Category: Drums

After Hours Special featuring Austin Hays, air date July 28, 2021

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Please accompany me for a very special edition of After Hours as I’m joined in musical conversation with Ketchikan’s own drummer, composer, arranger, producer, pianist and singer Austin Hays as we explore making music for video games, the connection between music and math, and exploring bipolar through music.

Tune into this exclusive interview at 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, July 28, on KRBD Rainbird Radio in Ketchikan.

Born and raised in Ketchikan, Austin has been playing drums since age 5, and also has taken up piano, composing/arranging, and singing. Austin attended Cornish College of the Arts from 2008-13. He enjoys producing his own shows, and currently resides in his hometown as a private music teacher and working musician.

Missed the show? Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Austin Hays, originally broadcast on July 28, 2021. Click here to visit Austin’s Facebook page for his Austinato music studio, and click here for his SoundCloud music page.

After Hours featuring Steve Hass, air date March 17, 2021

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Join me for the March 17, 2021, edition of After Hours on KRBD Rainbird Radio (and later on KSTK and KCAW Raven Radio) as I’m joined in conversation with jazz drummer Steve Hass.

Receiving a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Steve was inspired enough to learn every style of music he could, including checking out the music from Cuba, Africa, India, and the Middle East. Steve continues this philosophy today from jazz to hip-hop, from world to rock all the while traveling around the world offering a vast musical knowledge originality and genuine feel within every rhythm he creates.

In 2003 Steve began touring and recording with multiple Grammy winners and Atlantic recording artists, The Manhattan Transfer. He remains the first-call drummer for The Manhattan Transfer, and works with them as his schedule permits. He is the first touring drummer in the history of the band to actually record with them.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Steve Hass, originally broadcast on March 17, 2021. Click here to visit Steve’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Jeff Hamilton, air date Dec. 7, 2020

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Join me for the Dec. 7, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton.

In addition to his many recordings with Ray Brown, Jeff has been on nearly 200 recordings with artists such as Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Milt Jackson, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, John Pizzarelli, Benny Carter, Lalo Schifrin, George Shearing, Dr. John, Clark Terry, Gene Harris, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Scott Hamilton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Keely Smith, Bill Holman, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel and Mark Murphy.

Jeff is a frequent guest of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany. He also appeared in Natalie Cole’s Great Performances PBS special, Unforgettable, and an Oscar Peterson documentary, Life In The Key Of Oscar.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Jeff Hamilton, originally broadcast on Dec. 7, 2020. Click here to visit Jeff’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Lewis Nash, air date June 15, 2020

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Join me for the June 15, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with one of the most gifted and accomplished jazz drummers on the scene today, Lewis Nash.

When just 23 years old, Lewis joined Betty Carter’s band which gave him the opportunity to hone his already talented chops. He appears on many of her recordings, including the Grammy Award-winning 1988 CD, “Look What I Got.” It was Lewis’s decade with the Tommy Flanagan Trio for which he may be best known.

He has performed with jazz luminaries like Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, and Oscar Peterson to name just a few. Providing inspiration and expertise to students is an important part of Lewis’s career. In 2001, he became a faculty member of the Juilliard School of Music.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Lewis Nash, originally broadcast on June 15, 2020. Click here to visit Lewis’ artist page on the Blue Note Records website.