Well, we're in full Summer mode over here at Four on the Floor these days. It was a busy jazz festival season up here in Canada at the ...

Well, last week's post featuring Christian Vander's solo and duo drumming album really resonated with a lot of people who read this ...

I was first introduced to Christian Vander's name and drumming via a Modern Drummer interview with Brian Blade many years ago. Vander is...

  Five years ago (Summer 2020 to be precise) I invited many Canadian jazz drummers from across the country (and several ex-pats abroad) to c...

Thanks to Michael Vosbein at Drummer Nation for this wonderful piece, paying tribute to the late Al Foster with great commentary and insight...

I always make a point of sharing Quincy Davis' excellent YouTube series QTips . His tutorials are excellent, clear and concise, well pro...

 And...we're back. Well, it's certainly been a minute since my last column way back in January (!) but things have been on the go th...

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...