25 Great Moments in Rock Drumming – Day 16: Steve Gadd, “Aja,” from Aja by Steely Dan Steely Dan’s Aja was well represented on the airwaves, including the title track, notable for its extended drum breaks. Throughout, Steve Gadd plays like an impressionist painter, applying a splash of this and a dab off that to [...]
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25 Great Moments in Rock Drumming – Day 5: Bernard Purdie, “Kid Charlemagne,” from The Royal Scam by Steely Dan “Kid Charlegmagne” is full of session wiz Bernard Purdie’s crisp, tight drumming full of sizzle and pizzazz. Like Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s “Bodhisattva,” Purdie shines like Japan, while his clean hi-hat and snare work [...]
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Frank Marino’s first solo album after Mahogany Rush is a little-known effort titled The Power Of Rock And Roll. Released in 1981, it came packaged in a cartoonish cover ( I kind of like it), but the music is anything but. Instead, this 12-inch platter is full of Marino’s incendiary playing and gruffest vocals. There’s [...]
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