Spectacular Drum Set?

Ditto on the Dennis Chambers, best drummer I heard.
He plays on Foreign Affairs & Front Page with Bireli Lagrene on lead guitar, outstanding.

More votes for Ed Graham Hot Stix and Dafos. Stunning on vinyl.

Forget Charlie Byrd on Crystal Clear: very dry and not necessarily realistic.

A couple others that come to mind:

Percussion Music on Nonesuch, on HP's list for a long time.

Drum Improvs, sort of an experimental CD-R of a few short cuts of a big drum set recorded live to hard disk by the performer. A little bit of mike splash but otherwise a shocker. Don't know if it's still available. Mail me for info.

Brian

Bernard Purdie playing on the track: Sing Sing Sing on Bucky Pizziarelli's "Nirvana" cd - Definitely one-ups Gene Krupas original (IMHO). The drumset is presented non-realistically. taking up the entire width of the soundstage, but that's what makes it fun. Tremendous sonic dynamics and it's on LaserLight, so should be obtainable cheap. The rest of the CD is pretty nice, too.

The most amazing drum recording I've experienced (and this one kills most of the ones listed so far) is from South American metal band Sepultura. I don't recall the name of the album but on that album they play with the Kodo drummers of Japan. The recording is clean, clear and crazy dynamic. This is THE BEST percussive audio workout I know of.

Happy Trails!
Vince@freewheelcycle.com

I started this thread months ago and had almost forgotten about it until just recently, when I heard the spectacular drum set to end all spectacular drum sets. A friend who went to CES in January came back with a demo CD from Usher Audio that was evidently being given away at CES. Track two is a seven-minute drum/percussion set, identified only as "Jim Keltner: Improvisation," which will rot your socks. Absolutely amazing, and an audiophile's dream: this has to be the best-recorded percussion set ever. At the end the drummer grunts quite audibly, as if to say "Take that!" I don't know where this track came from; perhaps one of you guys can identify it. But it's well worth seeking out.