You should hear him play with a kit. It's the literal nucleus of this retardbot genre 'drum n bass' clicky clacky computer nonsense for moronbots. But he does it all himself without an assistantbot. Frank you should learn about real music before you check out.
I attended a drum clinic by Max Roach many years ago at the local Guitar Center. I got there early and ran into Steve Smith of all people! The clinic finally starts, the place is packed to the rafters, and Max is brilliant. At one point he stops, talks about “Mr. Hi Hat”, and then calls out Steve Smith to perform it! What a fantastic evening. A commenter below said something similar, but I am truly grateful to have lived at a time when I could see Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Max Roach, and other legends before they passed. But I am also grateful for RUclips and the folks who post these amazing videos to allow a younger generation experience some of the skill these giants brought to the game.
Jokes on the thieves they've got a whole drum kit just to get blue-balled by no High Hat meanwhile my niggas got the best part all to himself all they did was lift his trash *ear rape intensifies*
The fact that they taped him in a huge room with only a hi hat and a pair of sticks only shows that his skills were beyond extraordinary. Much respect to you sir.
"When the pickpocket meets the holy man, all he sees are the pockets." There are many who consider themselves hot-shots because they believe they have chops, but aren't in this class of musicians by a long shot. This was brilliant play, whether or not the sound of these hats meet one's needs.
Exactly! I always have gotten a sense from him that he's extremely aware of the pitch or shall we say melodic content - whether from pitch, timbre or whatever source - of his chosen medium. His rhythms are also more melodic to me than other great drummers, if that even makes any sense to say - they seem to breathe and move more like sax lines than other drummers. I like thinking about such things while listening to him on, say, "Saxophone Collosus." It's interesting, here, to listen to him artificially limit himself, both with just the hat and with lack of a surrounding tune - and still be himself. He'll always be my favorite drummer.
In a suit and tie and likely a fine pair of kicks. This guy got more class and talent in the tip of his drumstick than most have in their whole drum kit. Plus he’s named Max which says a lot about his facility at high tempos.
Well I mean a good pair of Istanbul hi-hats can run you around $300-$400 and a good hi-hat stand can cost anywhere between $150-$250 so....... $499 for his setup is not a ridiculous price
The fact that I have lived at a time where my life overlapped Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Neal Peart, and such made my life full of such joy... no matter what was going on outside of the door. Play on!
It’s all joy indeed but I think you know who the master of hi hats Nd drums was and in my eyes always will be That’s the worlds greatest drummer Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich was great - but not the greatest of all time (as He Himself declared). Why? Because there IS no greatest drummer of all time. Period. There are a small group of REALLY great drummers who showed the way (Sidney Catlett,Chick Webb, Buddy, Max, Mel Lewis, Ben Riley, Keith Moon, Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Mike Clark, Johnathan Blake, etc etc etc).
Steve Carter/Seth Gauby You have to have an appreciation of the technical intricacies being performed to understand it. Keeping in mind it is a YT video, Mr. Roach is demonstrating how drummers manipulate various tones within specific rudiments to create the sounds you may be familiar with once integrated into popular songs. Only, he's doing it on less than 3% of the total instrument with effortless execution using a specific rudimentary cadence.
One of the most amazing concerts I ever got to see was a Max Roach trio in December of '79. I think Cecil Bridgewater was with him, but I don't recall the third party. During the show, Mr. Roach did a variation on this solo. At some point, he lost (or perhaps meant to drop) one of his sticks, and continued using the index finger on one hand. The concert as a whole was characterized as "a drum clinic" by a friend at the time who was also there. He certainly showed people how it was done. It was magical!
Interesting to read. I saw him here in Rochester at the Eastman School of Music in 1990 and prior to doing this he spoke of a clinic or convention (I forget) he performed at which included several drummers such as Art Blakey ("brought his thunder"). Then he mentioned another (again I forget, but I assure you I'm not making this up) whose performance this was based on which brought down the house. Wish I could remember who - some help, anyone?
People: haha hi hat go tsst Me: this takes amazing skill to make so many sounds and styles with just 2 cymbals pushes together but this man is proficient in the art enough to do it, mad respect bro it’s a shame people don’t take music seriously anymore
Ugh, I know. So many comments about lack of kit, so few about the fact that Max is an all-time great and jazz legend that's showing what can be done with just one part of a kit.
