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THE KILLERS' Ronnie Vannucci KILLER WITH A CAUSE

Seeing as he's from Las Vegas, the home of twenty-four-hour gambling, retina-freezing neon, and spontaneous wedding ceremonies, The Killers' Ronnie...
Modern Drummer : MD, 03/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
FRANCISCO MELA: Spreading A Message Beyond The Drums

Cuban-Jazz Great Last January, New York's Blue Note hosted a performance by Cuban-born bandleader/drummer Francisco Mela dubbed "Mela &...
Modern Drummer : MD, 03/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
ZDDZ

ZDDZ ZDDZ **** Imagine organist Jimmy Smith grooving with Portishead and Lalo Schifrin, and you've got ZDDZ, funky slicers of the rope-a-dope...
Modern Drummer : MD, 03/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
Steve REID: Flow Master

Steve Reid has performed and recorded with more artists than most drummers have shed sticks. From James Brown and Miles Davis to Jackie McLean,...
Modern Drummer : MD, 02/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
Trumpeter/Composer Dave Douglas Painting From A Broad Palette-Of Drummers

Speaking with trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas about the many drummers he has employed for his various and diverse groups, one gets the impression...
Modern Drummer : MD, 02/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
ROMANCE

JACOB GARCHIK ROMANCE *** For the past few years, DAN WEISS has cut his considerable teeth with New York adventurers like Dave Binney and Rudresh...
Modern Drummer : MD, 02/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
In Memoriam: Tony Reedus

Influential jazz drummer Tony Reedus died this past November 16 of a pulmonary embolism. He was forty-nine. Reedus had just arrived back in the US...
Modern Drummer : MD, 02/05/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
GAVIN HARRISON

The Rhythmic Illusionist Is Now Elevating Two Bands: PORCUPINE TREE AND KING CRIMSON Forty-five-year-old Gavin Harrison has led a drummer's dream...
Modern Drummer : MD, 01/01/09 by Micallef, Ken; Branam, Terry · More from publication -
George Duke: Bring On The Drummers

"First of all, they have to be decent people," George Duke says when asked what qualities are needed to join his band. "If I'm on the road or...
Modern Drummer : MD, 01/01/09 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication -
METALLICA'S LARSUL RICH FOR THE GREATER GOOD

"Metallica is a bunch of guys having the time of their lives," Lars Ulrich proclaims from the basement lair of his luxury home in Marin County,...
Modern Drummer : MD, 12/01/08 by Micallef, Ken · More from publication


