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Jazz
Roni Kaspi | Discovered on Instagram, hired by Avishai Cohen
Roni Kaspi went from an Instagram video to Avishai Cohen's trio and her own records. Her playing, her Berklee training, and her setup explained.
Jazz
Roy Haynes | Snap Crackle, and eight decades of it
Roy Haynes played with Charlie Parker, Coltrane and Chick Corea across an eighty-year career. His style, his small bebop kit, and what made him different.
Rock
Sarah Jones | Harry Styles' drummer
Sarah Jones has drummed for Harry Styles, Hot Chip and Bat For Lashes. Her hybrid setup, the vintage Slingerland kit, and her career explained.
Metal
Scott Travis | Judas Priest's double-kick engine
Scott Travis played the Painkiller intro and has held Judas Priest's drum chair since 1989. Racer X, the stamina, and his Paiste and DW rig explained.
Rock
Shane Hawkins | Chevy Metal's drummer
Shane Hawkins played his father's song at the Taylor Hawkins tribute and has fronted Chevy Metal's drum stool since. His story and his setup.
Jazz
Stanton Moore | New Orleans funk, in one drummer
Stanton Moore founded Galactic and teaches the New Orleans tradition worldwide. His second-line vocabulary and his Gretsch and Bosphorus rig explained.
Jazz
Steve Gadd | The most copied drummer alive
Steve Gadd played 50 Ways, Aja and half the records in your parents' collection. His story, his rudimental technique, his Yamaha and Zildjian kit explained.
Rock
Steve Jordan | The Rolling Stones' drummer
Steve Jordan produced records for decades before taking the Rolling Stones' drum chair after Charlie Watts. His feel, his career, and his Yamaha rig.
Jazz
Terri Lyne Carrington | Jazz drummer, and a movement
Terri Lyne Carrington has three Grammys, a Berklee institute and a career from child prodigy to bandleader. Her playing and her Zildjian setup explained.
Rock
Terry Bozzio | The drummer who writes music
Terry Bozzio sight-read The Black Page to get the Zappa gig, then spent forty years composing solo drum music on the world's largest tuned kit. His story and rig.
Metal
Tomas Haake | Meshuggah's polyrhythm engine
Tomas Haake made djent possible. How Meshuggah's polymetric riffs actually work, what Bleed costs to play, and his Sonor, Sabian and Vic Firth rig.
Funk
Tony Royster Jr. | The prodigy who kept going
Tony Royster Jr. was famous at eleven and has drummed for Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz and Beyoncé since. His versatility, and his DW and Sabian rig explained.