The drum part for 'Space Boogie' is one of the most difficult ever. Simon Phillips played the original track for the studio album. In this video clip, Vinnie Colaiuta recreates the beat flawlessly.
My GOD that frickin Vincenzo is unstoppable.I am enjoying his superlative drumming since the Zappa era and Ciccio Corea/Patitucci years....he is the best.
I mean, Simon's album track is amazing but God, Vinnie just, I don't know, just eats it, masters it, his little mistakes are like tiny misfires in a Ferarri engine....
I had the pleasure of seeing him with Jeff about 13 months ago in Tulsa. Check him out at about 4:30 in the You Know, You Know vid below. Mystifying! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ADBvzJnBAnE.html
I saw the "There and Back" tour with the original members and I've also seen this version of the band live. Both were great! A life time of great memories with Jeff Becks music. Amen!
My wife and I saw Jeff Beck in concert after his 10 year hiatus from music on his Who Else Tour and we had backstage passes as well :-) One of the best shows we have been to :-) We saw it in Los Angeles @ The Universal Amphitheater :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
So glad Jeff Beck and Tal play together. To my ear they share similar ear for lyrical phrasing. Tal can both play lyrically or also compliment and support it so well. A great pairing.
I mean, I've had the DVD since it first came out, but still - good grief this is an incredible live performance. I've seen his group 3 times, but in my opinion, on this song, all the performers are stellar and in sync BUT my bubba Vinnie just absolutely crushes the drum - not crash/bang/wild but just incredible force, tempo, rhythm and power, yet controlled. He's like a metronome and I LOVE watching him. Help me, somebody help me . . . going to heaven.
Jeff looks so healthy in this, like his sinus infections were just a normal background issue his whole life until vaccine time, even post "Pull It", or shortly after supporting Johnny Depp. 😉
The keyboardist is being Chick Corea, Beck is being Al Dimeola, and the drummer, Billy Cobham; and as a group they are being Return to Forever (it is good to see jazz fusion still kicking). I'm not familiar with the bassist... let me do a little research... woah!
Vinnie’s work is great here, but I gotta confess that Simon Phillip’s take on this tube impresses me a lot more. His left hand comping is a masterclass in limp independence.
Great to see it, I'm a huge Vinnie fan but the original album playing by Simon wins it for me - partly due to the vast volume of the kit he plays, its just such a bigger sound.
Jeff is so unique..no pick,holds bar in his hand but doesn't use Floyd Rose locking nut bridge to keep guitar in tune? Plays a strange mode or scale I can't figure out..it's like a morph of major,minor,Lucian,Dorian..very unique indeed.Was way ahead of his time
The drumming required on this song is incredible. Simon Phillips played on the album version. I don't know if this is him or not....great playing regardless.
