Busy times these days. -I had the pleasure of accompanying Vancouver tenor saxophonist and pianist Ross Taggart over the weekend at Calgary...

What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than checking out Jeff Ballard? Well I guess we could be practicing....but watching these is o...

A fantastic interview today with drummer Dave King of the acclaimed trio, The Bad Plus (it's a long one, so get comfortable!): I heard K...

Some interesting music today featuring two drummers, Eric Harland & Ferenc Nemeth, with Avishai Cohen on trumpet and Joel Frahm on tenor...

Some nice duets today here brought to us by drummer Hamid Drake and vibraphonist Pasquale Mirra: I really dig the drum/vibraphone duet combi...

More up close.....REALLY up close footage of drummer Eric McPherson today:

It's been a long couple of days of rehearsing with the Decidedly Jazz Danceworks dance company but still time for a brief post today (if...

A few ones today of European drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, an exciting drummer with a very unique (and dare I say "Han Bennink"-like)...

Today here's some footage of drummer Otis Brown III talking about his choice in cymbals brought to us by the fine people over at the Zil...

Some footage today of one of my all-time favorite groups, the Gateway Trio featuring Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and John Abercrombie: I h...

Here's a few great examples of how to translate Brazilian rhythms to the drum set in a very musical way. Thanks to Mark Eisenman who bro...

If you are interested in getting your shuffle together, watch these as performed by the master: And I know this isn't a shuffle, but I t...

Some footage today of percussionist Ralph Irizarry from his excellent session at this past years PASIC 2010 convention in Indianapolis: Vic ...

It's been a fun and busy few weeks travelling across Western Canada working with great musicians and teaching great students. But it...

Just a few clips today of drummer Kim Thompson from a couple of recent performances at New York's 55 Bar and Small's, laying it down...

This one is for Peter Hum over at jazzblog.ca Nothing to say here. The music speaks for itself today...

I'm currently teaching in Saskatchewan, slowly making my way home to Alberta. So between that and with my laptop in the shop these days ...

From a recent masterclass in California...

Montreal Drummer Efa Etoroma Jr. kindly sent me a copy of his band's recent EPK and, as a promised, I gave it a listen to present you a ...

A burning clip here today to finish the week off featuring a very young Kenny Washington on drums tearing it up with tenor saxophonist Johnn...