And...we're back and welcome to a special October 2022  Halloween edition of the Monday Morning Paradiddle.  And what better way to c...

A quadruple dose of great Tony Williams footage today! First off, Thomas Wendt and the Drum Candy Podcast (brought to us by Drum Factory Dir...

Some great drumming today from Kyle Poole and Joe Farnsworth, featured in tandem on Cedar Walton's Firm Roots , from arguably one of the...

(photo by Michael Dvorak) Well yesterday was Edward Blackwell's birthday and today is Art Blakey and Billy Higgins' birthdays! So I ...

And...we're back. Sorry for the radio silence as I've been on the road lately, working in Toronto with Canada's premier jazz dan...

  I'm starting up a monthly in-person drum workshop series on the topic of all things related to jazz drumming. These group sessions wil...

I'm about to take a short break from blogging these days and heading out on the road shortly with Calgary's Decidedly Jazz Dancework...

I was on the road for most of the month of August driving across northern Saskatchewan but made a point of spending daily time on my drum pa...

Some burning footage of the great jazz drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes, in action here with Freddie Hubbard, Don Braden and Ben...

One of the beauties of social media is the rare pieces of jazz history that occasionally pop up. Here's a scan of a 1966 Downbeat articl...

And...we're back! I hope you all had a nice summer wherever you are. Regular blogging has now resumed here at Four on the Floor now that...

And...we're back.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope your summer is going well. Things have been on the go and moving along in a few dir...

Please join us for the next episode of Four on the Floor *Live* happening next Wednesday, July 27th at 12pm mountain (2pm eastern/11am pacif...

An interesting ongoing series from Jason Marsalis in which he offers an exploration of the snare drum and of its possibilities.

Tune in next week for not one but TWO episodes of Four on the Floor *Live* happening on Instagram Live IGTV @fouronthefloorblog featuring ...

Pittsburgh's Thomas Wendt and the Drum Candy Podcast have been putting out some great content lately including interviews, artist featur...