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Best Drum Solos

I'm finding that I've been REALLY enjoying drum solos on my system lately. They seem to work the whole speaker, from the kick drum in the woofers, to the tom-tom in the midrange, and the cymbals and high hats in the tweeters. And when it all comes together, they are the instrument I have the easiest time seeing in front of myself.

I searched the forums titles to see if there were any good drum solo discussions going on, but I didn't see any. So here we go. In no particular order, here are some drum solos I've found to be very high quality:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Drum Thunder Suite
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Caravan
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Far More Drums
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Max Roach - Max's Variations

What are your favorite drum solos to listen to on your system? 
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Not a drum solo per se' but...

"Starbird"  Manfred Mann.. the drums are the beginning of the song that provide the rhythmic drive and backbone throughout the entire song.

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+ 1) falconquest: Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue" ..."Nardis", Mark Walker
Any time Carl Palmer can be "let loose".
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There's a nice one on the Whiplash soundtrack.
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Any comparison to Led Zeppelin is valid, as Heart wanted to be the female version of LZ.
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How oft, doth we forget...

Not really a drum solo, but the main driving force behind "Barracuda"!!!
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