Cover Artist: Simon Phillips – Rising To Every Challenge
Showbiz history is dotted with “triple-threat” performers who were top-flight actors, singers, and dancers, from Gene Kelly to Judy Garland to Sammy Davis Jr. to Beyoncé. Rarer still are those who can boast extraordinary performance and technical skills, bona fide icons on their instrument who also possess, say, first-rate production and engineering skills. That’s exactly the kind of expertise Simon Phillips has flaunted in his résumé for decades.
In This Issue:
Features
Simon Phillips, Nigel Olsson’s ’70s/’80s-Era Slingerland Drumkit, Bill Bruford – Part 1: One of a Kind, Marla Leigh, The Classic Recordings of Ginger Baker, Part 3: The Solo Albums, Childish Gambino’s Dani Markham, Dana Hawkins, Dafnis Prieto, Bennie Rodgers II
Education
What Now?, Get on the Good Foot!, Simon Phillips, Remembering Neil Peart, Stick Technique Revisited, Gene Krupa, In the Studio with Drummer/Producer Evan Hutchings
Gear
Centent Cymbals – Ardor, Sparks, and Emperor Series, Vic Firth Re-Mix Brushes, Sonor – Benny Greb Signature Snares
Gearing Up
Jonas Brothers’ Jack Lawless, New and Notable, Gretsch, Latin Percussion, Steinberg, Peavey and more
Departments
Terry Bozzio, The D.I.Y. Guide to Drums by Lisa Schonberg, Chris Frantz’s Remain in Love
Critique, Drum City Guitarland, Cajon You Dig It?, Khari Parker (1974–2020), Wood or Nylon Tip?, Playing to Type
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