Back in 2004 I was fortunate to study with Matt Wilson in New York City thanks to a grant from the Canada Council f...

Thanks to Hans Verhoven via the Facebook for bringing this footage of Tony Williams taking no prisoners in Stuttgart, Germ...

Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to either meet Canadian jazz drummer Claude Ranger nor hear h...

Thanks to the intrepid youtube.com user who posted these three clips of Buddy Rich circa. 1974 recorded at the ETCET...

Jim Blackley, perhaps best described as Canada's most influential Jazz drumming educator, passed away on July 16,...

Some rare footage today featuring Terry Gibbs on vibes and Charlie Smith on drums with the Benny Goodman Quintet circa. 1950: I don...

A few clips today of Peter Erskine's latest project featuring the great Bob Sheppard on tenor saxop...

It's been a few weeks since my last post (since I've been on the road playing Jazz festivals and teaching workshops...

I've been on the road lately and have been having fun with this little wrist twister, banging it out on drum pads in hotel rooms, quietl...

A few previews today of Mike Clark from his upcoming lessons via The Drum Channel. There's some very important i...

And....we're back. As always, here's a few things of interest making the rounds via the Four on the Floor office the...

I posted some brief clips of this band awhile ago but fortunately for us here's some well-filmed concert footage, recorded in Ottawa, ON...

A compilation today of interviews and close-up footage featuring one of Jazz drumming's modern-day Masters and innovat...

We are wrapping up a long weekend up here in Canada, so kick back, relax and enjoy these two clips of Joey Baron and Robyn Schulkowsky, enga...

This is the first post of what will hopefully be a series of guest blog posts brought to us by my friend and very fine Irish jazz drummer/ed...

Today's blog post features a nice side profile view of the great Joe LaBarbera in action, featuring baritone saxophone Ma...

Thanks to Calgary's Andre Wickenheiser who passed along this interview with the great Dennis Mackrel, from trombonist Michael Davis'...

Thanks to the kind people over at the Memphis Drum Shop and Zildjian Cymbals, here's Adam Nussbaum with a few short but v...

Spring is in full swing over here and thanks for checking back (it's actually snowing outside my studio window as I write...

Thanks to Chicago's Ted Sirota who shared this brilliant little drum solo from Paul Motian called "West 107th Street", origin...