World's Tiniest Drum Solo

Via BB.

Rhythm rhythm everywhere

Via BB, this is a totally beautiful video about the African drumming and the diurnal rhythms that make drumming such a natural part of culutre:

3 Joes

Philly Joe Jones:



And Papa Jo Jones:



And Joe Morello:

After having seen a killer performance of Mr. Brain Blade under the guise of Hallelujah Train, I feel duty-bound to offer a few clips of the man going crazy on the skins:

More Stevie Wonder on the drums, y'all.

Stevie Wonder on the drums

Via.

tally man

Why not? Harry Belfonte vs. Animal in a drum duel.

duel

Ed Shaughnessy vs Buddy Rich on Johnny Carson



Via Crooks and Liars.

better than a coffee table

Furniture you can play. :)

Bang of Drum

People Aged 1 to 100 Banging a Drum. Via Cynical-C.

Thursday morning tabla fun

Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal

If you're happy and you know it

Kent French is the world's fastest clapper. Via Metafilter.


721 Claps Per Second - Free videos are just a click away

I once saw a slightly toned down version of this at a STOMP performance, and have since wanted to learn how to drum by double-clapping, but it is not easy.

Drum Warfare

Buddy Rich battles with Animal on The Muppet Show.



Via BoingBoing.

Paradiddle

Buddy Rich drum solo.



Via Cynical-C.

A Great Drummer Dies

Max Roach has died. For those not in the know, here's the wikipedia page for the man, as well as the New York Times' obit.

And a little youtube, while we're at it.

The first is a drum battle with Elvin Jones and Art Blakey.



And here's one of the man with just a snare. If any of this looks easy to you, allow me to disabuse you: it's not.