Modern Drummer Festival 2006 - Sunday 9/17 (2 DVD): Drums: Recorded Performance

On September 16 and 17 2006 The Modern Drummer Festival Weekend returned to the incredible New Jersey Performing Arts Center for its most ambitious festival ever. Sixteen drummers and percussionists performed with more than twenty musicians making for one of the most exciting festival weekends in its eighteen-year history. Backstage while these incredible performances were taking place each artist was interviewed at a practice kit. Each in-depth interview features playing and demonstration as well as discussion on technique warming up their MD Fest performance and much more. And for the first time ever on any MD Festival drummers interviewed drummers: SteveSmith interviewed Thomas Lang Aaron Spears interviewed Gerald Heyward Gerald interviewed Marvin McQuitty etc making for some truly historic moments. SaturdayDisc One: The Performances. The spectacular performances on this DVD include: Ronald Bruner Jr. Jason McGerr Teddy Campbell Gerald Heyward Aaron Spears Marvin McQuitty Glenn Kotche Thomas Lang Luis Conte Stewart Copeland with Gizmo Run time: 3 hours Disc Two: VIP backstage pass the interviewsExtensive and in-depth interviews at a practice kit with each of this year’s featured performers including demonstration and discussion of technique practice and warm-up routines and specific playing examples from their MD Festival performance.Run time: 3 hours 22 minutes SundayDisc One: The Performances Dave DiCenso Bobby Sanabria with Ascensión Brann Dailor Mike Mangini Danny Seraphine with CTA Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy Run time: 3hrs Disc Two: VIP backstage pass the interviews Extensive and in-depth interviews at a practice kit with each of this year’s featured performers including demonstration and discussion of technique practice and warm-up routines and specific playing examples from their MD Festival performance.

1997-2006-Hudson Music and Modern Drummer present The Best Of The Modern Drummer Festival an incredible review of the highlights of the Festival from 1997 through 2006 featuring artists such as Mike Portnoy Chad Smith and the incredible Aaron Spears.

KoSA Eleven/Live 2006 features three hours of instruction and live performances from the eleventh annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop and Festival which took place at Johnston State College Johnston VT August 7 to 13 2006. This entertaining informative and highly educational DVD gives you a participant’s perspective on the KoSA experience. Master Instructors include: Memo Acevedo ‘Colombian Cumbia rhythm’ John Amira ‘Haitian Drumming’ Clayton Cameron ‘Playing Uptempo with Brushes’ Kenwood Dennard ‘The Woodstroke Technique’ Jamey Haddad ‘Frame Drum Ideas and Other Sounds’ Bernard Purdie ‘Groove Routines’ Antonio Sanchez‘Motivic Development’ Ed Soph ‘Ride Cymbal Technique’ Glen Velez ‘Basic Tar and Bodran Techniques’ And featuring the KoSA Rhythm Section: Rafael Alcala (piano) Jennifer Vincent (bass) Steve Blair (guitar). Special DVD Features: A fiery duet featuring legendary conga master Giovanni Hidalgo and brush specialist Clayton Cameron An interview with veteran club drummer and Modern Drummer magazine editor Rick Van Horn Legendary artist and educator Jim Chapin addressing the audience at the grand finale concert via cell phone from his bedside while practicing A tour of the KoSA experience describing the intimate hands-on class instruction and performance