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Tomas Haake
External Combustion
Metal, and its evolution, is all about the concept of more. More power. More darkness. More speed. More precision. More complexity. More, more, more.
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Tom Hambridge
Susan Tedeschi's Secret Weapon
Tom Hambridge's life has changed quite a bit over the
last two years, since artist Susan Tedeschi asked the drummer to produce and play on her first record.
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Chico Hamilton
Still Swinging At Eighty
Chico has released nearly fifty albums as a leader, including his newest
release, Foreststorn,
on the Koch Jazz label. The title of the album is Chico's own given
first name, as well as
that of his son, who died shortly before the
album was completed.
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Jeff Hamilton
Swinging To Success
Few jazz drummers have had careers as rewarding and successful as Jeff Hamilton’s. And with several new releases and projects in the works—and an MD Readers Poll win—2006 may be one of his finest years yet.
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Dana Hammond
our Drummer Branches Out
Dana Hammond is all about setting goals and working to accomplish them.
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Rexsell Hardy Jr.
Bringing The Church Vibe
Rexsell Hardy Jr. came up in Chicago’s Gospel scene and started out playing drums in his grandfather’s church when he was just five years old. By age six he was playing around Chicago with his father’s Gospel group, The Hardy Brothers.
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Eric Harland
Blue Note Ace
When twenty-five-year-old Eric Harland was a teenager, he weighed an astonishing 380
pounds, making him a target of cruel children, mean-spirited teachers, and sometimes, his own family.
"I would walk into a
clothing store and the employees would just laugh," recalls the Texas native. "Man," they would say, "we don't even carry
your size in here, bro." It was automatic, before I could even get in the door. On top of that, kids at school were always calling me
fat. It seemed that everyone was against me."
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Winard Harper
Coming Into The Light
The Savant label has recently released Winard Harper's Come Into The
Light. The CD was recorded live at Cecil's, a jazz nightclub owned by drummer/producer Cecil Brooks III in New Jersey.
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Aaron Harris
Art-Metal Mechanic
A couple of years ago, legendary art-rock pioneers King Crimson were asked to share the bill with modern day prog-metal masters Tool. More recently, Tool invited young “art metal” explorers ISIS to tour with them.
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Keith Harris
Pocket Comes First
ny musician's first
tour is a special memory - usually several months on the
road with
friends playing in front of a few interested fans. A lucky performer
might head overseas for a run of shows. And that
must have been what
drummer Keith Harris thought was going to happen when he got the call
from Black Eyed Peas musical
director Printz Board, asking if he wanted
to come along as BEP toured to support Elephunk.
If only he knew.
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Gavin Harrison
Procupine Tree's Grand Illusionist
Mind-twisting rhythms meet super-fat grooves? Gavin Harrison is a rare artist who knows how to do both.
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Gavin Harrison
Expanding Illusions
At thirty-nine, Gavin
Harrison's drumming career encompasses some
sixty-five recordings and
over thirty world tours with artists as varied as Iggy Pop, Lisa
Stansfield, Level 42, and Italian pop
superstar Claudio Baglioni. In
early 2002, Gavin joined prog-influenced experimental rockers Porcupine
Tree to record the
British group's seventh studio album, In Absentia.
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Gavin Harrison
Displacing Rhythms In Cyberspace
It’s not as if Gavin Harrison needs to lurk on the Internet. He’s popular. You like him! On the strength of his books, DVDs (including the recent Hudson release, Rhythmic Horizons) and performances with UK progressive band Porcupine Tree, you voted him number-1 prog drummer, a real coup. So what does Harrison find online that’s eluded him on land?
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Billy Hart
Jazz Great
Billy Hart is one of the unsung giants of jazz. He's recorded over six hundred albums, including seminal
dates with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz, Joe Zawinul, Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, John Scofield, Lee Konitz, Hank
Jones, Pat Martino, Charles Lloyd, Dave Liebman, and most recently, heavy hitters like Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, and Dave
Douglas. Obviously, Hart is doing something that jazz musicians across wide stylistic divides find irresistible.
