And...we're back. Thanks for tuning in and it's been a minute since my last MMP column. Things are on the go however there are lots ...

I had the opportunity to hear Alvin Queen play the drums with Oscar Peterson at Birdland in New York City circa. 2004 and his dynamic, hard ...

Congratulations to Louis Hayes on recently being named a NEA Jazz Master!   Here's a full-length interview from the National Endowment f...

Thank you to Chad Anderson who shared this rare hour-long video footage of the great Freddie Waits, demonstrating jazz drumming techniques...

The National Film Board of Canada presents  Heartbeat of a Nation , a short documentary by filmmaker Eric Janvier that celebrates Dene cultu...

Thanks to the people over at the Avedis Zildjian Company for this wonderful tribute to Art Blakey with commentary and insight from Marcus Gi...

The act of using Melody to inform ones creative statements and musical choices on the drums is one quite dear to me. I think about this ever...

Drummer, composer, author and educator Steve Fidyk recently released his new big band recording entitled Red Lines featuring a stellar line-...

And...we're back. Thanks for tuning into the January 2023 edition of the Monday Morning Paradiddle (first one of the year!), your monthl...

Thanks to Pittsburgh's Thomas Wendt for sharing this wonderful and well researched three-part web series on the musical legacy of Kenny ...

Last April 2022 Brian Blade performed at Koerner Hall in Toronto with Joshua Redman's Mood Swings  band featuring Gerald Clayton on pian...

And....we're back. And there's not a better way to start off with my first blog post of the year 2023 than to wish a very happy 99th...

Frequent Four on the Floor correspondent Tim Mah returns once again, offering his extensive yearly list of recommended music released by Can...