Just home from the elementary school Christmas concert.
Count Basie & The Kansas City Seven ought to do it tonight, lol.
Happy Birthday to one of the most COLORFUL drummers of them all. No one did with cymbals what Sonny did. Watch out for him in a slow groove too. Had the honor of meeting him once and seeing him play a couple of times. I enjoyed watching him light up and work the room at the reception after a concert he played at Guild Hall in East Hampton back in the late 70s, just as much as I enjoyed hearing him play. Both times I saw him, he played with pianist Brooks Kerr.
That's cool. Brooks Kerr, from what I understand, was quite an amazing pianist. Sonny had the groove. There is a video I was watching back a year or so, and the freaking drums wouldn't stay put, after every song he was rearranging them. He was also not afraid to use his hands, I think the band was doing La Plus Belle Africaine, WOW, just WOW.
Happy Birthday to one of the most COLORFUL drummers of them all. No one did with cymbals what Sonny did. Watch out for him in a slow groove too. Had the honor of meeting him once and seeing him play a couple of times. I enjoyed watching him light up and work the room at the reception after a concert he played at Guild Hall in East Hampton back in the late 70s, just as much as I enjoyed hearing him play. Both times I saw him, he played with pianist Brooks Kerr.