Again an astonishing drum solo of Steve Gadd! What a confidence, What an articulation, but most of all how musical. I got a lot of comments about, he is doing the same solo over and over with the same “ Bag of tricks“. This means that the person who write that kind of comments don't have any musicality in his body. I think this is the topic of my next video, hmmm.... Because you develop your vocabulary ( Bag of Tricks), if you are lucky, but mostly stolen, But mr Gadd wrote his own original “Bag“. And he is the main example to use the “ bag of tricks“ in flavor of the music. Not as the most other drummers who have there tricks but totally not in a musical context. Mr Gadd always tells a very musical story, and a very nice one! So that's why he is the father of all drumsolo's or drummers. The old jazz cats did that of course also! Max Roach, Philly, Billy and my hero Frankie Dunlop. Tony, Jack Elvin etc. ( but definitely no Neil Peart or Bonham) or (
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