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Monday, February 3, 2020

Lewis Nash: In Focus
















Drummer Lewis Nash has always been a personal favourite of my mine. His deep sense of swing and his commitment to the music has long played an important role and influence on my own drumming.

Today we offer a diverse collection of videos and articles which feature this important musician.

- A recent feature with Lewis Nash from PBS Arizona where he talks extensively about his career and his approach to the drums:




- Here is a series of articles from Ted Panken featuring interviews originally published in Downbeat magazine plus two interviews from WKCR

- An older one from the early 2000s but pretty spectacular none-the-less, a Nash-led band featuring Regina Carter, Steve Wilson, Kenny Barron and Peter Washington:



- And finally, here's a brief glimpse of a "percussion discussion" between Lewis Nash and Matt Wilson from the Oregon Coast Jazz Party:





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