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I do actually. I prefer the older, looser sound. Again, he is great, but he lacks soul. He has a very robot like move to him...

 

I prefer the older stuff - especially Michel Camillo's Why Not....The first Chick album and a few others. And my ears hear that something lacking - you call it soul - in other stuff he has done. I find that with a few players i admire - Pat Metheny being another.

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Uh, he does that backward hyper funk groove too much, has a tendency to play the same fill patterns, and often plays right through cooler possibilities. Still, can't complain. Weckl the solo artist as well as Elektrik Band are responsible for a quantum leap in my rhythmic awareness and feel.

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Uh, he does that backward hyper funk groove too much, has a tendency to play the same fill patterns, and often plays right through cooler possibilities. Still, can't complain. Weckl the solo artist as well as Elektrik Band are responsible for a quantum leap in my rhythmic awareness and feel.

 

 

The stuff he did with Camillo is breathtaking, check it out.

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Saw him with Chick Corea, Victor Wooten, Gambale at the Blue note a few months ago. Amazing experience. Weckl seemed flawless, and his economy of movement was impressive as well. (I thought Wooten was as or even more impressive than Weckl). I was sitting with another experienced drummer and one professional, and we all laughed involuntarily on several occasions because what we saw seemed downright absurd.

 

When it comes down to it, Weckl reminds me of solid state audio equipment -- accurate, precise, impressive, and calculating. I prefer more of a Steve Gadd type who strikes me more like tube audio -- more feel, nuance, with some insightful and artful editorializing thrown in. That said, I'd go see Weckl again in a heartbeat.

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Drummers like Weckl, Peart, & especially Beauford, all have one thing in common...

 

You can tell that it is them playing, because they always sound the same. I get soooo frigging tired of hearing Beauford's over-played fills, that I've almost stopped listening to DMB. I used to be addicted, until it got old and repeatative.

 

P.S. Did y'all hear about LeRoi Moore passing away on Tuesday?

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definately one of my favorite drummers.



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If you'd like to get an idea of how good Dave was back in college go to the link below. There are audio clips of Dave playing with a group called Nite Sprite, which was made up of guys out of the UB Jazz Ensemble. Also of interest may be the sax player, Fred Vigdor, who has been with The Average White Band for years now.

 

http://www.pauladamy.com/audio.htm

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I prefer the older stuff - especially Michel Camillo's
Why Not
....The first Chick album and a few others. And my ears hear that something lacking - you call it soul - in other stuff he has done. I find that with a few players i admire - Pat Metheny being another.

 

 

why not is one of my favorite songs of all time. great, great pianist and composer

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