Reid, Steve / A Drum Story
Album: A Drum Story   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Reid, Steve   Added:Dec 2003
Label:Altri Suoni  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-02-23 Pull Date: 2004-04-26 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 25 Mar 14
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 09, 2010: Memory Select
Rhythm Is Law
3. Mar 12, 2004: Memory Select
Rhythm Is Law [excerpt]
2. Apr 23, 2004: Memory Select
Rhythm Is Law

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-02-15
A 35-minute drum solo peppered with spontaneous proclamations ("In the drum space, there is no race. In the drum space, rhythm is law!") Reid is part of the thick catalogue of forgotten free-jazzers from the '60s and '70s, and this disk documents his chops and his ability to put color into the drums. Not the kind of thing you'd listen to every day, but worth hearing.

(NOTE: There's a smooth-jazz drummer named Steve Reid who's part of an awful group, The Rippingtons. This is *NOT* that guy.)

Track Listing
  1. Rhythm Is Law