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Billy Hart
Of Unsung Heros and Jazz Giants
Billy Hart is one of the unsung giants of jazz. He's recorded over six hundred albums, including
seminal dates with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz, Joe Zawinul, Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, John Scofield, Lee
Konitz, Hank Jones, Pat Martino, Charles Lloyd, Dave Liebman, and most recently, heavy hitters like Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano,
and Dave Douglas. Obviously, Hart is doing something that jazz musicians across wide stylistic divides find irresistible.
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Mickey Hart
Producing Kodo's Mondo Head
Kodo's
Mondo Head
was an intense labor of love for producer Mickey Hart, who recorded
over thirty hours of music from
morning 'til night for a project he
describes as "a marvelous hybrid filled with beautiful grooves and
wonderful
vocalizations.
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Graham Hawthorne
Blending The Third World With The New
In the past fifteen years or so, Graham has established
himself in a multitude of musical styles as well as a player of national importance, recording and touring with artists such as Aretha
Franklin, Harry Belafonte, and Joan Osborne.
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Jeff Haynes
Texture And Spirit
Through his work with jazz diva Cassandra Wilson, Jeff Haynes has evolved into more
than "just" a percussionist.
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Roy Haynes
A
Legend At 80
Roy Haynes is without
question one of
the most important jazz drummers in history. His
impressive, sixty-year career has included work with such greats as
Charlie
Parker, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, John
Coltrane, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheny, among many others.
Haynes
continues to be very active as a player, mostly recording and touring
with his own group.
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Richie Hayward
Chinese (Little) Feat
Little Feat's latest album, Chinese Work Songs, came out at the end of
June, and drummer Richie Hayward says he's pleased with the outcome.
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Richie Hayward
Recreational Rockin'
Enjoying a few days off after a six-month tour with Little Feat, Richie
Hayward was pleased - and a bit surprised'to talk about Endangered Species, a recent band project with Allman Brothers/Phil
Lesh guitarist Jimmy Herring, Dixie Dregs/Jazz Is Dead keyboardist T Lavitz, and Little Feat bassist Kenny Gradney.
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Richie Hayward
Dylan Detour, New Feat
Last February, Richie Hayward received a surprise phone call. It was from
Bob Dylan's camp, asking the drummer if he was interested in going out with Dylan on a five-week tour. "It was an offer I
couldn't refuse."
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Gordon Heckaman
Drumming For A Dream
"With every drum part I play, I try to complement the other musicians as
much as I can," says Depswa drummer Gordon Heckaman.
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Mike Heidorn
Kit Talk With Son
Volt's
Mike Heidorn's Ludwig drumkit dates back to the year he was born:
1967. In keeping with those times, the drums are psychedelic red with white pearl inlay.
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Fred Hell
Coming Back From Being Shot
When drummer Fred Hell was shot four times during a home invasion
robbery, he was left with a bullet lodged in his skull. A member of LA-based psychobilly trio Tiger Army, Fred faced a long recovery
and the possibility he might never play drums again.
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Levon Helm
Playing For The Song—And More
Playing For The Song—And More
Steve Jordan Interviews The Great Levon Helm
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Dustin Hengst
Driving A Song
Named after the wise-cracking ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont
High,
Boston-based rock band Damone combine Joan Jett-inspired rock 'n' roll
brattiness with Rick
Nielsen-worthy power-pop sensibilities.
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Raymond Herrera
Embracing The New Fear
Bad blood among
members can destroy even the most fiercely
committed band quicker than
creative differences, acrimonious label relationships, or poor album
sales. When irreconcilable
differences between Fear Factory vocalist
Burton Bell and guitarist Dino Cazares split the LA-based group in
2002 - after a
decade together - it felt like the end of an era for fans of
this wildly influential, genre-bending metal band.
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Raymond Herrera
Fear Factory's Mr.
Laid-Back
It's certainly important to know what Raymond Herrera
has been doing with his full-time progressive hard rock group, Fear Factory.
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Chris Hesse
Rocking Out
"I learned to play drums by putting on headphones and playing to Rush's Fly By
Night
until I knew every song by heart. Neil Peart was my first major
influence." So says Chris Hesse, drummer for
Southern California hard
rockers Hoobastank.
