Joe LaBarbera!

Thanks to the Memphis Drum Shop for sharing these wonderful lessons with Joe LaBarbera:

 

And here's another older one featuring Joe from Aquarian Drum Heads and the Pro Drum Shop in Hollywood:

 

These three are new to me including two informative masterclasses and an interview with LaBarbera on Dave Douglas' podcast A Noise from the Deep from Greenleaf music: 

 

And finally a brief audio clip of Joe soloing at the Jazz Workshop in Boston, MA circa. 1977:

I've known Joe since 1997 when I met him at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Joe is an incredible drummer, an exceptional teacher and a wonderful human being.

LaBarbera will touring Canada this Spring with the Atlantic Jazz Collective and I look forward to catching up with him and listening to his exceptional musicality from behind the drums when he's in Calgary.

As always, when the Masters speak, we listen!