Rolling Stone readers pick Best Drummers of All Time

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Some more clips to add to the pile ...

A 2003 jazz festival set of the Chick Corea Elektric Band, with all players in top form, especially Dave Weckl. This is insane drumming, but it's just another day at the office for Weckl. The improvising Weckl does with Corea beginning at the 1:30 mark is a clinic.



More from Antonio Sanchez -- jawdropping tour de force guitar-drum duo with Pat Metheny. Two guys sounding like an entire ensemble. Great stuff.



And going along the theme of Pat Metheny drummers, here's his former drummer Paul Wertico in the studio recording tracks for a new fusion group Marbin. This track reminds me a lot of Phil Collins' work with Genesis and Peter Gabriel.



Wertico's not the most spectacular drummer out there, but he plays in consistently interesting music projects, whether his own groups or collaborations. What he lacks in pyrotechnics (and he's not really that lacking), he makes up for in sheer intuition -- how he plays just feels right for the music. I saw him play a few times with the Pat Metheny Group at the height of their Brazilian phase, and another time with Larry Coryell. Totally different styles, but totally appropriate to the music.