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Christmas Day wine :)

Commercial radio in the UK switches into Christmas mode during December with non-stop Christmas pop tunes. They play tunes that are very familiar to most here and I guess they are Christmas anthems of a sort. It got me wondering what commercial radio in the rest of the World does at this time...

You will love the caves at Ruinart - have a wonderful trip

When we were last in Paris we spent the morning at the D'Orsay and then had a 2 hour lunch cruise on Le Calife to give our feet a break (and to get out of the rain!) It's a small boat, food was decent and the staff couldn't have been nicer . Goes from Porte des Arts - 15 min walk from the...

Ruinart in Reims - they have the most spectacular cellars (UNESCO World Heritage site) and top quality wine. They have organised tours. Veuve Cliquot are also in Reims - high quality big name and organised tours . https://www.ruinart.com/en-gb/visitedescrayeresreims.html...

Live jazz - the best photo ever :)

And And Mel Lewis - a fine and musical drummer who seems to get forgotten (check out Art Pepper Plus 11 - he's great on that LP)

Yep - amongst others :)

Reflecting on this thread, my own preferences are for players with great time and groove (Steve Gadd as a great example). I am just not much interested in pyrotechnics or complexity for the sake of it. Great drummers make the whole band play and sound better - that's the job. I recall...

That was my experience - small amount (10-15 degrees max) of toe in from firing straight ahead

Indeed Papa or Philly :( Or any of the Latin drummers, African drummers, Indian drummers or Classical players (Evelyn Glennie comes to mind) It's a list based on the mainstream with a western focus :)

Is there a top five list of pointless top five lists somewhere too :)

I think you're just showing your lack of breadth and understanding. Purdie is one of the most recorded drummers in history, he was Aretha's drummer and MD for 5 years and played for James Brown. As for memorable parts - he invented the Purdie Shuffle (Steely Dan, Aja - Home At Last) which has...

Counterpoints and facts always seem to miss your points, be it speakers or drummers (and I am a drummer) so I guess I will leave you humming along to YYZ and ignoring the rest of the drumming canon of the last 100 years..

That would be a very silly argument indeed .. Let's start with Hal Blaine - here is his list of credits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_song_recordings_featuring_Hal_Blaine We could add Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Earl Palmer and on and on, lots of memorable and famous drum parts :)

Listen to Neil Peart murder Cotton Tail with the Buddy Rich big band and any notion that one genre is easier to slide into than another is clearly nonsense. He had buckets of technique , but no feel for swing or playing the tune.. Many rock and metal drummers have unbelievable speed and...

I don't know many green-grocers in the UK who would take such care on the presentation of their fruits and veg as these Parisian sellers!

@Ken1951 Something to look forward to

The beautiful ceiling at Sacre Coeur