Chambers are best of friends, but as a fan that was around in the early 70's watching Cobham up close, Cobham was already doing this on a much higher level.
I can tell them apart blindfolded. There are obvious similarities. I think Dennis has a style more adaptable to more of a variety of styles. Don't think Cobham could have done a Steely Dan gig as well as Dennis
+Tonyr0206 back in october 2014 don't know the exact date but he came down with an illness and lost almost half his weight he looked gaunt and we were fearing the worst, don't know what the actual illness was but the man is back. cheers
+earl klugh Well, he is overweight, and I have noticed that some other great drummers are overweight as Dennis, like Eric Moore and many more badass drumfuckers. So, I think that I could be better musician if I get some weigt :) Although there are many great musicians, Dennis is the craziest among them.
You know, I love Dennis Chambers, and I'm very glad to see him looking happy and healthy. However, at the risk of blasphemy, this solo is only something a drummer who's familiar with Dennis Chambers would like. If you'd never seen or heard of him prior to this, his playing really sounds like it's coming from someone who used to be great. A little self-indulgent, a little too sloppy / poly-metric to be impressive (though he's still pretty damned fast).
