I'm thrilled to announce that Mike Clark will be joining me for a return interview on Four on the Floor *Live* over on my Instagram acc...

A fantastic video today of the great Billy Drummond in action, demonstrating (comprehensively I might add) the new Kerope ride cymbals from ...

SFJAZZ keeps knocking it out of the park with their ongoing Alone Together  series featuring these inspiring duets including: Christian McBr...

Jazz drumming great Joe LaBarbera performed in my hometown of Calgary, Alberta last night with the Atlantic Jazz Collective featuring Norma ...

I meant to blog about something last week but got behind the beat (so to speak...) with so much going on these days. Anyways, now we are bac...

A short Billy Higgins appreciation post today featuring our man Higgins with the George Coleman Octet. I took a moment to edit and splice to...

Thanks to the Memphis Drum Shop for sharing these wonderful lessons with Joe LaBarbera:   And here's another older one featu...

A fantastic and in-depth interview today with Canadian jazz drumming legend Terry Clarke from The Vocal Lab with Sara Ramsay: I was fortunat...

Spring Break has come to an end up here and last weekend I went down a bit of a Tony Williams rabbit hole, mostly thanks to listening to Jac...

I'm currently on the road this week, visiting Canada's beautiful West Coast, so just a brief post today. Here's a drum clinic fr...

I've been a fan of Francisco Mela for some time now and I really admire the fearless and adventurous spirit that he plays with. Recently...

Another recent release from Cellar records today, this time from Montreal-soon-to-be-New York jazz drummer Jacob Wutzke. I've known Jaco...

I've been searching for footage of this super obscure VHS instructional video featuring Steve Berrios for sometime now and, lucky for us...

Carl Allen was nice enough to take time out of his busy schedule and answer a few questions about his new album Tippin' , released on th...

Some more brief but awesome footage of Claude Ranger on drums, this time taking a brush solo with vibraphonist Peter Appleyard, Hank Jones o...

I was shopping for used records the other day and took home a few great LPs by the late Ralph Peterson Jr. that he recorded for Blue Note ba...

Canadian soprano saxophonist Jane Bunnett shared a brief video of Claude Ranger on her Facebook page last month (captured during the studio ...

And...we're back.  Thanks for taking some out of your day to read what I have to share. Here is the January 2025 edition of the Monday M...