2008年 02月 24日 日曜日 20:49

The title for this list at the Jazz Desk references (various) sources, all tracing back to the James Brown exhortation on behalf of his long-time percussionist Clyde Stubblefield to: "let the drummer get some."

The title "Give the Drummer Some" and it's variants appear on Can, Norman Connors, and Maceo Parker albums. De La Soul's tune "Long Island Wildin'" begins with the question "Can the drummer have some? Cuz the drummer ain't had none in a long time" followed by insane freestyle rap in Japanese.

Herewith:

Air - Air Mail (1980) (Steve McCall)
Andrew Cyrille - What About? (1969)
Art Blakey - Moanin' (1958)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973)
Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower Live in Monterey (1966) (Jack Dejohnette)
DKV Trio - Live in Wels & Chicago (1998) (Hamid Drake)
Charles Tolliver (Music, Inc.) - Live at Slugs Vol. 1 (1970)(Jimmy Hopps)
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell - Mu, First Part (1969)
Elvin Jones - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)
Han Bennink & Derek Bailey - Post Improvisation 1: When We're Smilin' (1999)
Herbie Hancock - Sextant (1972)(Billy Hart)
Joseph Jarman & Don Moye- Black Paladins (1979)
Julius Hemphill - Coon Bid'ness (1975) Phillip Wilson
Leon Parker - Above & Below (1994)
Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
Milford Graves & Don Pullen - Nommo (1967)
Mongo Santamaria - Up From the Roots (1972)
Prima Materia - Bells (1996)(Rashied Ali)
Sunny Murray - Big Chief (1968)
Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Biosystem (1977)(John Stevens)
Steve Reid - Nova (1976)
Susie Ibarra Trio - Radiance (1999)
Tony Oxley/The B.I.M.P. Quartet - Floating Phantoms (2002)
Tony Williams - Emergency! (1969)
Weather Report - Weather Report (1972) (Alphonse Mouzon)

With apologies to everyone who didn't make the final cut.