The first nice drum kit that Neil Peart purchased after joining the band Rush was a 1974 Slingerland 7-piece drum set. Neil later recalled, “I don’t remember being particularly fixed on getting Slingerlands. I think I just saw them on the music-store floor and fell in love with them.” And loved them he did. Someone […]
Jon Christensen, drummer for the likes of Keith Jarrett, passed away on February 22nd at the age of 76. Jon was most notable known for a series of popular Norwegian jazz recordings on the ECM label in the 1970s. His loose and signature style is said to have influenced jazz in all of Europe. Check […]
Here’s an awesome video of Taylor Hawkins going off on the drums during a live drum solo at a Foo Fighters concert. His concert toms in the middle of the solo just sound perfect. The best part is at the end of the drum solo when he plays a drum fill using double bass and […]
This week we honor the late great jazz drumming icon, Art Blakey, who lived from October 11, 1919 until October 16, 1990. Art Blakey was a Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader and is known, alongside Kenny Clarke and Max Roach as one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. Blakey was […]
Billy Cobham is playing drums in the UK tonight at the sold out Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and it’s being live streamed for all drummers around the world to enjoy. The live performance in London will be streamed on Friday, February 27 at 11:15 pm BST. It took a while to figure out, but 11:15 […]
For RUSH fans, or drum music fans in general, this is a crazy and awesome surprise. Neil Peart played in a band called J. R. Flood in the late 60’s and early 1970’s and wrote about some of his memories here. Based on the YouTube comments, it sounds like Neil Peart found the recording of […]
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