Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
In rock music, it has to be Ginger Baker for me, though nobody's mentioned Carl Palmer,

But if we go into jazz, there's Buddy Rich..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhfdbon4728
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k

or Gene Krupa...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Umj2HOWcoE

and the two "battle"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-GoQWjH56k
Always good to have the praise of your peers and many of the drummers mentioned here acknowledge Rich's technical ability as the best ever though there are just as many judged to be more innovative than him.