FOUR ON THE FLOOR: The Complete OH DRUM CANADA!

Monday, August 10, 2020

The Complete OH DRUM CANADA!

Here's all six episodes of OH DRUM CANADA! all in one place, for your viewing convenience.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. My original intention was to release one video on Canada Day but this quickly turned into a much bigger, multi-part series that is well over 60 minutes long and features over 70 Canadian jazz drummers from all over the country (and then some...)

If you've been following these episodes over the past month hopefully you've enjoyed the diverse jazz drumming and creative percussive talent that exists across Canada.

FEATURING:

Ian Froman

Michel Lambert

Mark Kelso

Joel Haynes
Jackson Haynes

Efa Etoroma Jr.

Valérie Lacombe

Jamie Cooper

Nick Fraser

Terry Clarke

Alan Dowling

Barry Elmes

Dan McCarthy
Dave Laing

Ted Warren

Karl Jannuska

Anthony Fung

Celene Yohemas

Rob Siwik

Louis-Vincent Hamel

Kelby MacNayr

Ernesto Cervini

Norman Marshall Villeneuve
Tom Roach

Dan Skakun

Lorie Wolf

Aubrey Dayle

Andrew McCarthy

Morgan Childs

Robin Tufts

Thom Gossage

Barry Romberg
Travis Knights

Anthony Michelli

Buff Allen

Jaime Carrasco

Jesse Cahill

Nathan Ouellette

Raydel Martinez

Joel Cuesta
Mike Cassells

Max Senitt

Tony Ferraro

Archie Alleyne

Bob McLaren
Owen Howard
Chris Wallace
Hans Verhoeven
Rich Irwin
Justin Hauck
Fabio Ragnelli
Raul Tabera
Luis Tovar
Mario Allende
John Sumner
Jerry Fuller
Mark McLean
Jim Doxas
Mili Hong
Adam Arruda
Andrew Miller
Andre White
Charles Goguen
Luke Newman
Mark Micklethwaite
Afolabi Fapojuwo
Alain Bourgeois
Tim Shia
Curtis Nowosad
Jonathan McCaslin
Kris Mullaly
Henry Naulaq
Claude Ranger

With special thanks to Louise Villeneuve, Juanita Sumner, Mark Eisenman, Kirk MacDonald, Reg Schwager, Blaine Heffernan, Patrick Boyle, Tim Mah and Mark Miller

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Paul WellsAugust 10, 2020 at 11:31 PM
I loved these videos. A great chance to catch up with old friends and to discover musicians I knew only by reputation, or not at all. Thanks for all your work on this series. These videos should be required viewing for every percussion student in Canada.
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A Bit About Me...

Jonathan McCaslin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jonathan began playing the drums at the age of nine. He progressed through the Regina Lions Junior Band and the music program at his high school, Campbell Collegiate, soon developing a passion for playing the drums and jazz. Ultimately, Jon's interest in music led him to enroll in the Jazz Studies program at McGill University, graduating with distinction in 1999.

While at McGill Jon had the opportunity to study with some of the finest jazz educators in the country including Gordon Foote, Kevin Dean, Jan Jarcyzk, Chris McCann, Andre White, Michel Lambert and Dave Laing. He also attended the prestigious summer jazz workshop presented by the Banff Centre for the Arts in 1997, where he performed with Canadian jazz greats Hugh Fraser, Don Thompson and Kenny Wheeler.

Jon has also been fortunate to have performed with many of Canada's jazz elite including Charlie Biddle, Brian Hurley, Louise Rose, Alaister Kay, Mart Kinny, Gary Guthman, Mike Rud, Hadley Caliman, Greg Clayton, Chase Sanborn, Andre White, Tilden Webb, John LaBelle, Kevin Dean, Dave Turner, Ralph Bowen, Don Thompson, Dionne Taylor, Jim Vivian, Kelly Jefferson, Ian McDougall, Brad Turner, Jim Brenan, The McGill Jazz Orchestra, Jeff Johnston, Lorraine Desmerais, Steve Amirault, Hugh Fraser, Chucho Valdes, Kieran Overs, The Altsys Jazz Orchestra, Pat LaBarbera, The Regina Symphony Orchestra and The Montreal Jazz Big Band.

In the spring of 2002 McCaslin completed his Master's in Jazz Studies at McGill University where he studied jazz drumming, improvisation and composition.

In January 2003 Jon released his debut CD, “McCallum’s Island”. Featuring his quintet, the CD contains an exciting collection of McCaslin’s original compositions, featuring himself and his band. The release of this CD was followed by a twenty-day tour of Western Canada, performing to enthusiastic, capacity audiences. During March of 2003 Jonathan was the recipient of a fellowship from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and attended the “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead” residency in Washington, D.C. Along with twenty other distinguished young jazz artists, McCaslin was featured with such jazz icons as Terence Blanchard, Carmen Lundy, Winard Harper, Curtis Fuller and John Clayton.

McCaslin’s quintet performed at the 2003 edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival and was nominated for the General Motors Grand Prix du Festival (awarded to the most outstanding Canadian group). From 2004 until 2006, Jon toured North America, Asia and Europe with the high-energy, critically acclaimed music production troupe “Barrage”. Featuring a cast of seven world-class fiddlers and a four-piece band, this dynamic show featured high-energy music and fiddle traditions from around the world set to upbeat choreography and movement.

In 2015, Dr. McCaslin received his Doctorate through the University of Toronto and completed his dissertation on the conceptualization of contemporary melodic jazz drumming. He is currently based in Calgary, Alberta where he maintains a busy performing and teaching schedule across Canada.

Monday, August 10, 2020

The Complete OH DRUM CANADA!

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