If you wanna hear Max at the top of his game, check out the live album 'Speak, brother speak". His playing is so amazing on that album, and has one of the best drum solos of his career.
His band with Clifford Brown was something else. To me Mr Roach was a bit "controlled" in his playing. I think his left foot was more active then the right, he,he.
One of the greatest. I saw him life several times years ago. Every Concert was a revelation. He's better on the hi-hat alone than many with a big drumset.
One of the all time greats. I noticed there is no felt on his clutch. Wonder if he preferred it that way. Certainly would be a tone difference for sure. I always use a felt because I like the quicker response and control you get from the pedal.
Promotes hole stress cracks. Also noticed lots of these old timers didnt use felts on their crashes. Extra projection maybe ? Sure makes things ring quite a bit longer
honestly, this is how I'm starting to play drums. i get myself familiar with each piece by themselves. The hi hat, the snare, even the toms by themselves. It may sound real anoying to my neighbors but i know what im doing. Till I get myself comfortable with each piece is when I bring all the pieces together.
@@lukewagner158 it's going pretty good so far, slowly but surely. it may be annoying as fuck to my neighbors but they'll live. I'm just a neighbor making a lot of noise. it could be worse. I could be one of those neighbors that'll break into your house, steal all your shit and come over the next day and act like I didn't hear anything and say "i heard you got robbed".
@@TheRumpaliX taken from Gang Starr "Jazz Thing” ruclips.net/video/3kg0mh3lu9Q/видео.html there's plenty reference to jazz players such as bird, coltrane and the likes
Workin' what looks like a 14" top against a 15" bottom, or 13" against a 14". Lettin' um breathe, and soundin' real good. Ah, yes. One of the great jazz masters.
@@pettipoole Maybe to get that specific washy sound. No top felt either, so I'm assuming he wanted as much cymbal, and that particular sound as possible, since it's Hi-Hat only. It could be as simple as that. Maybe someone who knew Max or sombody close might have more solid information.
So I'm in the bank with the manager, a certain Mr. Roach, and am trying to convince him I need a loan for buying a new drumset. So he says: "Do you think you really need a full drumset?!" Then he takes out a hi-hat and sticks from his office closet and tells me: "Son, I need you to watch this, OK?"
Iwas stationed in Turkey from 84-86 When I left we went through Istanbul and I went to the factory where they made those Hi Hats I got alike 6 cymbals for the price one pair of Hi hats in the states From a 20" China to a 10" splash I still have a couple with the brothers signatures
Thanks for providing this benchmark. Modern drummers have fallen so far they don't understand that rhythm isn't about a million presets. It's applied talent and understanding of craft. Most pop drummers have never learned to roll a snare . . . the first thing any real drummer learns. In other words, pop drummers literally don't know the first thing about drumming.
Lol do you even know the drumming community these days? There are some phenomenal drummers coming out now that would shit on these old timers. Just because they did it first doesn't mean they did it best. Also most pop drummers are usually incredible funk/RnB drummers, who definitely know their rudiments
Ah yes, boomers coming to the play. I love how defensive you old timers get because lets face you are not in touch with the modern music scene. I guess because I am not in my 60s I have no idea what I'm talking about? This kind of crap really goes to show how arrogant the older generation are, especially the "you'll understand when you're older" bullshit. Neither of you got my point anyway, maybe you're senile or can't read, I don't know, but what I said was modern drummers are better and I stand by it. They learnt from the best drummers of the time and have improved. You think music should just stagnate and we should regard buddy rich or max roach as the best drummers to have lived? No, drummers like dennis chambers, steve smith, ?uestlove, tony royster jr, kenny aaronof just to name a few really popular ones are in my opinion far superior drummers that don't have one or two very old tricks, but can play a huge array of styles, grooves and wait for it...have better hand technique than the oldies. There are also literally millions of extremely competent drummers who not only play pop, but can actually play double stroke rolls. Seriously both of you need to get out more and play with younger musicians and expand your horizons and get over the fact that "you know better because you're older". Nobody cares about your age, just your skill
Ah Max Roach, I love him since the end of the fifties and love him still. I keep saying that he is/was the greatest drummer ever. Listen to what he is doing on just one high hat, magnificent. Of course there are lots of other great drummers like f.i. Alex González, but they also have an enormous battery of drums.
Have to agree, I quite liked the sound without any felts on the hi hat stand or on the clutch. Top cymbal might broke, becouse it no longer have free movement. The sound is awesome tho.
