This is the kind of musical performance that many young drummers, including a much younger ME, might see and think, “He’s not playing anything interesting.”, while older drummers see reflections of Krupa, Morello, Elvin, Tony, and Philly Joe, among others, in every phrase. There’s so much delicate artistry going on here that it’s astounding.

Jeff Hamilton ... the gentle giant of drumming.

The way he hit that china so gently near the beginning (at 1:05) was awesome!

This guy makes more melodic and musical sense with his soloing than anyone I've heard .

I got a lesson from this man. He is the real deal.

This is not a man playing drums; this is a man playing music.

One of the best jazz drummers of all time its that simple

Dammmmm!!!!!!! 🤯 The one and only Jeff Hamilton, making the drums sing.

Brilliant! This takes me back 55 years, to Singapore, when, as a naive teen, I was taken to a nightclub where there was an Af-Am (we called them Negros or Black then - with no disrespect) jazz band whose name I've long forgotten. The highlight of the night was the drum solo that lasted about 10 minutes while the rest of the players walked off the stage (cf. Ginger Baker and The Toad at the Royal Albert Hall).

I'm a number 1 Caravan fan. I listened to another version of Caravan also by Jeff Hamilton a few years back and it was superb, but this one would have made Ellington and Tizol go green! Excellent!

Spectacular!!! Mr.Hamilton!! Thank you.

That! Was amazing!🥁👍😃

Hands Solo is my favorite jazz drummer.

What can young drummers learn from this? A lot!!!!!! GREATNESS!

Awesome, awesome, awesome! One of my favorites. 👍👍👍👍👍

A wonderful and amazing drummer.

Thank You, I´ve been there at one of yiur concerts in Lincoln Center in February this year.

I could listen to that all day.

Love watching him playing with brushes...

Never seen or heard of this guy... Fantastic to say the least!!!

One of the best ever

That was a lot of fun. Jazz master.

EXTRAORDINARIO!!!!!

Great musician right here

Hypnotic !

Smooth as silk, technique, technique, technique.

Great!!!

Great drummer!

Excellent

Amazingly musical drummer. Do I hear a bit of influence from Jo Jones and Joe Morello?

Amazing

Il est enorme

HAMMER TIME!

This man is a music architect.

it's a great drummer!!!!

No ego in his playing. he just let's it cook

Great!!

Why do I get the feeling even the way I tie my shoes pales in comparison to the way JH does it?

Jeff jest świetny!!!

qué maravillaaaaaaaaAAAAA

Coś wspaniałego. 👍

4:12… yeah I’d cheer to holy that was smooth

drum solos can be hard to listen too Started out great just cant listen that long

A master

What is he quoting from 1:44 to 1:48? I know I've heard a thousand times but I can't place the name.

What sizes are the drums.. looks very portable and highly tuned.

Gilaa!

This is where there is no difference between man and instrument...it is one giant whole. No sticks, no GIANT SIZED DRUM SET UP. It is just being ONE with the UNIVERSE !

very good, just using the Brazilian rhythm, "samba" which for Brazilians is something common.

Apart from Jeff and Louie Bellson, there weren’t that many name drummers using Remo drums.

Amazing, just imagine if they had mic'd up the kick. Almost inaudible

“Accomplished “

Handmade samba !

Nice little kit to carry around. Wouldn’t need a roadie.. 🙂

Caravan

Samba!

it seems to me that he is well influenced by Brazilian drummers (sensational)) Especially the drummer (Kiko Freitas)

Sandy Nelson on Jazz steroids. Brilliant playing

Normally I hate drum solos. They usually have nothing to do with the song they are interrupting. But this is the exception. As are solos by morello, Antonio Sanchez, dafnis prieto and steve gadd

Impressionnant et de plus en costard 😂

yes !!

Elvin Jones said you have to take 20 different sounds from your cymbal to consider yourself a good drummer. Well I think it's True.

So what you're saying is, the fewer the toms, the better the drummer.

Pero nunca sonó Caravan!

Size doesn’t matter...with drums. 😊

What sizes are the drums.

Very worked out drumming fearing no pain.

speechless... i will go to ebay and sell my drum kits🤣

you should be banned for life from ever going to another live performance if you start drunkenly clapping off tempo in the audience

As usual, when the goin’ gets tough, the quarter notes on the hi hat pedal fall apart. And it’s still just another too long drum solo.

Ohh dear, how bad is this

Great playing, but the hands bit...NO...that’s for bongo,players. Stick to the sticks ...

Boring

He's not that great. Definitely too few toms and cymbals in this set.

Genius

6:40. Bell with a wedding ring. Lol didn't see that coming.

if heard him described as one of the greatest living drummers... and thats why

Jeff never ceases to amaze me with such musical drumming and hand technique , he gets better every time I see him play ! he is truly an inspiration and is improving with time always , still the man !

A true master. Swing, technique and elegance. Thanks for sharing.

Damn, I waited so many years before watching this video!!

The great Jeff Hamilton!

Very interesting style of playing! Jazz sounds so different as other drumming styles especially jeff's style.

Respect !!! And 5:40 is outstanding !

fantastic!

Jeff Hamilton is American Master!!! Recording Artist!!! small kid sounds big orchestra.

Le doy mil veces like a este baterista!!!! /// I give a thousand likes to this drummer!!!!

Crazy good? Make sure you find the melody and then you'll be blown away.

It shows what a good drummer can do with a small basic kit, like the old style great drummers from yesteryear. They don’t require the big massive drum sets. Much easier to carry around and set up, too.

Genius!

WOW!

very good.!!

Wooooow

TOP

what a scream!

great

Proof that you don't need fancy, exotic wood for great sounding drums. Remo doesn't use real wood for their shells it's some kind of composite or mdf (medium density fiberboard) I believe.

How good is John Goodman on drums?! I had no idea...

Word to Sir Paul: next time someone like this guy suggests brushes for a song . . . mmmmmaybe try getting over yourself long enough to consider that HE JUST MIGHT KNOW! . . . Dude’s obviously a master, going all Papa Jo up in here, his audience is clapping along-it can only be RESPECTED!

incredible! i have same exact Remo drum set (but can't play it anywhere near remotely as good!!!). this is motivation to practice more though!

Great to see top drummers not hiding behind massive kits and a million cymbals. I wonder how those drummers would go with a small, basic 4 piece kit like this.