National Record Store Day has become a major event for music lovers, musicians, and record stores everywhere. Some of today’s greatest drummers grew up and got an education working in, and hanging out in, record stores. Many still do. A great record store is a vital place for musicians to gather and learn about music. National Record Store Day is a time to celebrate special releases, box sets, special vinyl pressings, live in-store performances, signings, and much more. This year Modern Drummer is helping commemorate National Record Store Day on Black Friday 11-28-25, with a special column featuring some new LP’s, all having special significance to drummers everywhere. Pepper Adams QuintetSelf-TitledMel Lewis drumsGammaut Records Over my many years of listening to records, I have never seen such a fabulous treatment of a recording as Gammut Records’ Pepper Adams’s 1957 self-titled debut recording. Philipe Berman of Gammaut sent us this record, […]