@Max William Lauf As unlikely as it might seem, a hi-hat cymbal absolutely can keyhole (more like the center hole becomes slightly larger and lopsided). It's happened to me before.
It's just a raw lathe style with an "aging" colorant made by Istanbul cymbal company. What's so exotic about that? If he had two 22" ozone style ride cymbals as hats, then I'd get you point. But I think this is the same set of hats that Nick Menza played for a bit in the 2000s. I know menza swapped to their brilliant lathe cymbals at some point, but stayed with Istanbul for a long time. Possibly through his untimely expiration.
@@gofigure84 He could have downsized, but back in the '60's when I copied his set-up, he used a 15" and 14". Had great "clap", but man could they chew up the sticks.
@@gofigure84 Not ludacrisly rare though. My jazz band in HS did it, so did my college. I guess I look at it like plays who primarily play with the butt of their drum sticks: you don't see it every day, but you do see it regularly.
@@gofigure84 but not unheard of by any means (Thanks to this very man in the video lol). Acting like it's breaking one of the Drum Commandments is ridiculous and just makes him sound like a looky-loo.
In a world without youtube , internet, social media etc. How did this guy land this slot on this show ? Did he play the circuits for years ? Just him and his hi-hat.
@@audieconrad8995 wasn't a troll man. Genuine question. People get noticed these days because of social media. Im just curious as to how things happened back then. Chill out.
stevie o'kane the man was one of the greatest postwar jazz drummers. Played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. Etc. Always in demand for shows or recording gigs. All the great drummers would demonstrate how you don’t need a full kit to make magic.
Max Roach was a undoubted genius artist but also a tireless campaigner for civil rights too. If you don't know about him and you call yourself a drummer, then you need to get with it.
@@dujanaabdul-nur7647 The respect for him by musicians who know his real skill does not nullify the fact that what he was doing was like having a class for elementary school kids showing them how a hi hat sounds.
@@genez429 He was playing some pretty intense stuff. If that kind of 'basic demonstration' was all of what you heard, then congratulations on having an elementary-school level understanding of drumming. This was a very cool video, with a fine message to it.
It is a technique used primarily in Jazz and Polka music. The idea is to trap air towards the center of the cymbals while allowing vibrations to pass along the edges which speeds up the frequency and varies the tonality creating a simultaneous high and low sound that can be manipulated when striking the cymbals in different places.
I love all the snarky comments from people who 1) clearly have no idea who Max Roach is 2) have never picked up a drum stick in their life and 3) clearly can't understand stick dynamics and the resulting musicality as shown in your ignorant and snarky comments. "I don't understand and therefore I am going to insult to hide my lack of understanding"
@@doublestrokeroll Yeah me too, i think its great, what i was getting at is our mate who made the comment said that these people are ignorant "they don't know who he is", " never picked up a drumstick", "clearly can't understand stick dynamics and the resulting musicality" (very pretentious statement btw), all i'm trying say is that none of that matters because its all subjective.
@@stevecarter8810 it's... not in mainstream entertainment though? It's a niche youtube clip of a TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD PUBLIC TV PROGRAM. What are you even talking about? How about, "if you know nothing, don't speak?"
This is the most metal thing I've ever heard.
Spot on dude!
Robocop is more metal than this.
Amen.
The sticks are wood though.
Wait til this guy here’s Metallica..
Sounds like drum and bass without the drum or bass
Underrated comment 😂
ｓｚっｓ＊っｓｄｓ＊ｄ，＊ｆっｓ＊ｆｓ
Drum and Bass through an iPhone 4 speaker
You should hear him play with a kit. It's the literal nucleus of this retardbot genre 'drum n bass' clicky clacky computer nonsense for moronbots. But he does it all himself without an assistantbot. Frank you should learn about real music before you check out.
Про хэт драм энд бейса ,который ты говоришь он так звучит в солянке у Бади Рича.. Вот там прям техникал итч слышаться 😂
I attended a drum clinic by Max Roach many years ago at the local Guitar Center. I got there early and ran into Steve Smith of all people! The clinic finally starts, the place is packed to the rafters, and Max is brilliant. At one point he stops, talks about “Mr. Hi Hat”, and then calls out Steve Smith to perform it! What a fantastic evening.
A commenter below said something similar, but I am truly grateful to have lived at a time when I could see Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Max Roach, and other legends before they passed. But I am also grateful for RUclips and the folks who post these amazing videos to allow a younger generation experience some of the skill these giants brought to the game.
well said.
