Preston is nervous to play with Antonio Sanchez, legendary jazz drummer and composer. Don't call it a "drum off" or you'll make Preston more nervous. It's just a "Drum Jam."
00:00It's hard to take an instrument that's been around for so long and give it a new sound and that's what I think our next guest has done and he comes loaded with accolades and is well vetted just a bit in the world of jazz music and I know that us being a rock station may not be familiar with him which is why we want to have him on this morning turning on to something ladies and gentlemen Mr. Antonio Sanchez is here this morning how are you man I'm good nice for having me nice to meet you my pleasure it's it's wild I I'm
00:29nervous talking to you because we have two drum kits set up in here and by the way it's their idea that you and I play together and we've we've done it a few times we've had some some pretty big names in the world of drums here I've played against or with Mike Portnoy Mike Portnoy Questlove have done it and but it's not more intimidated in sitting down playing with you than either of those guys don't worry I'll be I'll go really
00:58please don't worry about it I don't want to have a battle it's not a drum off it's a jam Preston's ambling on over and Antonio's getting in place and we have two drum kits here side by side
01:09hey I am so nervous I'm I'm actually I'm shaking a little bit Antonio do you know how to play wipe out can you play wipe out
01:19why don't we you want to like trade eight I'll start a beat and we can trade eight a little soloing or something like that
01:27yeah sounds good all right who's gonna start first we know well we'll start together all right oh well I you know what here's the deal I'll play a rhythm and uh Antonio will sync up with me because I don't he may start playing something I can't play yeah so let me start probably inevitable okay yeah so and uh and then at some point um I'll do like a a little uh eight beat riff and then he'll do it and we'll figure it out right yeah all right you'll figure it out
01:53I don't know what to do
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04:57yeah
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05:14all right so awesome
05:16uh i i i'm sorry i have to say
05:18great
05:19so chuk was standing back here he goes uh he points at press he goes he's a rock drummer and then he points
05:26at you antonio goes he's a jazz drummer
05:27there was a difference uh i you know and so i can't tell i'm not a drummer i can't tell the between
05:33the well to begin with the sound of the drums is very different you're sort of tuned like like a
05:37like a rock kid yeah but man your your time is really good seriously yeah well thank you
05:42Thank you, man.
05:43You see?
05:44I appreciate it.
05:45Beat yourself up for nothing.
05:46Listen to the man.
05:47He knows what he's talking about.
05:48I don't even know what just
05:49happened and what I just watched,
05:50but the beats and your hands
05:51going at different times and
05:52your feet going at different
05:53times, it was amazing.
05:55I think seeing like a really
05:57good musician doing what they
05:58do live is like going to see
06:00an amazing, you know, sports
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06:02Yeah, yeah.
06:03You know, it's the only place
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06:08So I think it's really
06:09interesting.
06:10Of course, we only have a
06:11couple of more minutes if you
06:12wanted to.
06:13Yeah, I want to get, if you
06:14don't mind, if you wouldn't
06:15mind doing a little improv for
06:16us real quick, just solo.
06:17Yeah, sure.
06:18So check this out.
06:19Antonio Sanchez.
06:20Here we go.
06:40the music.
08:40Oh, my God.
08:41Holy hell.
08:43That's freaking amazing.
08:44Oh, my God.
08:45I'm telling you.
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08:47This guy brings out voices of the drums you've never heard before.
08:51That squeaking at the end there.
08:53I thought something had fallen because he was kind of reaching down, but you went underneath
08:57the drum?
08:57He was playing with the snares.
08:59Yeah.
08:59And also hitting not only the hi-hat with the edges of the sticks, but the snare drum with
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