Liebezeit vs Baker vs Bruford vs ____________________

Mitchell! Spanish Castle Magic...those triplet fills!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I think I had such a tough time with this I ended up not voting. But on balance my love for KC pushes it to Bruford.

ooooooommmmmmmmggggggg
i don't know how i avoided knowing this before, but i just learned that Jaki's bday is the same as three of my best friends (5/26 -- happy belated birthday!)

also he was born in 1938 so he's getting pretty old! he's still in good health right?

how is his ticker

Reliable iirc

i finally got around to buying secret rhythms -- i got #3 -- are the rest of them as good as #3?
what is he doing these days? i know he was interviewed for the tago mago 33 1/3 book but i haven't read it.

happy 77th bday to Jaki!!

HB JL!!!

I defer to him as the ne plus ultra of JLs

Just ordered the tago mago book last week actually

Shook the great man's hand last night, no photo evidence unfortunately. He seems a bit deaf (he is 77 after all) so didn't try to engage him in conversation.

More info pls! Did you see him play?

Yeah he was playing with Hans-Joachim Irmler of Faust. Playing a tiny drumkit which barely came up to his knees, no bass drum. Irmler was playing his original homemade organ from early Faust days, which I made sure I had a good look at, it really is homemade!

What kind of stuff did Jaki play? What else is he doing these days? I saw that Ginger Baker is playing here (Chicago) and turned up my nose but I would elbow people out of the way to see Jaki.

I am supporting them tonight. *shitting it shitting it shitting it*

omg shut up
really?!

do you have a plan? have you rehearsed the plan? will you at least promise to report back in florid detail?

Yep really. Supported Irmler before (he's REALLY NICE) but Liebezeit is making me wobble. I don't know if I will be able to even say hello. Particularly because my new band is ridiculous and they really might hate it.

I doubt it, and anyway you can't think like that -- what would you do in the best case scenario?
What a dream.

Playing a tiny drumkit which barely came up to his knees, no bass drum

huh, had to look up his setup after reading this, i like it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBiYWjAfCDE

Jaki seemed like a wonderful old fellow, really enjoying himself and delighted with sheer love being beamed at him by the audience... I'm sure H-J didn't mind, he's Jaki Liebezeit after all.

(xp) There was an interview and Q&A after the gig and Jaki explained why he'd abandoned the traditional jazz/rock kit, he called the hi-hat, the "Charleston Machine ", because he said it was added to the drumkit at the time of the Charleston craze... don't know if that's true but it's a good story!

going to miss Jaki tonight because of various things, but good luck emil.y!

emil.y please wear a vest (chain mail optional) and then think about irmin s in this video
you could also pull some of those dance moves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nHr44vE9I

This will mean nothing to American ILXors and very little to UK ILXors either, but this guy was at the gig last night, goin' apeshit.

but Liebezeit is making me wobble

i see what u did there

Jaki was very much shy/not speaking much English, but Jochen is so so nice. But even just being around for the soundcheck, where drum tests are always the worst part, and I just thought... this is not the worst, it's the fucking drummer from Can. Holy crap. I am a ridiculous human, mind you.

Also we were trying to take sneaky photos backstage but then they took photos of us. <3 <3 <3

Wow!

I'm glad it was a positive experience!! I want him to live forever if possible.

Unless he wants to retire his human half and carry on as a machine. That'd be ok.

Picked up Cyclopean at the store today, Irmin Schmidt is on it too -- reminds me a lot of the Secret Rhythms stuff (Burnt Friedman is on it too)
It's really short and sounds like one long song. I like it.

The Baker family are sad to announce that Ginger is critically ill in hospital. Please keep him in your prayers tonight

— Ginger Baker (@GingerBDrums) September 25, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncs2pjrau4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1nw-G4_bVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNcgL9Fi4w

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/prog-rock-grooves-jaki-liebezeit-the-nature-of-rhythm-tickets-119431766629
a tribute toi Jaki as part of the Culture NIght celebration tonight.
not sure what status is on tickets and how limited tehy are so best to try to book one as soon as you see this if you can.

THis worked while the event was live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNkWUDCZ6QA

or asa Url
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNkWUDCZ6QA

ok, that link appears to start at about the right place. I noticed the one i had on Facebook started 3hrs and 9 minutes into a longer recording. Looks like that's bookmarked at the right point though