He looks like a hi-hat salesman trying to convince me to buy his hi-hat
He’s an artist not a salesman
@@Swing20 You got the joke, congratulations.
Whooooooooosh
@@Swing20 whooosh real hard
@@Swing20 give a break, man. it's not even that good
When your drummer forgets his set at home.
Crazy good vid.
jokerbot!
its sad. Thieves at least left him the hi-hat.
LMAO🤣🤣
hahaha
Nah... He stole the high hat. That's how the joke goes...
Jokes on the thieves they've got a whole drum kit just to get blue-balled by no High Hat meanwhile my niggas got the best part all to himself all they did was lift his trash *ear rape intensifies*
He will use what he's got left to earn back what he has lost.
Imagine, he'll meet the guys, who play kick and snare and then they start the band.
Lmao
The band would be The Drummers
@@yansasobao or Mr. Drumset
Like before drum kits were invented
There should also be a piano player for each note sitting in a circle
The fact that they taped him in a huge room with only a hi hat and a pair of sticks only shows that his skills were beyond extraordinary.
Much respect to you sir.
He tries to demonstrate that with only one part of the drum you can create a whole world. Thanks Mr. Roach💕
tell that to your snare drum--
The best ever
Rubbish
Hahaha get out of here 😂
Tries and fails
A lot of sad comments for a man who deserves masses of respect for his ability and competence in the art of drumming
Here here! This was a masterclass.
The man deserves respect, but even the most respected musicians make music that sounds bad from time to time
Yeah respect for the skills and all but this hi hat sound bad, it kills the soul
One of the great jazz composers too
"When the pickpocket meets the holy man, all he sees are the pockets." There are many who consider themselves hot-shots because they believe they have chops, but aren't in this class of musicians by a long shot. This was brilliant play, whether or not the sound of these hats meet one's needs.
The amazing Max Roach, one of the most musical drummers of all time!
Exactly! I always have gotten a sense from him that he's extremely aware of the pitch or shall we say melodic content - whether from pitch, timbre or whatever source - of his chosen medium. His rhythms are also more melodic to me than other great drummers, if that even makes any sense to say - they seem to breathe and move more like sax lines than other drummers. I like thinking about such things while listening to him on, say, "Saxophone Collosus."
It's interesting, here, to listen to him artificially limit himself, both with just the hat and with lack of a surrounding tune - and still be himself.
He'll always be my favorite drummer.
I like the part where he hit the high hat
Nah...
The low hat is better
I liked that part too
Nah fam, I think the part where he hit the snares is better
That part was kinda over rated in my opinion
Yeah I would agree
I love it when a drummer can make one piece of the kit sound like 5 different things
When you buy a suit instead of the rest of the drum kit.
Nice suit though
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Those fancy jazz gigs ask a lot out of a player-on-a-budget
lol
Mr Roach dont need no stinking drums....
Needs more hi-hat.
There is no more hi-hat to be applied. This is all the existing hi-hat.
How about cowbell?
Needs more low-hat
Yeah and cowbell.
and the rest of 'em.
I got a fever and the only cure is MORE HI-HAT!
I understand why there's more pieces to a drum set now.
exactly
that's a guitar stupid
Yes. He's like Nate Smith. The less pieces he has, the more power he gains. And we can't be havin' that. Lol.
In a suit and tie and likely a fine pair of kicks.
This guy got more class and talent in the tip of his drumstick than most have in their whole drum kit. Plus he’s named Max which says a lot about his facility at high tempos.
all u goofballs criticizing him, just so u know he is was and will always be--1. a LEGEND 2. BETTER THAN ANY OF YOU
@@donsmith3857 amen brotha!
The line between noise and genius is drawn by those who create.
Apple be like, “drum set $499, drums sold separately”
Well I mean a good pair of Istanbul hi-hats can run you around $300-$400 and a good hi-hat stand can cost anywhere between $150-$250 so....... $499 for his setup is not a ridiculous price
Yep drummings expensive
EA followed the lead
English be like, “ don’t talk like that.”
In drumming, we call that Roland.
Me: Mom I want a drum set
Mom: We have a drum set at home
*Drum set at home:*
xD
@Spaced Invaders Actually it made total sense and it was funny as hell 🤣
i laugh from the other side of earth, wkwkwkwk
The fact that I have lived at a time where my life overlapped Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Neal Peart, and such made my life full of such joy... no matter what was going on outside of the door. Play on!
