Saturday, November 2nd
sounds of New Orleans
Johnny Vidacovich (drums), Sonny Landreth (guitar, vocals), Kevin Scott (bass), live, New Orleans (Maple Leaf Bar), 5/2/24
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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Tag: Johnny Vidacovich
2024
Thursday, August 29th
sounds of joy
Drummers Johnny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore (former JV student), Brian Blade (same), et al., “Well You Needn’t” (Thelonious Monk), live, New Orleans, published 2017
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2011
Wednesday, 6/22/11
His blues seem bottomless.
Arnett Cobb, tenor saxophonist, August 10, 1918-March 24, 1989
“Texas Blues,” live (with Ellis Marsalis, piano; Chris Severin, bass; Johnny Vidacovich, drums), 1984, New Orleans
Vodpod videos no longer available.
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“The Nearness of You” (mislabeled “Misty” on YouTube), live (with Wild Bill Davis, piano; Bernard Upsom, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), 1982, Germany (Berlin)
Vodpod videos no longer available.
One of my favorite moments comes at 2:48: “I hear ya, I hear ya.”
2011
Friday, 5/27/11
scenes from New Orleans
(an occasional series)
Small room, deep pocket.
George Porter (bass), Ivan Neville (vocals, keyboards), June Yamagishi (guitar), Johnny Vidacovich (drums), with guest Corey Glover (vocals)
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” live, New Orleans (Maple Leaf Bar), 5/4/11
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musical thoughts
Johnny Vidacovich, New Orleans drummer & teacher (Brian Blade, Stanton Moore, et al.), playing and talking (street rhythms, clave, New Orleans drummers, drum tree, etc.)
#1 (clinic)
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#2 (with Stanton Moore)
More Johnny V? Here.
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radio
Today and tomorrow, from 3 p.m. to midnight (EST), WFMU-FM will be broadcasting live sets from Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival—Pere Ubu, Swans, Animal Collective, et al.
2009
Wednesday, 9/30/09
With summer giving way to fall, how ’bout a little trip down to Hattiesburg, Mississippi? There, at T-Bone’s Records & Coffee, you’ll find, over in a corner, Johnny Vidacovich, longtime New Orleans drummer—he’s played at every one of the 40 annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals—playing, singing, chatting, goofing.
Johnny Vidacovich, live, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2009
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Most drummers I couldn’t listen to for five minutes. This guy I could listen to all day. Why? Because his playing is relaxed and unshowy. He makes use of space. Instead of trying to bowl you over, he invites you in.
Want more Johnny V? Here.
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This [New Orleans] is a drum city. . . . [A]round here, all the drummers play from the neck down.—Johnny Vidacovich
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