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Catching Up With Catching Up With The Aquarium Rescue Unit’s Jeff Sipe Catching Up With Catching Up With Rod Morgenstein Features John Legend and Jill Scott’s Rashid Williams Features Spock’s Beard’s Jimmy Keegan Basics BASICS – The Tap Nine Education STRICTLY TECHNIQUE – One-Sided Hairtas, Grandmas, and Grandpas Education ROCK ’N’ JAZZ CLINIC – Hidden […]
Catching Up With The Aquarium Rescue Unit’s Jeff Sipe
When Jeff Sipe met underground art-rock icon Col. Bruce Hampton in the clubs of Atlanta in 1984, his life—and drumming—changed forever. “From the very first time I played with Bruce,” Sipe tells MD, “I felt that I’d found my calling as a player.”
Catching Up With Rod Morgenstein
“The concept of jam band totally applies,” the famed drummer with fusion greats Dixie Dregs says of his latest album with Jazz Is Dead, “meaning go for it, challenge yourself, and don’t be afraid to take chances.”
John Legend and Jill Scott’s Rashid Williams
Rashid Williams has always been attracted to powerful people. When he was seven years old and attending church in Jersey City, New Jersey, the drummer with the best groove nabbed the drum chair, whether it was Rashid or the other drummers in his family—who happened to be his mother and father.
Spock’s Beard’s Jimmy Keegan
Spock’s Beard’s Jimmy Keegan Fueling the Flame Story by Will Romano Photos by Alex Solca When frontman and main songwriter Neal Morse left Spock’s Beard in 2002, drummer Nick D’Virgilio assumed the lead role, pulling triple duty as singer, drummer, and guitarist for studio efforts and stage performances. Not wanting to sing from behind the […]
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