It’s all joy indeed but I think you know who the master of hi hats Nd drums was and in my eyes always will be That’s the worlds greatest drummer Buddy Rich
@@josephgiarraffa6379 meh...
@@audieconrad8995 Meh? Elaborate please.
@@BootySweat4491 Buddy Rich - not my fave that's all...
Buddy Rich was great - but not the greatest of all time (as He Himself declared). Why? Because there IS no greatest drummer of all time. Period. There are a small group of REALLY great drummers who showed the way (Sidney Catlett,Chick Webb, Buddy, Max, Mel Lewis, Ben Riley, Keith Moon, Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Mike Clark, Johnathan Blake, etc etc etc).
I'm saddened that people are talking smack about this. They clearly don't know who he is. I mean, he was part of the group of guys that created BeBop!
Who he is doesn't change what he's doing in this video
Tom Armstrong yea but the hi hat does not sound good
Steve Carter/Seth Gauby
You have to have an appreciation of the technical intricacies being performed to understand it. Keeping in mind it is a YT video, Mr. Roach is demonstrating how drummers manipulate various tones within specific rudiments to create the sounds you may be familiar with once integrated into popular songs. Only, he's doing it on less than 3% of the total instrument with effortless execution using a specific rudimentary cadence.
@@stevecarter8810 Sad, but true.
There’s a ton of technical and timing mistakes in this. It’s shockingly amateurish.
I'm getting back into the stuff he did with Clifford Brown. Max is one of the most tasteful and creative drummers there was
What An amazing Drummer !
So much Groove +creativity_
This was just the right amount of time, but I would not mind it being hours.
"Max, the club needs to cut down expenses. And with the band we have to..."
Max: "Say no more."
Masterful display of using the hi-hat...legendary!
He's better on a single hi hat than me in my entire drumset
One of the most amazing concerts I ever got to see was a Max Roach trio in December of '79. I think Cecil Bridgewater was with him, but I don't recall the third party.
During the show, Mr. Roach did a variation on this solo. At some point, he lost (or perhaps meant to drop) one of his sticks, and continued using the index finger on one hand.
The concert as a whole was characterized as "a drum clinic" by a friend at the time who was also there. He certainly showed people how it was done. It was magical!
Interesting to read. I saw him here in Rochester at the Eastman School of Music in 1990 and prior to doing this he spoke of a clinic or convention (I forget) he performed at which included several drummers such as Art Blakey ("brought his thunder"). Then he mentioned another (again I forget, but I assure you I'm not making this up) whose performance this was based on which brought down the house. Wish I could remember who - some help, anyone?
People: haha hi hat go tsst
Me: this takes amazing skill to make so many sounds and styles with just 2 cymbals pushes together but this man is proficient in the art enough to do it, mad respect bro it’s a shame people don’t take music seriously anymore
Ugh, I know. So many comments about lack of kit, so few about the fact that Max is an all-time great and jazz legend that's showing what can be done with just one part of a kit.
From now on im gonna watch this whenever im feeling down. Thank you mr hi hat.
If anyone here started that racket in a music store somewhere a salesman would come over and tell you to stop goofing around and knock it off.
yea but i dont think anyone here can play tempos approaching 400 bpm.........
don smith so what it still sounds like shit
don smith i can definitely can. Triplet rolls at 200 bpm means there’s strokes at 1200 bpm
As brilliant of a drummer as he is, this is pretty silly for a video
@@freddie7981 You're tone deaf. There's more technique in here than in many a prog drum solo.
For those with the negative comments, this isn’t random drumming on a hi-hat. This is expert level jazz. It takes years to make this song look easy.
When the drummer tears down his kit at band practice and you rush over to the drum throne and there's hardly anything left.
lmao yes
the best drumming I have ever, EVER heard, was Max Roach's inprov at Alvin Ailey's funeral. Wish I could find a recording of that.
There's more out there my friend.
@chindoo Whatever. Seek help
@chindoo Whatever. Seek help.
Imagine one guy playing each component of a drum kit like this for any genre. I wonder how it would sound.
If you wanna hear Max at the top of his game, check out the live album 'Speak, brother speak". His playing is so amazing on that album, and has one of the best drum solos of his career.
His M'Boom project was pretty impressive, too.
