A true genius of his craft .a drummers drummer ...After i listen Joe Morello ,I am inspired ..I play better the next day .His sound seeps into your soul .One of the Masters of the 20th century at his art form .
I grew up with DBQ playing in my home. I learned to love this sound. I saw them in person 4 times over the years and idolized Dave Brubeck. With the passing of those great jazz years we have lost something special in our culture.
4 drums,1 microphone,suit and tie, gators on his feet,cooks solos like this probably nightly,never breaks a sweat and adjusts glasses in between one handed rolls,swings like a madman and his kit sounds killer,all in a real live setting. This kinda stuff is unheard of today
The cleanest, sweetest (yet driest), most fun sax tone ever by Desmond, the crispness of Morello’s drumming, the transformational structure of Brubeck’s solos, and Wright’s smooth drive — four geniuses intrinsically linked in a new sound for its day, rippling through the air for all time.