JARG Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Neil would have a field day with that, I don't think it would fit well for Ged or Alex.Why not? I'm not a musician but is playing jazz guitar boring? No because Peart cannot play jazz drums, he has no swing or improv skills. Everything Peart plays is prearranged and rehearsed meticulously.I've heard that before a few times. Would anyone want to expand on this help me understand better?If it's not worked out and arranged as either a composition or a scripted drum solo then Peart is like a fish out of water. he's just not good at improvising drum parts and he has no sense of propulsive rhythmic feel or groove that you need for jazz. A drummer friend of mine once said that Neil swings like a rusty gate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 No because Peart cannot play jazz drums, he has no swing or improv skills. Everything Peart plays is prearranged and rehearsed meticulously.What about those Buddy Rich tribute albums he did in the nineties? What about that time he went to Africa and jammed with a drum master in public (read about that in a Rush book)? EDIT: And what about YYZ? Ever heard of how that was created, through a pure jam session between Ged and Neil while Alex was out flying airplanes with Terry?Neil took lessons from Freddie Gruber and did the Buddy Rich thing etc but even he admitted that he's no jazz drummer and that he sucked doing that. What makes Peart so good, his accuracy, his machine like timing also makes him stiff and rigid when trying to play more freely with jazz.. You have no rebuttal for the fact that Peart has jammed with an Arfican drum master before? I remember reading that in The Masked Rider. Neil was watching some missionary try to play back drum patterns that some African drummer played (sort of a call and response thing) and that the missionary just couldn't get it. Neil then sat in with the drummer and was able to play back the patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Neil would have a field day with that, I don't think it would fit well for Ged or Alex.Why not? I'm not a musician but is playing jazz guitar boring? No because Peart cannot play jazz drums, he has no swing or improv skills. Everything Peart plays is prearranged and rehearsed meticulously.I've heard that before a few times. Would anyone want to expand on this help me understand better?If it's not worked out and arranged as either a composition or a scripted drum solo then Peart is like a fish out of water. he's just not good at improvising drum parts and he has no sense of propulsive rhythmic feel or groove that you need for jazz. A drummer friend of mine once said that Neil swings like a rusty gate. A member of a prestigious orchestra once told me Peart swung "like a broken shithouse door"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 As I recall, Neil said the patterns weren't all that complicated...just a bit too tricky for a non-drummer to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 No because Peart cannot play jazz drums, he has no swing or improv skills. Everything Peart plays is prearranged and rehearsed meticulously.What about those Buddy Rich tribute albums he did in the nineties? What about that time he went to Africa and jammed with a drum master in public (read about that in a Rush book)? EDIT: And what about YYZ? Ever heard of how that was created, through a pure jam session between Ged and Neil while Alex was out flying airplanes with Terry?Neil took lessons from Freddie Gruber and did the Buddy Rich thing etc but even he admitted that he's no jazz drummer and that he sucked doing that. What makes Peart so good, his accuracy, his machine like timing also makes him stiff and rigid when trying to play more freely with jazz.. You have no rebuttal for the fact that Peart has jammed with an Arfican drum master before?Eddie Van Halen jammed with Allan Holdsworth did this transform Eddie into a fusion guitar master? That jam was awful. Holdsworth buried Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Hell ya.. it might not be much of a jazz album but it'd be a new Rush album!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Jazz album, no. But, a VERY prog rock instrumental YES! I would lose my shit over that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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