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Terence Higgins
New
Orleans Magic
While many groups still perform at New Orleans funeral processions on a daily
basis, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band spearheaded a revolution in the brass band genre by breaking away from standard parade
music and spirituals and incorporating familiar bebop, R&B, pop, and funk tunes into its repertoire.
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Brendan Hill
Capturing The Energy
Blues Traveler's thirteen-year career includes founding the H.O.R.D.E.
festival, having one of the longest charting singles ever ("Run-Around"), winning a Grammy, selling over ten million albums, and
surviving a founding member's death.
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Bryan Hitt
Rockin' The New And Improved Speedwagon
Eighteen-year REO Speedwagon drummer Bryan Hitt says that the band’s new album, Find Your Own Way Home, took a couple of years to make. Their new single “I Needed To Fall” recently made it into the top-30 of the adult contemporary charts—not too shabby for a completely self-financed, self-marketed effort.
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Gene Hoglan
Haulin' With Strapping Young Lad
In the midst of Strapping Young Lad's otherworldly
barrage of guitars, screams, bass rumble, and samples, Gene Hoglan's kick drums blast through in furious, amazingly
accurate 32nd-note flurries.
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Gene Hoglan
Winding His Atomic Clock
Drummer Gene Hoglan didn’t have much downtime after guitarist Devin Townsend put Strapping Young Lad on hiatus in early 2007.
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Rick "The Rev" Holeman
Spicy Sonic Magic
They would either "Make magic together" or become "The biggest train
wreck Austin, Texas has ever heard."
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Stix Hooper
Groove Renewal
Hooper's drumming on The Crusader's new album, Rural Renewal, is as feisty as ever,
equal parts sprightly jazz attitude and simmering, no-nonsense groove.
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Chris Hornbrook
Practice Makes Perfect
If practice makes perfect, then Poison The Well’s Chris Hornbrook is on his way to mega-precision.
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Steve Houghton
Fascinatin' Rhythm Redux
Many Musicians Institute alumni know Steve Houghton as one of
the most passionate and challenging instructors in P.I.T.'s history. But Steve is also an accomplished player, earning
performing and recording credits with Woody Herman, Billy Childs, Freddie Hubbard, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Diana Krall, Scott
Henderson, Gary Burton, and Arturo Sandoval.
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Dominic Howard
Supermassive Drumming
After touring for most of 2004 and 2005 in support of their breakthrough release, Absolution, southpaw drummer Dominic Howard and his bandmates in British rockers Muse spent six months sequestered in a studio in southern France, putting together Black Holes And Revelations.
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Ryan Hoyle
Jumping Off The High Ledge With Paul Rodgers
After graduating from the University of North Texas, Ryan Hoyle planned on building a successful career as a Nashville session drummer.
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Jeremy Hummel
Fire & Finess
Jeremy Hummel is equal parts bombast and finesse. He's just as likely to ride
hard on his China as he is to tap out an intricate riff on a 6" effects cymbal. He's as interested in "bringing back the gong" as
he is in developing more finesse and subtlety on the kick drum.
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Jeremy Hummel
Solid Foundation
"I'm not the guy out front putting on the show," says Breaking
Benjamin's Jeremy Hummel. "I'm the guy in the back, laying the foundation so that all the parts can build on top. I look
at playing drums like conducting an orchestra."
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George Hurley
Finding His Voice
George Hurley is best known for playing in a predominantly structured environment with punk pioneers The Minutemen in the ’80s, and later in fIREHOSE. But has opted for a taste of the improvised life lately, as the rhythmic backbone in the experimental outfit The Unknown Instructors.
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Gary Husband
UK
Great Gets Gonged
British drumming god Gary Husband came to international acclaim on such
1980s Allan Holdsworth albums as Metal Fatigue, Atavachron, and Sand.
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Zakir Hussain
Global Drummer
The world-traveling tabla maestro offers insight into the history and technique behind his instrument and talks about his hypnotic new album with Mickey Hart.
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