One of the best drum solos of all the times!
ruclips.net/video/NzrS4pkOF2c/видео.html
thank you. will rn
so how many of you had even heard of/listened to/ anything by this giant of jazz? just curious. carry on with your life
His band with Clifford Brown was something else. To me Mr Roach was a bit "controlled" in his playing. I think his left foot was more active then the right, he,he.
One of the greatest. I saw him life several times years ago. Every Concert was a revelation. He's better on the hi-hat alone than many with a big drumset.
One of the all time greats. I noticed there is no felt on his clutch. Wonder if he preferred it that way. Certainly would be a tone difference for sure. I always use a felt because I like the quicker response and control you get from the pedal.
Promotes hole stress cracks. Also noticed lots of these old timers didnt use felts on their crashes. Extra projection maybe ? Sure makes things ring quite a bit longer
honestly, this is how I'm starting to play drums. i get myself familiar with each piece by themselves. The hi hat, the snare, even the toms by themselves. It may sound real anoying to my neighbors but i know what im doing. Till I get myself comfortable with each piece is when I bring all the pieces together.
How’s it going?
@@lukewagner158 it's going pretty good so far, slowly but surely. it may be annoying as fuck to my neighbors but they'll live. I'm just a neighbor making a lot of noise. it could be worse. I could be one of those neighbors that'll break into your house, steal all your shit and come over the next day and act like I didn't hear anything and say "i heard you got robbed".
_And Max Roach, cymbals sockin'_
_Bass drum talkin', snare drum rockin'_
_Restructurin' the metaphysics of a jazz thing_
Did you create this? 'Cause this is awesome!
@@TheRumpaliX taken from
Gang Starr "Jazz Thing”
ruclips.net/video/3kg0mh3lu9Q/видео.html
there's plenty reference to jazz players such as bird, coltrane and the likes
@@TheRumpaliX you're welcome, check the lyrics they're very good!
Gifted
Unlimited
Rhymes
Universal
I was just listening to one of the earliest Miles Davis albums, had some drum solos on it, fantastic and yes Max Roach.
Workin' what looks like a 14" top against a 15" bottom, or 13" against a 14". Lettin' um breathe, and soundin' real good. Ah, yes. One of the great jazz masters.
why different sizes?
@@pettipoole Maybe to get that specific washy sound. No top felt either, so I'm assuming he wanted as much cymbal, and that particular sound as possible, since it's Hi-Hat only. It could be as simple as that. Maybe someone who knew Max or sombody close might have more solid information.
Max Roach is still the best percussionist I have ever heard or seen! He was a master of his craft!
So I'm in the bank with the manager, a certain Mr. Roach, and am trying to convince him I need a loan for buying a new drumset. So he says: "Do you think you really need a full drumset?!" Then he takes out a hi-hat and sticks from his office closet and tells me: "Son, I need you to watch this, OK?"
😂😂😂
About time we got some footage. DrumGod Roach
Believe it or not he has sold more records than the Beatles. He was a record salesman
Iwas stationed in Turkey from 84-86 When I left we went through Istanbul and I went to the factory where they made those Hi Hats I got alike 6 cymbals for the price one pair of Hi hats in the states
From a 20" China to a 10" splash I still have a couple with the brothers signatures
Thanks for providing this benchmark. Modern drummers have fallen so far they don't understand that rhythm isn't about a million presets. It's applied talent and understanding of craft. Most pop drummers have never learned to roll a snare . . . the first thing any real drummer learns. In other words, pop drummers literally don't know the first thing about drumming.
Lol do you even know the drumming community these days? There are some phenomenal drummers coming out now that would shit on these old timers. Just because they did it first doesn't mean they did it best. Also most pop drummers are usually incredible funk/RnB drummers, who definitely know their rudiments
@@patrickwilliamson29 Just because they don't know how to play drums. Hahahahaha! Enjoy, man. You'll look back and laugh when you're my age.
@@patrickwilliamson29 "... shit on these old timers" exposes your ignorance. Peace
Ah yes, boomers coming to the play. I love how defensive you old timers get because lets face you are not in touch with the modern music scene. I guess because I am not in my 60s I have no idea what I'm talking about? This kind of crap really goes to show how arrogant the older generation are, especially the "you'll understand when you're older" bullshit.
