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One of the tastiest drummers I have encountered in a while.. The beat starting at aprox. 6:50 is gold. Clean chops, great sound too.

No offense, but I can't stand the sound there. I do like this a lot, however:

Do you have the Nat Townsley Trio record "The Big Idea"? It's full of playing like that... he is definitely a tasty player. Out of all the 'gospel chop' guys I find him one of the most musical and easy to listen to. I also loved that groove at 6:50 in the first video.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!

I don't find Nat to be a "gospel chops" guy at all.

He's got taste and groove. All those dudes don't and all sound the same.

Well, technically Nat Townsley mostly plays gospel music so I guess that makes him a'gospel player. But unlike everything other gospel player he's got a technique that makes his playing 'un' wanky.

I saw Nathaniel Townsley with Zawinul's band years ago. Loved it.

He´s playing with Alejandro Sanz (nailing the parts that Vinnie layed down for the albums)... Killer band.

Paul Marangoni wrote:I saw Nathaniel Townsley with Zawinul's band years ago. Loved it.

Love it... Love his interaction with Linley Marthe ... Amazing bass player..

Sorry to have been out of the loop for this thread. Nathaniel Townsley is a wonderful player. I've only seen him twice, both times with the Zawinul Syndicate. Power, groove, taste, chops; everything you want. He's a minister in New York (as Zawinul said, "the son and grandson of a minister"), and definitely plays gospel music among other things, but it's not the "gospel chops" thing. Thanks for posting.