Agree 100%. Terry Clarke is a fine drummer, but so many of his RT's are very splashy (ie with lots of crash-cymbal and sizzle, especially in pre- and post-fills). Many are also very heavy/rocky, despite being labelled 'jazz'.

To mention one name: Bill Stewart. if Terry or your other easily-available drummers were to listen to some Bill Stewart and produce a set of RTs using his spare, but super-funky rhythmic patterns, it would be so useful.

Notably: Bill Stewart's trade-mark is maybe super-funky, ever-varying patterns on the Ride cymbal where all you can really hear is the stick-tip on the Ride, with minimal splash or sizzle, and occasional punctuation on the rest of the kit.

With so many new RT's, maybe now's the time for some new modern-jazz RD's ?

Thanks to All.