Joe Morello Take Five Solo | Study The Greats

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You show a real love and knowledge of what you do. And humility, too rare. That Morello piece is something I go to when feeling low. Cheapest, best therapy you can get! Many thanks!

Real nice job breaking that down. Joe was SO sick..chops out the ass but everything grooves and swings.

Rudiment heads rejoice.. the main snare solo part is just paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle!

What snare are you using here..?
Great sound…

This fella should be on top of everyone’s list.!.

There is only one thing about this solo that I can add.
Joe, along with his bandmates, helped make this the single best selling jazz song of all time.
This song. This solo. Best selling. People aren't stupid (rhetorical question, LOL).
I don't know about your channel, and your drumming abilities, but I love your comments.
This looks hard to do, but Joe makes it look easy.
And if you say that what he did is hard, and you try it and pull it off, more power to you.
Merci.

Eagle-eyed viewers will see Hugh Hefner in the audience: l think this was from his Playboy TV show.

Another drummer you should study is Ginger Baker. Very talented, but a little cranky! Maybe you already did, I'll have to check.

Cool.

Did You know this cut was from the Playboy After Dark show ?? That's Hugh Hefner sitting in the background !! The guy with the pipe - - - >>>>

Far More Drums tells you everything. Legend.

Cheers bro 🙏

Thanks

Simply wonderful. Subscribed. I'm a very amateur percussionist, just play bodhrán. But I'm fascinated by complex rhythms, and play polymetric/polyrhythmic music on my double psaltery.

Joe Morello was indeed great, and you did a very good job analyzing his solo. Take Five was the first jazz album I ever bought, shortly after it came out.

cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott

Joe MO !

Interesting to watch!

Joe is my favorite Jazz drummer!

You can see where John Bonham got his inspiration.

Thank you! Great work at breaking this down.

Thanks Austin - added value. Great deconstruction and articulation.

I know I haven't seen any jazz drummer play with just his hands on a set like that. Have you? Conga drummers and such, yeah. All the time. And with equal, um, emotional impact. If that makes sense. But how it must have been back in 61 for a jazz drummer to start off his solo with his hands only. Really? That's what you are gonna do Joe? LOL. Please say so if you know about others who did that in the jazz gerne. Maybe it's just unusual to me. But I would argue, there are few drum solos like Joe Morello's Take Five solo. I don't even usually care for drum solos but Joe's is mezmerizing and just fing awesome!

They set the atomic clocks to Joe Morello.

For the left single handled roll you need to change fingers. That was taught by Louie Bellson to Joe Morello. There's a clinic with both where they talk about that.

Time out was a massive hit jazz back then was very popular in fact Chicago alone had 3 jazz radio stations

I've seen Joe do two things I have not noticed other drummers do, admittedly, I'm no drummer expert. 1. Playing a drum kit with his hands. 2. in one film version of the T5 solo, he turns the drum sticks around and plays with the large end, which changes the quality of the drum sound. He can also play one-handed faster than many drummers can with two.

drummer nicko mcbrain said he was 10 when he saw morello on the tv with davfe brubeck and said that's what i want to do.

Make a video with Jason Rullo solo!!

Amazing breakdown. Thank you.

Best drum solo ever morelo deserves a huge salut

Terrific! Thx

Joe Morello didn't play to a click thing in his ear 'ole. He made his own time.

No roller coaster drumsets..no jungle gyms..just talent

JUST SAYING: DIDNT HE ,INSPIRED BONHAM' S MOBY DICK DUPLICA ?

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Joe morello back in the 50s and 60s was voted best drummer of the year in kodern drummer magazine most years...i saw him several times in a jazz club in the 80s...he was so good

Austin - Thank You Man! Great Teacher Hope you are well .

Buddy Rich has all these challenge albums. Versus Krupa, Bellson, Roach, but not Morello. Wonder why?

it's like trying to copy a doctor, can't do it lol

As his bass drum was creeping away, he pulled it back with his right hand, while never missing a beat. I first heard Joe when the album came out and he was immediately my favorite drummer. Over 55 years later, he is still my all-time favorite.

Because of Joe, I switched from rock to jazz in 1966 and searched for a professional jazz drummer to teach me and I lucked out, being in the right place at the right time, to find someone who reluctantly gave me a chance. He said I was the only student he ever had because he never taught anyone. He was a lot like Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid", who forced me to start with the bare basics and made sure I was sincere in my desire to learn. I never became a professional drummer but I have been moonlighting with professional jazz groups since 1967. Still practicing and still learning.

Thank you, Joe! You planted the seed.

Joe matched the challenge because drums are “tuned” he played the solo brilliantly

I'm just coordinated enough to walk and drink coffee without stumbling or spilling. The hours of coordination practice is incredible.

The old jibe " what do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians? " answer " a drummer " is too often true. Joe was never flash for its own sake, he developed the tune. A great musician, maybe the GOAT drummer.

It amazes me how he keeps time with the basedrum on 1 and the hi hat on 2 and 4, while playing with his hands, im sure he's apart of the atomic clock.

Hey I wonder where Bonz got Moby Dick from? and his style

The reason why Morello (and the rest of the Greats) were as great as they were/are...

They're all "Naturals"... Apparently Joe Morello started "drumming" on kitchen pots and pans, using chopsticks, rulers and wooden spoons as drumsticks.

I'm pretty sure that his first "teacher" was an "all around" musician that didn't necessarily specialize in the drums, but taught him some basic patterns to begin with.

Seems like all of The Greats started out just about the same way.

MY QUESTION is how can the kits themselves sound so natural on these old movies, but sound so fake and inorganic when they're modern, played on modern video equipment, by modern musicians?😢

IT SOOOO PISSES ME OFF WHERE YOU CUT MAN. lol

That ablum you show in the video does not have drum solo

Probably my favorite technician but so is Max Roach.

Fantastic video and analysis. I'm subscribed.🥁👍