Oh Drum Canada! *Revisited*

 

Five years ago (Summer 2020 to be precise) I invited many Canadian jazz drummers from across the country (and several ex-pats abroad) to contribute a short drum solo for a video project I compiled called Oh Drum Canada!. 

The response was overwhelming and I put together and released six episodes over the course of a month via YouTube. Looking back, this was a really fun project and I thought I would revisit these videos today, five years later.

Please enjoy the complete Oh Drum 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.

Al Foster!

Thanks to Michael Vosbein at Drummer Nation for this wonderful piece, paying tribute to the late Al Foster with great commentary and insight from Billy Drummond, Adam Nussbaum and Kenny Washington (and thanks to Tim Mah and Quincy Davis who both shared this one with me!)

As per usual...

When the Masters speak, we listen!

Quincy Davis: Q's Tips and Q/MUNITY

I always make a point of sharing Quincy Davis' excellent YouTube series QTips. His tutorials are excellent, clear and concise, well produced and they focus on relevant material. Quincy is a great teacher and I recommend these to all my students and anyone who is interested in jazz drums.

Check out this compilation of his recent lessons:

I would also highly recommend checking out and joining Quincy's on-line jazz drumming platform Q/MUNITY   www.skool.com/jazzdrumming

This is a great on-line community and great way to connect with Quincy directly.

Check it out!

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The Monday Morning Paradiddle - June 2025

 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 the past few months and here we are. 

Thanks again for checking in and here's what's in the queue this month.

The Monday Morning Paradiddle - June 2025 

1. Wonderful writing from Vinnie Sperrazza from his Substack Chronicles including pieces on:

Al Foster 

Tony Williams in Africa 

Roll Call Part 1 and Part 2 

2. Roy Haynes' long, unvarnished interview, 1996 from Howard Mandel's Substack Mandel's Media Diet

3. Bill King on the late Toronto jazz drummer Archie Alleyne 

4. The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra interviews Principal Percussionist Chris Sies in the Notes from the Stage Podcast 

5. Billy Martin on Finding Harmony in Rhythm and Life from Time Sensitive 

6. and here's Billy Martin in solo performance: 

 

 

7. Stanton Moore interviewed on the Drummers Pathway Podcast 

8. Insights from New Orleans Master drummers Shannon Powell and Herlin Riley:

 

9. Concepts in Melodic Rhythm from Johnny Vidacovich:

 

10. Mark Guiliana SOLO Live in Rotterdam:

 

11. More great jazz drumming lessons from Jason Tiemann: 

 

12. Duduka Da Fonseca with Kenny Barron: 

 

13. And from the Drum Factory Direct and the Drum Candy Podcast: 

10 Reasons to Love Ed Blackwell 

 

10 Reasons to Love Philly Joe Jones 

 

14. Roni Kaspi and Justin Faulkner play the new Kerope ride cymbals from the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company: 

 

15. Neon Jazz interviews drummer and educator Holly Channell, curator of The Common Drummer's Dojo:

 

16. Dr. Jazz Samo Salamon interviews Allison Miller: 

  

17. Fantastic footage of the great Tony Williams, recorded in Scotland circa. 1994: 

 

18. Don't forget to tune into Instagram Live @fouronthefloorblog on Sunday, June 8th at 730pm mountain (930pm eastern) for my interview with the great Mike Clark!

 

19. What am I listening to these days? 

Alan Dawson "Waltzin' with Flo" - Alan Dawson (drums)

Steve Nelson "A Common Language" - Eric Ineke (drums), Steve Nelson (vibraphone)

Sonny Rollins "Night at the Village Vanguard" - Elvin Jones (drums)

Fred Anderson/Steve McCall "Vintage Duets" - Steve McCall (drums)

Joe Henderson "Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn" - Gregory Hutchinson (drums)

Kenny Garrett "Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane" - Brian Blade (drums)

Marty Paich "I Get a Boot Out of You" - Mel Lewis (drums)

Yusef Lateef "Into Something" - Elvin Jones (drums)

Moe Koffman "Solar Explorations" - Claude Ranger (drums)

McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson "Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs" - Jack DeJohnette (drums)

Bud Powell "Inner Fires: The Genius of Bud Powell" - Roy Haynes (drums)

20. And today's Final Word goes to Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach:

"Jazz IS Drums!"