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Monday, July 09, 2012

Groove o' the day: Palm Grease

Here's another hugely famous piece of drumming-- one of the best-known of the 70's-- by Mike Clarke on the tune Palm Grease from the Herbie Hancock album Thrust:




YouTube audio after the break:






2 comments:

  1. Stan Durlac10:51 PM

    Nice post, and one of my favorite drummers of all time - but, sorry to be a pedant, but isn't that "Clark" without the 'e'?

    Absolutely love the new album (yours) btw!

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  2. I love this groove. It's so funky, and it is not linear at all, despite Mike's association with that style. Just plain and simple groove....

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