A nice little documentary today (with some big names weighing in) on the legacy of Joe Morello: Furthermore, her...

And....we're back. Thanks to Chad Anderson who hipped me to this wonderful audio recording of the great Alvin Fi...

I'm taking a break for the next while so in the meantime here's a nice documentary on coolest and hippest man alive......

Twenty five years ago today (January 1993), I met Max Roach at the IAJE Conference in San Antonio, Texas. I was only...

Thanks to the kind people over at the Zildjian Cymbal Company, here's a brilliant piece of cymbal history to check ou...

Just a little something to leave you with before the weekend starts...

Happy New Year's! And what better way to ring in 2018 than with some inspiring solo drumming from Joey Baron: While Baron is certain...

Further to my last blog post, my good friend Tim Mah has once again offered yet another year-end list, this time fea...

My good friend Tim Mah has once again painstakingly and very generously put together his yearly list featuring his favo...

I've been enjoying these ones lately and would love to hear more of this trio incarnation (according to Discogs there are four volumes f...

When I was visiting New York City during the late 90s and early 2000s on a fairly frequent ba...

...we listen. These clips are all from a forthcoming documentary entitled Artists of Jazz. Check out this...

And...we're back. Well, it's been a minute since our last column but here's an assortment of interesting items f...

Thanks to Chad Anderson for sharing this series of interviews with many Jazz greats, brought to us by the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton C...

Erskine hi-hat lick A post shared by Four on the Floor (@fouronthefloorblog) on Nov 29, 2017 at 6:54pm PST A simple but hip...

Earl MacDonald is a wonderful Canadian Jazz pianist, composer and arranger, originally from Win...

Unfortunately I just heard that the great Ben Riley passed away this weekend at the age of 84. Not only was...

From the same series of interviews as the Philly Joe Jones one from earlier this week, now here's Max Roach! Thanks again to Rochest...

Alright. Just stop whatever you're doing and watch this. Right now. Thank you to Rochester's Mike Melito for finding this one!

Left Hand 3-2 Rumba Clave Exercise A post shared by Four on the Floor (@fouronthefloorblog) on Nov 10, 2017 at 2:08pm PST Th...