Dave Weckl with Oz Noy - Just Groove Me

Vic Firth signature artist Dave Weckl performs "Just Groove Me" with Oz Noy and Michael Rhodes at the 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC).

[Pownage]

People are all talking about Weckl and Oz Noy, but man Michael Rhodes is laying it down on that bass. Dude is a total beast.

[irwinwins]

I've been listening to Dave for 25 years and he still makes me sick. So clean and tasteful. Top 5 of my list.

[Apartekarate]

I love how mr. Noy is as funky and groovy as a guitarplayer could ever dream of, yet nothing in the way he mooves suggests that he is doing anything more funky, than solving a word-puzzle.

[PrometheanBlade]

I'm always blown away, watching Dave. His ghost notes are just hauntingly greasy and perfectly dynamic.

[manifestgtr]

I love this guitarist man...very inventive with the rotary accents, etc...not to mention he's got some pretty filthy bop style chops in his back pocket

[garye]

I have Dave Weckl to thank for motivating me into taking drum lessons.
A friend had suggested I go to see this guy. Well I'd never been to a drum clinic before & I'd never heard of this guy from the States before either.
I went to see Dave at a drum clinic in Brisbane, Australia around about 1990.
I was really, really impressed with how good he was.
In question time I asked him.
What were the steps you took to become such a good drummer?
He replied - Taking drum lessons - learning to read music - learning drum rudiments & studying and becoming competent at (not just learning a little of) as many different genres of music & drumming styles as possible.
The very next day I looked in the phone book & found Col Gillies Rudimental Drum School & took 2 lessons a week for about a year & a half.
I then did a full time course at the Institute of Music in Sydney.
So here's to you Dave.
Thanks for those inspiring words at that clinic, I wouldn't be 1/5th as good a drummer, if I hadn't taken your advice that day :)

[pierobalbo]

Just happened to discover Oz Noy. Awesome musician!

[andys]

Why is this disliked? Clueless people. I'm not a jazz guy but Dave just kills it, plain and simple.

[slimyelow]

I keep coming back to this version. - It is the best take ever.

[TheInfiniti]

Every time I hear/see Weckl play I'm left with a mixture of awe, joy, jealousy, and profound admiration for his immense talent. What a BEAST

[funkdat]

All three musicians here are MONSTERS. This is awesome.

[DScott-bi]

This is absolutely without a doubt what the original Traditional Grip is all about absolutely astonishing with the left hand speaking softly with ghost notes thru out this this beautiful composition all so very smoothly with hands floating thru the air like butterfly wings so cool & graceful like a true Master as he sits down on a Masterpiece 2 the Drum Set his canvas & his sticks painting a very lovely picture of so much brilliance with impeccable & outstanding Artistry, Skill, Focus & Workmanship. This my friends is what the true nature & definition of what playing a real Drum Set is all about because they are your voice while your hands are doing the speaking 2 all those that want 2 listen 2 what TUBS are really all about.
Bada Bing - Bada Boom!!! 🥁

[spectrum]

Played in college with Dave.  He was a monster then, and he's even a bigger monster now.

[isaacgrajo]

i came here to watch dave weckl (and he was awesome here) but man oz noy and rhodes killed it too.

[morf]

I've listened to Dave since I was 4.  I could recognize his sweet fills if he were playing a mile away, during a thunderstorm, on a train, and the train was filled with gun violence.

[FesliyanStudios]

Why is that that when I watch Dave Weckl,   I feel like he has the most relaxed and easy to play technique.(that's a good thing!)

[timmycue]

Still the best drummer alive imo. I just don't see or hear anyone better. His technique is flawless, so smooth. effortless. It's a joy to watch. Thanks Dave

[pbldrum]

Weckl's unbelievable! Saw him in clinic years ago and he blew us away with his left hand technique. He has such command of the kit. Smooth and creative.

[Jgarnett]

Only 3-4 mins of solo but one of best I've heard from him, and backed up brilliantly by a great guitar and bass groove. Every drummer is different (and how cool is that) but Wecksy is the only one who for me most closely resembles a drumming volcano: he builds and builds and builds his solos and then completely explodes the last 2 mins in a way that makes my jaw dislocate itself from its socket and drop to the floor. There's no pain, just wonder and pure fist-in-the-air I-want-more joy. This solo one is no exception. Masterful.

[derek]

Dave's music just keeps getting better and better as the years go by a consummate musician like his peers in drumming and other musicians