PHOTOS: JEFF FORMAN Jamey Haddad is one of those names that maybe you’ve heard of, or maybe not. His name doesn’t ring out like a Vinnie or a Ringo or a Buddy, but Jamey Haddad has “been there and don…
John Blease – Firmly Planted
Interview by Mover Deciding early on that his best options for a long and rewarding career in the music business were to listen and learn many styles of music, as well as rhythms and all things percus…
Jeremy Stacey – Third Of A Perfect Pair
Born in Bournemouth, on England’s south coast, Jeremy Stacey is the most recent addition to King Crimson, joining fellow drummers Gavin Harrison and Pat Mastelotto, but playing an equal split of drums…
Dave Elitch – An Educated Opinion
Dave Elitch is unhappy with the way drum education has been conducted; maybe not all drum education, but nearly all of it. That statement might be automatically dismissed coming from anyone else, but …
Billy Drummond – The Jazz Connection
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Nate Wood – fOUR & More
To hear Nate play drums is nothing short of spectacular, and if that’s all there was to it, most would think that was enough. Equally so, if you ever caught him on bass or guitar with a number o…
Mark Kelso – How Does It Feel?
While I was getting ready for this interview with Canadian drummer Mark Kelso, I listened quite extensively to his latest record Elementals with his own band The Jazz Exiles. One thing that struck me …
David Garibaldi – Fifty Years of Funk
It was some time in 1972, either a birthday or Christmas, as I sat on my bedroom floor excitedly stripping the plastic wrap off a three-album set I’d gotten as a present. It was called, Fillmore: The …
Shane Gaalaas – The A’s, B’z & C’s of Rock
Shane Gaalaas and I met for the first time on the beach at West 5th Street in Oxnard, California. A mutual friend and avid surfer introduced us in the ocean rather than a rehearsal studio. It was the …