Steve Gadd: drums
Larry Goldings: keyboards
Travis Carlton: Electric bass
Michael Landau: electric guitar
Walt Fowler: trumpet and filicorno
One of the most influential drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has set a new standard in contemporary drum techniques and performance, and there is no drummer alive today who hasn’t been influenced by him in any way.
Steve Gadd was born in Rochester, New York, on April 9, 1945. Steve’s uncle, an army drummer, encouraged him to take drum lessons at the age of seven; at the age of 11 he was a guest of Dizzy Gillespie. He studied music at Eastman College in Rochester, playing in the wind ensemble and concert band, and at night in a club with Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Joe Romano and Frank Pullara. After college, he enlisted and spent three years in a military band. He later played and worked with a big band in Rochester. In 1972 he formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes.
Since the late ’70s Gadd has become the most requested and probably the most imitated drummer in the world. Chick Corea said: «Every drummer wants to sound like Gadd because he plays perfectly. He brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drums and at the same time has great imagination and great swing ability».
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