That Patitucci 4tet with here Gary Thomas on sax soprano, VERY DANGEROUS !!! The whole band is REALLY burning, and Don Vincenzo, so inspired and inspiring, awesome !!! I saw them here in my hometown, I was on stage with them with the monitor guy, I was so close from Vinnie that I could touch him !!...

nomsgmusic keep the stories coming. vinnie to this day keeps killing it on every single recording! I can't wait to hear what he does next! Too busy to write more stories, but this is the interview if you haven't seen it. If you have read it, I think it's worth a re-read!!! We get into some stuff th...

Guys, - Paiste Masters Dark Crisp Ride 22" - Paiste Masters Dark Crash Ride 22" Who play them ? In a Jazz setting ? Thanks. [youtube_https:2a9e2wf0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=copHtazd_kM[/youtube_https:2a9e2wf0] Rodge, I have a 22" Masters Dark Ride and a 22" Masters Crash ...

Funny that you say that Rodge, I saw this band (with bassist Randy Hope Taylor) a few weeks after this was filmed, and was blown away with Randy's overall concept of playing Jeff's music. That night Vinnie invited me to sit right behind Jeff's Marshalls, watching Vinnie and Randy the whole time, YES...

BIG Congrats on the new crib Steve. There is nothing like a new (and dedicated) drum room. I remember when we were shopping for houses and doing the tours, we were walking around in this one (the one that we bought.) As my wife and I walked around and into a room she exclaimed "drum room!"...

Man, I so love what you wrote about the now late GIANT Chick Corea, beautiful. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L6%2BwXy2zL.jpg I've got this too, and I am amazed that more people aren't talking about it. 3 CD's of Chick, Chris, and Brian just burnin! Chick has played (and recorded as a lead...

I saw Animal Logic live in Philly on their first (and probably only) tour, in a small theatre and actually taped it, they were so loud that the (walkman) recording didn't come out that great, but they were killing! I wore out that whole first Animal Logic record, and used to practice with it A LOT! ...

Good Luck Willy, I pm'd you a while back to get in touch with me here in NNJ, and I never heard back from you. In the pre-covid days I'm sure that I could have helped you out with some gigs and networking in NNJ. With covid everything here is in a holding position everywhere, but especially here. Th...

Morgenthaler,

Please accept my sincere condolences for your loss.
Know that she will live forever in your heart and in your life.

It's all about love,
Mark

Pocket, They are playing a duet. When a soloist and a drummer are really "hooked up" or "in sync" (whatever you want to call it, the soloist can signal to the piano and bass to lay out (or if they are REALLY listening they can just hear that it's time to lay out for a chorus or s...