Further to my post last week that featured drummer/percussionist/visionary Trilok Gurtu along with some musicians from Mali, here is a full ...

I came across this interesting musical collaboration and I thought I would share it with you all. Here is the trio of Medeski, Martin and Wo...

This one has been making the rounds lately and I'm glad it is! Kenny Clarke has long been one of my favorite drummers. His swinging cymb...

Today's lesson deals with a specific Jazz drumming beat that essentially mimics the sound of a bongo drum pattern. It looks something li...

Myself and fifteen other very talented local musicians premiered the new Calgary Creative Music Ensemble at the Cantos Music Foundation in C...

Today I thought I would post an interesting documentary on drummer/percussionist Trilok Gurtu and his collaboration with the Frikyiwa family...

Here's a nice interview with Cindy Blackman merged with some dynamic performance footage of her and her band to check out: I love the bi...

Further to my post from last Friday on drummer Marvin Bugalu Smith, my good friend over at cymbalholic.com Chad Anderson was very generious ...

My good friend Chad Anderson first introduced me to drummer Marvin "Bugalu" Smith via his fine web forum cymbalholic.com a few yea...

I recently spent last week working with a great crew of young Jazz drummers up in Edmonton (all studying under the tutelage and watchful eye...

George Fludas is a great hard swinging drummer from Chicago and someone who deserves more attention, I think. Here he is playing great with ...

I was inspired and motivated by Jesse Cahill's post "Fun with Flam Taps" from last month (as well as Ted Warren's ever so...

- Thanks to Joel Gray and everyone involved with the Jazzworks Jazz festival in Edmonton, Alberta last week. Saxophonist Jim Brenan and I sp...

I'm very excited about this upcoming concert that's happening next Saturday, February 18th. Myself and some very talented and like-m...

Thanks to Morgan Childs who hipped me to this amazing footage of some Ghanaian drummers performing a style known as Brekete: Recently, I spe...

My father recently caught Albert "Tootie" Heath in action with his brother Jimmy while sailing the high seas on the "Jazz Cru...

I'm no Jesse Cahill or Chad Anderson when it comes to artistic drum photography, but it's amazing what one can do with an iPhone, a ...

It's Monday...and here we go with another great drum and vibraphone combination/conversation between Lewis Nash and Bobby Hutcherson: I...

Thanks to Mark Miller for posting this one.

Here's an interesting drums/percussion & vibraphone pairing that got my attention featuring Chicago drummer/percussionist Hamid Drak...