Outstanding Drum Performances

Ginger Baker. Some more jazz oriented and some more rock but all interesting and some great. Check out this link for some reviews of his work to see if anything appeals to you.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=GINGER|BAKER&uid=MIW040511022117&sql=11:6gjtear04xf7~T2

"Miles Gurtu" a collaboration between some guy name Miles and Trilok Gurtu. A great recording and very interesting music that is heavily percussion based. Sorry I can't remember the details on the Miles guy but I'm not at home to look at the CD.

Buddy Miles "Them Changes"

Iron Butterfly/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. There's three versions of this monster tune on the Rhino CD release R3 2304. You're on your own for the black light and lava lamp.

Don't forget the incense too.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/slagerij3

The Sheffield Drum Record by Sheffield Labs would get my vote as the ultimate reference recording for drums. One cut from it, a 7-minute drum riff by Jim Keltner called "Improvisation," is included in the Usher demonstration CD used and given out by Usher Audio at CES and Rocky Mountain AudioFest. It is sensational--far and away the best drum recording I've ever heard. When I play it for people, their jaws usually drop, and when I played it for my nephew, who is a drummer (as well as a budding audiophile), his response was: "How does he DO that?"