A great interview today with drummer/vibraphonist Jorge Rossy from Music Is: (unfortunately the video is disabled for embedding (!) but it...

Please join us for the next episode of Four on the Floor *Live* happening next Thursday, June 1st at 7pm MST (9pm EST), appearing on Instagr...

German-born New York jazz drummer Jochen Rueckert was kind enough to answer a few questions about his recent release With Best Intentions  f...

  Thanks to Jeff Sulima who hipped me to this fantastic and extensive compilation of footage featuring Tony Williams circa. 1964-1994: Here...

  Please join us for the next episode of Four on the Floor *Live* happening next Wednesday, May 17th at 7pm MST (9pm EST), appearing on Inst...

Today I'd like to share an excerpt from a new production I've been working on called TapBassDrums with tap dancer Lisa La Touche, ba...

Season Three of Four on the Floor *Live* is back for Spring 2023. Please tune in via my Instagram Live feed for what will hopefully be anoth...

Thanks to Chicago's Ted Sirota who shared this fantastic recording of Dannie Richmond's solo piece Melody from the Drums  from the C...

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...