David Calarco

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

Playing with my own group at the IAJE convention in NYC with Randy Brecker, Gerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner and John Lockwood, where we took it to another level, was one of the most rewarding performances of my life.

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRUMMERS

Life! As I got older I realized that my playing did and should reflect me and what I was about. My life and what's happening in it fuels my drumming. I'm still influenced by other great musicians but now it's more spiritually than technically.

FAVORITE ZILDJIAN CYMBAL/COMBO

Brushes are an integral part of jazz drumming more so than any other music. The VF split brushes changed the way I could articulate on the instrument and allowed me to do things I always heard, but failed to express.