Features CARL ALLEN Supreme sideman? Prolific producer? Marketing maven? Whether backing greats like Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean with unstoppable imagination, or writing, performing, and producing his own eclectic music, or tackling the business side of music, Carl Allen refuses to be tied down. • Ken Micallef JON "FISH" FISHMAN Getting a handle on the slippery style of Phish may be an exercise in futility, but that hasn't kept millions of fans across the country from being hooked. Drummer Jon Fishman navigates the band's unpre- dictable musical waters by blending ancient drum- ming wisdom with unique and personal exercises. • William F. Miller ALVINO BENNETT Have groove, will travel...a lot. LTD, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Sheena Easton, Bryan Ferry—these are but a few of the artists who have gladly exploited Alvino Bennett's rock-solid feel. • Robyn Flans LOSING YOUR GIG AND BOUNCING BACK We drummers generally avoid the topic of being fired, but maybe hiding from the ax conceals its potentially positive aspects. Discover how the former drummers of Pearl Jam, Slayer, Counting Crows, and others transcended the pain and found freedom in a pink slip. • Matt Peiken Volume 19, Number 8 Cover photo by Ebet Roberts Columns EDUCATION NEWS EQUIPMENT 100 ROCK 'N' 10 UPDATE 24 NEW AND JAZZ CLINIC Terry Bozzio, the Captain NOTABLE Rhythmic Transposition & Tenille's Kevin Winard, BY PAUL DELONG Bob Gatzen, Krupa tribute 30 PRODUCT drummer Jack Platt, CLOSE-UP plus News 102 LATIN Starclassic Drumkit SYMPOSIUM 144 INDUSTRY BY RICK MATTINGLY Cascara For Drumset BY JON BELCHER HAPPENINGS Brazilian Percussion 104 ROCK CHARTS Festival report, and more Matt Cameron: "Black Hole Sun" DEPARTMENTS TRANSCRIBED BY VINCENT DE FRANCESCO 4 EDITOR'S 110 STRICTLY OVERVIEW TECHNIQUE 33 Syncopation Accent 6 READERS' Rhythm Tech Exercises: Part 1 PLATFORM Alpha Series Congas BY DAVE HAMMOND And Bongos BY HEINZ KRONBERGER 114 IN THE STUDIO 14 ASK A PRO Bill Bruford and 130 COLLECTORS' The Drummer's Igor Cavalera Studio Survival Guide: CORNER Part 6, Room Acoustics 20 IT' S Gretsch Broadkaster BY MARK PARSONS Floor Show QUESTIONABLE BY HARRY CANGANY 126 DRIVER'S SEAT Subbing In A Big Band 120 CRITIQUE PROFILES BY STEVE SNODGRASS Johnny Vidacovich, Peter Erskine, and 132 PORTRAITS 130 HEALTH & Roy Haynes CDs, SCIENCE Elvin Jones video, Billy Martin BY BILL MILKOWSKI A Mixed Bag: Latin Grooves book, Safer Sound, and more Preventing Back Pain, 130 ON THE MOVE Morton's Neuroma, 124 IMPRESSIONS Drugs And Alcohol Paul Bostaph On... 140 IN MEMORIAM BY KEN MICALLEF Ray McKinley 130 THE JOBBING BY RICK VAN HORN DRUMMER 140 DRUM MARKET What Am I Worth? Including BY BOB CIANCI Vintage Showcase 74 MD GIVEAWAY Win one of three 142 CONCEPTS 152 DRUMKIT OF great cymbal packages Drumming Fallacies: THE MONTH from Camber! Part 2 BY GARY GRISWOLD A New Home In the September '94 issue, I made mention in fourth home in twenty years, so we were careful to include this column of our plans for a new Modern everything we felt we'd need in the hopes that we won't Drummer office building. Back then, archi- have to do this again. Along with fourteen individual tectural designs were being finalized, and the offices, we now have a pleasant reception area, a full-sized land excavation process was in its very earli- shipping and receiving room, a complete research library, a est stages. We celebrated the official ground- computer room, a photography studio, a product-testing breaking in that same issue. area, a staff lounge, and a good-sized conference room. The Well, here it is one year later (September '95 issue), and new facility should sufficiently handle all of our needs I'm happy to announce that the project has been completed under one roof for many years to come. and we have finally moved into our new home. Clearly, the Most importantly, our new office layout will help us gain building process was a laborious, time-consuming, and at a great deal in terms of efficiency and productivity. Along times mind-numbing experience, but now that we're settled with the continued publication of Modern Drummer, Drum in, there's no question that it was all well worth the effort. Business, and educational items for drummers channeled Our new office remains in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, through our Book Division, we now have ample room to just two minutes from our previous home in another section accomodate the staff we'll need for the wealth of new pro- of town. For those unfamiliar with the New York/New jects we've planned for the future. Jersey metropolitan area, we're roughly fifteen miles west Please note that our new address for editorial, advertis- of New York City. Our new 8,500-square-foot complex is ing, and administrative matters is 12 Old Bridge Road, all on one level, on a two-acre parcel in a very quiet area of Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009. Our phone and fax num- town. Our previous layout involved three separate floors, so bers have not changed. Finally, I'd like to extend an invita- needless to say, we're delighted that the days of schlepping tion to anyone who may be passing through our area to feel up and down three flights of stairs are finally over! free to stop by and pay us a visit. One of our staffers would All MD staffers now have comfortable, spacious offices. be happy to give you the tour, and I'd enjoy meeting with We even included a few additional ones to account for new you. people as we need them in the years to come. 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The lifestyle they live and the their profession. Each issue is written ly liked the way Rick used examples of influence they could have is just one more tremendously well, regardless of who's on Jack's vast body of recorded work to illus- thing we don't need in society. Why do the cover. trate the astonishing versatility of this they have to worship the devil to be in your Michael Cozart inspiring musician. Mattingly also astutely magazine? I guess it's cool nowadays. Colleyville, TX points out that while Jack can be very busy J.N. and aggressive when accompanying others, Dallas, TX On one hand I agree with Adam Epstein: I he is always playing more with than behind would love to see Jon Fishman featured. them—a crucial distinction. While it's true But hey, take it easy on Neil Peart. Every that a drummer's primary role is to support time he's been on MD's cover he's brought in a tasteful fashion, a musical drummer— OWEN HALE something new to the table. Reading his such as Jack—can paint emotions and pic- I enjoyed Owen Hale's story in your June comments about the Burning For Buddy tures and accompany soloists at the same issue. It was nice to see a guy admit that he album was the next best thing to being in time.