Re: Jazz drums in rock
Welcome aboard, matt!
I wouldn't worry so much about how many drums you have as to how you use them. One of my favorite local drummers--a big-band leader with a 17-piece orchestra--has used the same set (three up, two down with snare and Bellson-style double bass) in all types of music. I've even heard him play a four-piece and make it sound like the big kit, and that, man, takes practice!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
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"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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