By Practicing Drummer
An interview podcast about drums and drumming with a focus on jazz drummers. A few of the featured guests have been Billy Drummond, George Fludas, Jeremy Dutton, and Dan Weiss. About one episode ev
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Recorded June 2024
Jeremy Dutton is drummer from Houston who now lives in New York City. He was featured in Modern Drummer magazine last year and his first album as a leader, Anyone is Better Than Here, has been out for almost exactly a year. Aside from his solo projects, he plays regularly with Joel Ross, Vijay Iyer, James Francies, and many other great artists.
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The music featured in this episode is the song Waves from his album Anyone is Better Than Here.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Recorded April 2024
Colleen Clark earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas and after living in NYC for many years, she’s now an Assistant Professor of Jazz at the University of South Carolina.
In addition to her role at USC, Colleen has several musical projects and the recent album with her band Alliance received a 4 star review in Downbeat. She is also the founder and artistic director of USC’s Jazz Girls Day.
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The music featured in the episode is the song Wingspan off of Alliance's latest album.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Recorded March 2024
Geoff Clapp spent the majority of his career in New Orleans where he was mentored by Ellis Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Shannon Powell, and many others. He has a couple of great albums out as a leader and has played with Dianne Reeves, Benny Green, Charlie Hunter, Sam Fribush, Wynton Marsalis, Nicolas Payton, and many others.
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The music featured in the episode comes from the Geoff Clapp Trio live at Monk's:
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Recorded March 2024
From performing with Duke Ellington at just nine years old, having his own band with Marcus Miller and Kenny Kirkland, to playing with Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, McCoy Tyner, and countless others, Ronnie has had a really impressive career.
He's currently staying busy teaching, working with his non-profit called World Rhythm Academy, and playing with his band, Holographic Principle.
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The song featured in this episode is Village of the Darned from the album Neohippus by Jack Walrath.
My blog post that I mentioned at the top of the episode:
A Hearing Test Saved My Life
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Recorded May 2023
Dan is a drummer and tabla player living in Brooklyn with a unique musical voice that draws from jazz, Indian classical, progressive rock, hip hop, metal, and more. In addition to his varied work as a sideman, he’s also a highly regarded bandleader and composer. Be sure to check out the Dan Weiss Trio and his band Starebaby.
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The song featured in this episode is Halfway to Hartford by Noah Preminger.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Recorded May 2023
George Fludas is a staple of the Chicago scene who has toured extensively as a member of Ray Brown's Trio, and with groups led by Hank Jones, Diana Krall, Monty Alexander, Cedar Walton and Joey DeFrancesco. George is also a great rock drummer and a John Bonham expert.
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The song featured in this episode is Mr. PC played by the Benny Green Trio.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Billy Drummond - Recorded April 2023
Billy Drummond is a jazz drummer based out of New York who has played with Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, J J Johnson, Sonny Rollins, and countless others. He’s also a great band leader with several wonderful records under his own name. His most recent album as a leader, Valse Sinistre, was a Downbeat Best Album of 2022.
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Other podcast interviews with Billy Drummond:
After the interview Billy sent over a video of albums he’s been listening to recently. You can find the list in the blog post about this episode.
The song featured in this episode is Frankenstein by Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas from the album Valse Sinistre.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Colin Stranahan - Recorded April 2023
Based out of Brooklyn, Colin plays and tours with a wide range of artists and is a member of Kind Folk, Real Feels, and the Stranahan/Zaleski/Rosato Trio.
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The songs featured in this episode are Forecast (intro) and Joy Ride (outro).
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
Brad Webb - Recorded April 2023
Brad is a drummer from Louisiana and after studying classical percussion for most of his life, he switched his focus to drum set.
He’s living up in Boston now and it was great to catch up with him and learn more about his development as a player.
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The song featured in this episode is Prominent Randy by Extended.
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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.
Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.