Cindy Blackman Santana - Tour Kit Rundown
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- Modern Drummer recently had an opportunity to spend a few hours with Cindy Blackman-Santana while performing at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in South Florida. Host David Frangioni went behind the drums to get the rundown of Cindy's Gretsch custom kit. Stay tuned for an upcoming episode of the Modern Drummer Podcast featuring Cindy.
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Host: David Frangioni
Produced by: Jason Mehler, Felipe Laverde
Photo: Alex Kluft
Cindy is so confident not only in how she plays but in her knowledge of her kit and the different components.
Oh man, I love everything about Cindy, her playing, her versatility (she plays rock and jazz equally at the highest level!), her drums, her cymbals, her sound!
Thank you MD for this kit rundown!
Cindy is a legend.
Thank you MD.
I can't thumbs up this enough! Thank you both MD and Cindy Blackman-Santana. What a treat for us!
Solid shell Gretsch, yeow!!
IKR! I wish they would have spent more time talking about that.
@@fleatactical7390 This. Can't believe he didn't ask about that. I mean, it's only Modern Drummer. He rambled on about the side snare...
@@drumtravelfun I find these videos are often lacking in detail, but it's understandable. Probably less than optimal amounts of time to get into the heavy gear talk. But yeah, about that side snare... LOL
That snare is an absolute monster
Great interview with one of the best drummers out there! THIS is Modern Drummer at its finest. Blackman - Santana is still playing with power and explosiveness, she puts all of herself in her music. And it's been awhile since I've hear the term " sock cymbals"
We could have had this rig tour with Tony Williams had he lived today, but even with Cindy, we're still honoring Tony's memory here.
I saw Cindy with Lenny Kravitz back in the 90s. She absolutely crushed it....fantastic drummer.
Love Cindy 🥁👍
She’s so damn beautiful. And always has the greatest gear and of course is one of the greatest to ever do it.
I just love Cindy's drumming and her conviction behind the kit makes people move! That kit has to weigh a friggin ton! haha Sounds amazing. Another great Tour, David!
That deep snare is articulate. Beautiful looking and sounding kit. As expected from Gretsch.
The snare is not Gretsch, it's Latin Percussion.
@@twincrows3362Yeah , that was established
I've read Carlos book. Funny how life works out. He simultaneously falls in loves with her drumming and with her! Beautiful harmony in music and in life. They make such a great couple and seeing them together on stage is a treat. She was playing with him when Dennis Chambers had his horrible health scare and Carlos sadly lost his legendary long, long time conga player Raul Rekow to cancer, and she keeps the band sounding fresh. I know her as the badass longtime drummer with Lenny Kravitz, so she was already cool with me for sure. I just love the energy and excitement she brings to very show she plays! Carlos jokes that Dennis Chambers had told him to check her out when he had decided to move on from the Santana gig and when he saw her play with Lenny "I was unimpressed.. This is the great drummer he wanted me to see?" But he was watching her just play in the pocket and keep good time on the Lenny Kravitz gig. Great playing but nothing flashy.. He then got to see her again play jazz and said "Wow! Okay! So this is what Dennis was saying! I see it now! She is amazing! I need to meet her!" He offered her the gig in his band and shortly after her hand in marriage. "There was something about the way she looked walking into rehearsal one day.." How about that?
Cindy! You look so adorable at the end smiling at the camera after you just played beautiful Drumz!
She is such a fantastic player, and her ear knows cymbals! When she was with Zildjian, she helped design the K 22” Dark Medium Ride, it is still one of the most popular rides in the Zildjian catalog!
❤❤❤❤ drum kit sound good and even snare drum 🎉🎉
the kit's setup looks very Tony Williams influenced.
She has a yellow one that looks almost exactly like Tony's.
Yes those three floor toms in that arrangement… classic Tony. Love how his legacy lives through players like her today. Great stuff
except of the colour...
She would agree.
I like the way she hits those drums like they owe her money.
LOL she's struggling with it! Fighting the kit!
It’s a long time since I heard the description “sock cymbals”!