Neither of you got my point anyway, maybe you're senile or can't read, I don't know, but what I said was modern drummers are better and I stand by it. They learnt from the best drummers of the time and have improved. You think music should just stagnate and we should regard buddy rich or max roach as the best drummers to have lived? No, drummers like dennis chambers, steve smith, ?uestlove, tony royster jr, kenny aaronof just to name a few really popular ones are in my opinion far superior drummers that don't have one or two very old tricks, but can play a huge array of styles, grooves and wait for it...have better hand technique than the oldies. There are also literally millions of extremely competent drummers who not only play pop, but can actually play double stroke rolls.
Seriously both of you need to get out more and play with younger musicians and expand your horizons and get over the fact that "you know better because you're older". Nobody cares about your age, just your skill
@@patrickwilliamson29 The second you say "boomers" you come across as an ignorant bellend.
Ah Max Roach, I love him since the end of the fifties and love him still. I keep saying that he is/was the greatest drummer ever. Listen to what he is doing on just one high hat, magnificent.
Of course there are lots of other great drummers like f.i. Alex González, but they also have an enormous battery of drums.
this guy! I freakin love him so mutch!
Did they give him the crappiest stand known to man?
seriously, here's some mismatched istanbuls, a clutch that's falling apart and NO FELTS
@@demonicsweaters And yet he still had all he needed. There's the Real lesson.
Shea Teeley I wasn’t talking about the hats. I said “stand”
Cat Hill 1) I can play way better than him
2) check my channel
@Cat Hill you're really trigger because of a comment about a stand?
Beautiful......
I remember the band teacher showed this in school. Doing more with hi-hat than most drummers do with a whole kit. ✊
GOD HAS ALL OF THE BEST DRUMMERS!!!
RIP!!!
Pure magic! Wonderful!
Master Roach
“ I bought the whole hi hat, I’m going to use the whole hi hat
no top felt??
smart thinking, you don't need that
Perfect way to destroy cymbals...
Have to agree, I quite liked the sound without any felts on the hi hat stand or on the clutch.
Top cymbal might broke, becouse it no longer have free movement. The sound is awesome tho.
@@betulaobscura lmao no
@Max William Lauf As unlikely as it might seem, a hi-hat cymbal absolutely can keyhole (more like the center hole becomes slightly larger and lopsided). It's happened to me before.
Style and complete confidence. The Max.
I notice top hat is smaller diameter.
He’s always played (at least everything I’ve read and seen) 14” top over 15” bottom.
I do the same; gives more options/ sounds; a nicer chick!! @@jamesrabic5380
The first ever man to play breakcore hat patterns
A legend playing a legendary magical city (Istanbul) cymbals
Steve Smith took this to the next level.
A true master!
wow that was amazing! dude is awesome!
I'm going to cover this in a music store. Then make them watch the video when they say I'm playing gibberish.
Hi-hats off to you, sir!
Never ever seen a hi hat like that, in fact the title should read. “ Plays some odd bits of metal.”
It's just a raw lathe style with an "aging" colorant made by Istanbul cymbal company. What's so exotic about that? If he had two 22" ozone style ride cymbals as hats, then I'd get you point. But I think this is the same set of hats that Nick Menza played for a bit in the 2000s. I know menza swapped to their brilliant lathe cymbals at some point, but stayed with Istanbul for a long time. Possibly through his untimely expiration.
@@jamesmcgrath849 to the original commentors credit it does appear to be a 13 top on a 14 bottom which is unusual
@@gofigure84 He could have downsized, but back in the '60's when I copied his set-up, he used a 15" and 14". Had great "clap", but man could they chew up the sticks.
@@gofigure84 Not ludacrisly rare though. My jazz band in HS did it, so did my college. I guess I look at it like plays who primarily play with the butt of their drum sticks: you don't see it every day, but you do see it regularly.
@@gofigure84 but not unheard of by any means (Thanks to this very man in the video lol). Acting like it's breaking one of the Drum Commandments is ridiculous and just makes him sound like a looky-loo.
In a world without youtube , internet, social media etc. How did this guy land this slot on this show ? Did he play the circuits for years ? Just him and his hi-hat.
Omg...get an f'ing clue. Obviously u r not a musician just a clown troll.
@@audieconrad8995 wasn't a troll man. Genuine question. People get noticed these days because of social media. Im just curious as to how things happened back then. Chill out.
stevie o'kane the man was one of the greatest postwar jazz drummers. Played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. Etc.
Always in demand for shows or recording gigs.
All the great drummers would demonstrate how you don’t need a full kit to make magic.
