A big thank you and shout out to Steve Fidyk who recently shared (via Danny Gottlieb) this rare radio broadcast that documents a studio jam session between Joe Morello on drums and Sri Palani Subramania Pillai on mridangam (also with a brief appearance by Dave Brubeck on piano). This meeting took place during the Dave Brubeck Quartet's tour of India in 1958.
I was fortunate to take a lesson with Mr. Morello in Kingston, Ontario during the Fall of 2007. It was one of those life-changing drum lessons that started in the early afternoon and extended late into the evening. During our conversations together, Morello told me that this jam session, in particular, was one of the highlights of his career.
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Hello Jon McCaslin, Excited to see your posts on Joe Morello and Pazhani Subramnia pillai. Who is the person describing the event. One John Wiggin! Do you have more information pl?
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