Charlie Parker - my all time favorite jazz artist - would have been 89 years old today. Happy Birthday Bird ! Here's an excellent articl...

This morning someone forwarded me this clip of the great Louis Hayes as featured with the Cannonball Adderly Quintet on the tune "Bohem...

Stumbled across this nice surprise: My heroes Max Roach, Milt Jackson and Toots Thielemans sitting in with Benny Golson, Art Farmer and the ...

From the Archives:

Some nice drumming from Jack DeJohnette with his "Special Edition" band circa. 1983

Ignacio Berroa is a fantastic Cuban jazz drummer who has toured the world with such jazz artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Haden, Tito Pue...

Here are a couple of patterns I've been messing around with lately on the drums. They sound sort of Tony Williams/Jack DeJohnette/Cindy ...

Steve Lacy was a great soprano saxophonist who covered a wide range of creative territory as a jazz artist. He was also apparently a huge in...

From the classic Stan Getz quartet featuring Roy Haynes, Gary Burton and Steve Swallow.

With the recent passing of the legendary free jazz drummer Rashied Ali this week, I was browsing youtube for clips of this master drummer. A...

Here's a great clip featuring Mel Lewis to get the weekend off to a good start... Very nice and understated solo upfront with sticks bef...

Yesterday evening I was very fortunate to spend a few hours with the world-renowned jazz drumming educator John Riley. John is in Calgary f...

Here's a recent clip of me playing with the Johnny Summers/Mark Wilson "Tribute to the Wynton Marsalis Septet" Project. It was...

“Remember: Information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not ...

Winard is a GREAT drummer who unfortunately doesn't get as much attention as he should these days. I first met Winard in 2003 when I was...

I had a couple of experiences lately that got me thinking about all the great drum teachers I've had over the years. I had lunch the oth...

Okay - I'm back from my wedding in Banff (which was amazing btw!!!) so I haven't had a chance to update my blog recently. I am makin...