This inspired me to join Dream Theatre as a hi-hat man.
No idea how this video found me but I love my Istanbul hihat a lot as well
The one thing I love about being a drummer is you can create rhythm out of anything. You just need sticks or your hands.
The one thing I like about the comments is I figured drummers would be here.
@@ericparrish1515 we may b underrated and least respected, but there is no band without a drummer or rhythm.
still love his work!!
Good, but check out the video of this same solo from when Max was about 30 years younger. It's much more impressive.
why?
He was in his prime.
@@rthmjohn??? In his prime with what??? Technique? Musicality, or even style and look?
I hope hes still alive, I would like to see him play one day.
Sorry he died in 2007
Can’t say I really dig this.
Big Rock
Sure is.
@Big Rock the dude abides
00:20 It's So Easy by GN'R but on hi hats
0:42 "i can feel it, calling in the air tonighht"
Underrated comment
1:04 One 🤘
Great playing, absolutely strangest hi hat combination right?
Looks easy, right? Try to get that feel. Impossible.
No, man. That don't look easy anyway at all.
Listen to the masters and practice, practice, practice.
The most difficult thing of it all it's achieve that it seems easy! When it's not!
Max Roach was a undoubted genius artist but also a tireless campaigner for civil rights too. If you don't know about him and you call yourself a drummer, then you need to get with it.
Those that expect more as they put it don’t understand it
? This is complete trash. There's one ''uncommon'' technic and he didn't even master it.
玄妙
ただ一つの楽器を叩いているだけなのに、作業を止めて聞き入ってしまう
素晴らしい
The moronic comments leave no doubt there are many non-musicians watching the video.
...agreed
@@dujanaabdul-nur7647 The respect for him by musicians who know his real skill does not nullify the fact that what he was doing was like having a class for elementary school kids showing them how a hi hat sounds.
@@genez429 He was playing some pretty intense stuff. If that kind of 'basic demonstration' was all of what you heard, then congratulations on having an elementary-school level understanding of drumming. This was a very cool video, with a fine message to it.
Most young guys listen with their eyes.
Un buen bateria, da gusto de ver a personas tocando que gusten tanto al cabo de los años , siga gustando esa forma de tocar.
Whys the top hi hat so small it's like hes playing a 13' top and a 14' bottom
It is a technique used primarily in Jazz and Polka music. The idea is to trap air towards the center of the cymbals while allowing vibrations to pass along the edges which speeds up the frequency and varies the tonality creating a simultaneous high and low sound that can be manipulated when striking the cymbals in different places.
@@rodneytruitt9566 Now that's what I call an answer...
@@spicypineapple It could be a recommendation from his stick maker. /The lower cymbal will "eat" sticks/.
I wish I could have met this cousin, awesome musician
" Hey buddy, you know the camera's recording right?"
Max Roach could make a bunch of plastic 5-gallon buckets sound like a $8,000 drum kit!
Sensacional a diversidade de pegadas.
Incredible max roach 🥁🔥
I love all the snarky comments from people who 1) clearly have no idea who Max Roach is 2) have never picked up a drum stick in their life and 3) clearly can't understand stick dynamics and the resulting musicality as shown in your ignorant and snarky comments.
"I don't understand and therefore I am going to insult to hide my lack of understanding"
yeah sure stick dynamics can be tricky and he may have been influential, but that doesn't make it good
Bottom line though, if it sounds shit to someone who knows nothing then it doesn't belong in mainstream entertainment
@@oliver.douglas to you. I think it's amazing.
@@doublestrokeroll Yeah me too, i think its great, what i was getting at is our mate who made the comment said that these people are ignorant "they don't know who he is", " never picked up a drumstick", "clearly can't understand stick dynamics and the resulting musicality" (very pretentious statement btw), all i'm trying say is that none of that matters because its all subjective.
@@stevecarter8810 it's... not in mainstream entertainment though? It's a niche youtube clip of a TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD PUBLIC TV PROGRAM. What are you even talking about? How about, "if you know nothing, don't speak?"
This is one of those videos that I find fascinating but can't show to people because they won't get it.
Esto me demuestra que no se necesita unas 50 piezas de bateria para tener un buen solo
Different sized hi hats I bought a kit a while back with different size hihats still got them might dig them out again
Obama when he has a lot of free time
the different-size-cymbal thing is awesome. the no-felt thing gives me night terrors.