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Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Gordon Rytmeister.
Drummer from Sydney, Australia.
When you look at the upper echelon of any field, there’s usually a handful of people that come to mind, right? Within the Australian drumming community, Gordo is one of those people.
You only need to google his name to see the enormous body of work he’s amassed over his 3 + decades on the instrument. And that work continues, as he’s still one of the most in demand drummers around. Attitude, facility and reliability keep Gordo as that first call guy, be it sessions or live gigs for jazz, big band, pop, rock, fusion and even metal.
Some of the people Gordon has worked with are: Don Burrows, Steve Hunter, James Morrison, Australian Idol House Band, Steve Vizzard Show, Bob Mintzer, Emma Pask, Mark Costa, Leo Sayer, Bob James, Tom Jones, Bob Florence, The Commodores, Bob Geldof, Barry Harris, Nat Adderley, Maria Schnieder, Lee Konitz, Glenn Shorrock (from Little River Band), Alex Koritni, Tina Arena, The Sydney All Star Big Band, Roger Frampton, Bobby Shew, Anthony Warlow, Russell Watson, Rob McConnell, Don Rader, Dale Barlow, Eartha Kitt, Jimmy Barnes and many, many more.
This episode is Part 2 of 2.
Get Part 1 here.
Episode recorded 26/09/2019.
Episode Music.
Intro: : "Reminiscing" by The Sydney All Star Big Band: Drums - Gordon Rytmeister
Outro: "Dirty Letter" by Alex Koritni: Drums - Gordon Rytmeister
Photo by Bill Risby (@oasisbill)
https://www.drumscene.com.au/back-issues/item/610-drumscene-issue-86
http://www.gordonrytmeister.com/
https://au.yamaha.com/en/artists/g/gordon_rytmeister.html
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gordon+rytmeister+
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5 years ago
Thanks for the great interview with the legendary Gordon Rytmeister (or Vinnie Hitmeister as he was known in the early 90’s, cos he played like Vinnie C & smacked the kit hard) I’m a kiwi in NZ but studied drums with Milan Troha in the early 90’s - was always mind blowing to see GR playing at Harbourside Brassiere or Soup plus in those days - he used traditional grip then & I always have great memories of how good he was. One of my favourite drummers. Cheers