Talk:Buddy Rich

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Drumming Skills

Although I have only seen videos on youtube and drummerworld.com of Buddy Rich, am I the only one who thinks someone knowledgeable on his drum skills, should write at least one paragraph on his ability as a drummer? I mean, the article does say "worlds greatest drummer", I'm sure many people would want some sort of explanation...I would expand upon his skill myself, but honestly I could not do it any justice. - Anonymous wiki user 4/2/07

I know he is technically incredible, he can be called the "Paganini of drums", you can see that even by watching his videos at drummerworld alone. You can hear his name frequently from some of the greatest drummers of today, especially while talking about such techniques as (the so called) single hand roll.. Unfortunately i'm not knowledgeable enough to write a critique on him, but i'm sure some real drummer can :) btw i don't believe he never had to practice.. i've seen Dave Weckl complain on a video about his single hand roll being neither as fast nor as long as buddy's. JoJo Mayer wrote something on his site about how good buddy's "finger isolation" technique is and that he's practicing to reach that. maybe someone can write an expert opinion on that too :) Ozkaplan 09:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]