For more than 35 years, Dave Weckl has developed and maintained a reputation among fans, peers, and the international music community, as one of the great living drummers. His contributions to iconic ...

When the legendary Dave Weckl Band reunited on stage at the 2019 Chesterfield Wine & Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, the show was already a rare and very special occasion. But even playing their ...

Drum master Weckl continues to hawk the muscular brand of fusion that he began dealing with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band over a decade ago. This album seems a catharsis for Weckl, having just come off ...

Drummers have been bandleaders from virtually the beginning of jazz history--think Ben Pollack, Chick Webb and Gene Krupa, to name a few. Some surrounded themselves with first-rate talent capable of ...

Special to the Post-Dispatch Apr 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 0 Jazz drummer Dave Weckl is bringing it all back home — in more ways than one. His new album, “Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz ...

Cleveland, Ohio -- What do you call the person who hangs around the musicians in a band? The drummer. Seems guitarists and singers never tire of the old joke, cackling like hens in a Foghorn Leghorn ...

Dave Weckl's status as a fusion-jazz drummer's drummer is always evident when he brings his band to town. His concerts attract a lot of percussionists, pros and novices alike, and during a typical ...

Last week Dave Weckl completed a three-date clinic tour to promote Yamaha's new flagship kit, the Phoenix (PHX). Roving reporter Jerome Marcus sent us his thoughts on the Brighton clinic: Dave Weckl - ...

American drummer Dave Weckl and celebrated bassist Tom Kennedy are scheduled to perform in Istanbul on Oct. 22. They will be joined by saxophonist Eric Marienthal and keyboardist Stu Mindeman. Weckl, ...

Dave Weckl's jaw-dropping performance rounded-off the Buddy Rich Show at the London Palladium earlier this week. A few hours before he took to the stage we sat down with Weckl and talked Buddy. In the ...

Two Grammy Award-winning drummers will perform in Springfield this weekend to raise money for a local drummer battling lung cancer. On Saturday, drummer Dave Weckl, who won a Grammy Award playing with ...