VOLUME 15, NUMBER 2 RALPH PETERSON FEATURES The reason bebop is still alive is because artists like drummer Ralph Peterson instill their fire and creativity into it. In this exclusive interview, Peterson tells FRED about leading his quintet and "fotet" and his time playing alongside Art Blakey, and shares COURY some thoughts on the DAVID forces that make his Will the real Cinderella drummer music what it is. please stand up? Have no •by Ken Micallef 28 GARIBALDI doubt—it's Fred Coury, and on Cinderella's latest album and As the drummer with Tower of recent tours, Coury unmistakably Power, David Garibaldi laid down proves it. In this interview, Fred some of the freshest—and most explains how he's turned embar- MD's studied—grooves to emerge rassing dissapoint- from a drumset. Here David ments into inspiration. FESTIVAL talks about his Tower days and fay Teri Saccone 24 what he's been up to since—and offers up definitive transcriptions WEEKEND '90 of some of his favorite TOP grooves. Photo-essay of MD's 1990 •by Robyn Flans 18 Festival, starring William Calhoun, Larrie Londin, Tony Williams, Joe Morello, Ed Shaughnessy, Anton Fig, Alex Acuna, and Jonathan Mover. 32 MD TRIVIA CONTEST Win Sonor Piccolo and "Soprano" snare drums! 82 Cover Photo: Lissa Wales COLUMNS Education 56 ROCK 'N' Equipment JAZZ CLINIC Developing The "Two Sound Level" Concept 44 PRODUCT BY DAVID GARIBALDI CLOSE-UP Ludwig LR-2426 Departments 64 HEALTH AND Rocker Kit BY RICK VAN HORN 4 EDITOR'S SCIENCE OVERVIEW Profiles The Problem 46 Sabian B8 Pro Cymbals Of Addiction BY RICK VAN HORN BY BRIAN ALPERT 6 READERS' 58 IN MEMORIAM PLATFORM Art Blakey 48 Axis and Axis-E Pedals 78 HEAD TALK BY RICK MATTINGLY BY RICK VAN HORN Paradiddle Warm-Up 12 ASK A PRO BY CASEY SCHEUERELL 60 UP & COMING 48 UDU Drums Jerry Gaskill BY ED URIBE 14 IT'S of King's X 80 STRICTLY QUESTIONABLE BY ALBERT BOUCHARD TECHNIQUE 51 The Premier/ AND DEBORAH FROST More Variations On Voelker Rack 130 CRITIQUE Stick Control: Part 1 BY RICK VAN HORN 70 ENCORE BY JOE MORELLO 140 DRUM MARKET Dino Danelli: Groovin' News BY ROBERT SANTELLI 105 CONCEPTS 144 PHOTO GALLERY There Are 74 A DIFFERENT No Shortcuts 8 UPDATE Billy Cobham BY ROY BURNS Michael Derosier of BY JOOST LEIJEN VIEW Alias, Scott Rocken- John Scofield field, Steve Gorman of BY ADAM W. SELIGMAN 116 JAZZ the Black Crowes, and DRUMMERS' Wild Rose's Nancy WORKSHOP Given Prout, plus Easy Steps To News Independence: Part 1 BY SHARON ELDRIDGE 136 INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ronald Spagnardi ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Isabel Spagnardi MANAGING EDITOR Rick Van Horn Playing It Straight FEATURES EDITOR William F. Miller ASSOCIATE EDITOR Adam Budofsky CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Rick Mattingly The problem of drug and alcohol abuse has become a EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Karen Walsh key issue in our country. And it's no big secret that ART DIRECTOR Scott G. Bienstock the problem also tends to be somewhat pervasive in ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Tracy A. Kearns the music business. We've seen far too many incredi- bly talented musicians of all ages succumb to sub- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Joan C. Stickel stance abuse, depriving us all of so much great music ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Bob Berenson that could have been. Unfortunately, I've personally SALES AND MARKETING Crystal W. 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Magazine Publishers of America Studio Drummers Second, with the increasing use of racks, From New Orleans, North Round Table we were somewhat forced into designing As a New Orleans drummer misplaced in The insight I gained from reading your a sturdier way to rack-mount the larger the Heartland (and the teacher referred Studio Drummers Round Table in the floor toms. Our June 1990 price list to by Johnny Vidacovich in the October November issue was both illuminating includes the 16" and 18" rack-mount, '91 Drummers Of New Orleans and a little depressing. I learned a full-circle tom RIMS, which utilize two article—thanks, John), I have a comment tremendous amount, but not all of what I plates and two arms for stabilizing the and an anecdote. learned was encouraging. There was a lot instrument while suspended from the The comment is that any article trac- of agreement among the studio super- rack. ing influences on New Orleans drum- stars featured in that story—mostly about Walter S. Johnston mers should mention the genius of Ed the musical requirements of the studio Vice President Blackwell. He was a drummer of stun- scene. But there was also a lot of dis- PureCussion, Inc. ning invention in the mid-'50s, and an agreement over how to approach a given influence on the late James Black and gig, and how cooperative and flexible a Editor's note: MD had advised Mr. just about everyone who heard his studio drummer should be. Mike Baird Seyler against suspending the floor toms incredible artistry before he left town and seemed to take a "love me: love my of a Pearl Export kit on the assumption joined Ornette Coleman. drumming" approach, while Harvey that standard Pearl shell-mounted tom The anecdote is about John Vidaco- Mason seemed to espouse a "you pay me, brackets and protrusion-type tom arms vich's earliest approach to sonic drum- I'll do it your way" philosophy. They both would be used, since that was what Mr.