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The State Of The Art — Danny Gottlieb
It was a fairly typical Monday night at the Village Vanguard in New York City.
The State Of The Art — Larrie Londin
When Steve Perry called Larrie Londin to do Steve’s solo album last year, it was obvious that Perry knew something that a lot of people don’t know, he wanted someone who could give him a great R&B feel, and that’s what he got.
The State Of The Art — Sly Dunbar
Reggae: 1984, ’85 Kingston, Jamaica is full of young, aspiring musicians. Ride past any of the city’s recording studios—Tuff Gong, Dynamic, Channel One, Aquarius—and you’ll see barefoot kids hanging out, listening to the riddims that escape through the fence…
The State Of The Art — Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson is not a man who’s swayed by the current whims of the drum industry.
The State Of The Art — David Garibaldi
You have to admire someone who is successful and happy doing something, but stops because he doesn’t feel that he is growing.
Jules Moss: Prepared For The Unusual
It’s hard to describe just what Jules Moss is playing with the Graham Moses band. If you had to give it just one name, you ’d probably say “jazz,” because that’s the term usually applied to unique or unusual music…
Paul Wertico
When you go on stage, it’s like a big conversation. Music is about what you have to say on that particular day.” So says Paul Wertico, drummer for Pat Metheny (and Chicago’s Ear Wax Control), who it seems would be…
The Chicago Blues Drummers
The scene is the 1985 Chicago Blues Festival. Grant Park is brimming with people, many of whom are jockeying for seats and blanket space as close to the band shell as possible. Opening night of the city’s annual free festival,…
Kevan McKenzie: Canadian Studio Star
Toward the end of my college years, in 1974, I joined a symphonic band. Between engagements, a master class was scheduled with Ian Bernard, during which he demonstrated the finesse that got him the job with the National Arts Centre…
Aaron Sterling’s Sound of Sterloid, Volume II
“I do almost everything at my place now,” says top L.A.-based session drummer Aaron Sterling. In addition to recording about fifteen songs per week for artists and producers around the world, Sterling has created five online master classes that focus…
Drumming And Electronic Drums
Drummers have different ideas and attitudes toward electronic drums. For example, I have heard drummers say, “The electronic drums are great; I don’t need acoustic drums any longer.” I have also heard the comment, “Those things sound awful. I refuse…
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Bobby Chouinard
The sonic hurricane of the Billy Squier sound and fury swirls with lacerating leads, omnipotent vocals and, in the eye of the storm, the primitive power rendered by drummer Bobby Chouinard. Favoring fire and soul over flash and technique, Chouinard’s…