🤘😎🥁👍
That is a bad azz kick!
That LP Banda snare has 12 lugs. Gnarly!
Cindy Blackman is a LEGEND. One of the greatest female drummers of all time.
Thank you Cynthia for including both diameter and Depth. Most drummers, including MD just leave it out.
❤️Cindy Rocks!!!🥁🔥🔥🔥⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I want Craviotto Gretsch kits too!!!!
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The Gretsch website says Cindy's kits are maple, but I don't know if this one is as well...
Sounds like it is. Warm sound. Definitely not birch or oak. And since it's solid shell, there's no mix of plies to color or shape the sound.
Kiddo is the Best!
Bella/Linda.🙏✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️👑
f yeah!!!!! :)
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Appreciate you , we meet one day homie 🤘🏾
Cool. Cindy is definitely top tier.
Woh is that a craviotto/gretsch kit? If so that’s amazing
So when will Agop release that 18" Mantra to us normal folk? :)
Awesome!
The queen 💖🔥🔥🔥 ...and a 14x8.5 copper snare with 12 lug die cast hoops??? I need one of those 🥰
That snare. 😩
Cindy never stated the wood of the drums! Solid shell custom made by Gretsch but what kind of wood?
Woah! Craviotto/GreTsch hybrid perhaps?
I wonder what Gretsch snare, would be the closest to the main one she’s using here..
Wait,,,so can anyone just order a new Gretsch kit with the old stop sign badges?
Cindy is very influenced by the great Tony Williams. Her kit is nearly identical to William's famous yellow Gretsch kit that he played later in his career/life.
Didn't know she did Mantra line too. I wonder she don't have any OMs on this kit
No idea about either line, but maybe one line has more projection? Maybe too much for the venue? Or for the music? Or conversely, maybe the line doesn't have enough punch? I used to have a few models from this brand back in the day. I should see what they're up to now.
What wood is the kit made of ?
My guess is maple based on its warmness and depth.
Love and respect Cindy, just wish she would be her own finger print instead of so much Tony stuff. I say that respectfully because yeah we all are heavy influenced but there's a line there, we already have or had one Tony. Peace
24" diameter, not circumference... 😁
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24 diameter not circumference, Cindy. You should have studied harder at school instead of messing around on your drums 😂
Cindy always looks like she's struggling when she plays. Partly because she's beating the snot out of the poor kit. But that sound... and that rhythm... wow.
Post a vid and let’s see what you look like when you’re playing?
@@jonnykk1 Take it easy, sweetie. I wasn't insulting her.
A WOMEN THAT CAN REALLY PLAY AND MAKE SO MANY MEN LOOK BAD BEHIND THE DRUMSET WITH ALL THIS NONSENSE CHOP AND PLAY AND TUNE THEIR DRUMS ALL THE SAME WAY SHE MAKES THEM LOOK BAD BUT MY GOSH SHE'S BAD TO THE BONE IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO SEE HER LIVE WHAT A LIFE TREAT
No need to SHOUT!!!!
Saw Santana a while ago and earth wind fire opened. I will say EWF should have played last. Way tighter and higher energy. Santana came on and it kind went downhill. Also when in Florida Carlos, don't talk about leftist politics on stage. A lot of people didn't like that. Keep to yourself man. Why people go to shows to forget about all the bs. Judging by the amount of booooosss he got I think he learned that. Also the whole band must have had some kind of technical issue because they were not tight. Like at all. EWF was absolutely solid ...... I don't even like that kind of music personally but damn they killed it. Solid shell gretsch huh?? I am sure craviotto or noble Cooley etc built those shells. Pretty cool though. Nice to be a top tier artist. Get all the cool stuff us mere mortals can get. Cindy is a great solid drummer. She wasn't the issue that night. Must have been a in ear or FOH thing. Like they weren't all hearing the same thing. Was good but saw them a few years before and they were way tighter and just had a better energy going on.
Can’t believe Carlos has a chick drummer hahaha
that lp snare hoops are not diecast...are marching hoops, mechanized in aluminium..., she is a freat player...