Drummers
Peter
Erskine
www.petererskine.com
My drum pal from all the way back in 1974.
Dave
Weckl
www.daveweckl.com
Dennis
Chambers
www.dennischambers.com
Mike
Mangini
www.rhythmknowledge.com
A new drum bud, Mike Mangini.
The
Official Buddy Rich Web Site
www.buddyrich.com
Buddy
Rich Appreciation Site
hem.passagen.se/rberg
Aynsley
Dunbar
www.aynsleydunbar.com
Drum legend who has played with Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Frank
Zappa, John Mayall, Journey, Starship, Whitesnake and Eric
Burton.
Stan
Levey
www.stanlevey.com
Stan was one of the greatest jazz drummers of the be bop
era.
Steve
Hass
www.stevehass.net
A very good website from a drummer in touch with the roots of
U.S. drumming.
Karuna
Murthy
www.karunamurthy.com
Karuna Murthy is an excellent South Indian drummer that I have
played and studied with.
Hakim
Ludin
www.hakimludin.de
Hakim Ludin is a great World Percussionist and a member of the
World Percussion Trio.
Bryan
Kilfoil
www.bkstudios.com
Bryan Kilfoil does most of my graphic work like CD covers,
(he's working on the new Vital Info CD cover) flyers, posters
and itineraries. He also gives drum lessons and has a studio.
Pete
Lockett
www.petelockett.com
Pete Lockett is an incredible percussionist based in London
who is extremely well versed in the percussion of India.
He has many lessons available for free on his website.
Drum
Gear and Resources
A
Drummer's Tradition
www.adrummerstradition.com
A vintage drum shop in San Rafael.
Drums on
the Web
www.drumsontheweb.com
An online drum shop.
Zildjian
www.zildjian.com
The cymbals I play.
Vic
Firth
www.vicfirth.com
The drumsticks I use.
Remo
Drum Heads
www.remo.com
The drumheads I play.
DW Drums
www.dwdrums.com
The bass drum pedals I use.
GK-Music
www.gk-music.com
The headphones I use for recording and practicing.
Sonor
Drums
www.sonor.com
The
Unofficial Sonor Museum
www.sonormuseum.com/
The only site on the web dedicated to the dissemination of
information on out-of-production SONOR Drums and accessories.
Modern
Drummer Magazine
www.moderndrummer.com
Hudson
Music
www.hudsonmusic.com
Video company that has the "Salute to Buddy Rich"
video plus many other great drummers' videos.
Drummers Collective
www.drummerscollective.com
A well-known drum school in NYC.
Drummer
World
www.drummerworld.com
This is the best drum page I've seen to date. Leave it
to the Swiss!
The
Percussive Arts Society
www.pasic.org
The
Percussive Arts Society is the largest percussion organization
in the world. Established in 1961, the society is dedicated to
promoting percussion education, research, performance and
appreciation throughout the world.
Drum
Chops
www.drumchops.com
Online store and drum resource site.
Drum Bum
www.drumbum.com/lessons.htm
Drum Bum has more than 400 free drum lessons.
Drum
Scene and DrumTek
www.drumscene.com.au
and www.drumtek.com.au
Frank Corniola's sites: the main inspiration behind the Drum
Scene in Australia.
Other
Jazz Musicians
Frank
Gambale
www.frankgambale.com
World-class guitarist and an integral member of Vital Information from 1987-2006.
Walt Weiskopf
www.waltweiskopf.com
Tenor saxophonist with Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy.
Mark
Soskin
www.marksoskin.com
Pianist with Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy.
Kit
Walker
www.kitwalker.com
I played on Kit's two Windham Hill CDs, and he has written
and played additional keyboards on two Vital Info CDs, "Fiafiaga"
and "Easier Done Than Said."
Dean
Brown
www.deanbrown.com
The guitarist on the first three Vital Info CDs.
Mel
Martin
www.melmartin.com
A sax player I work with who has a great jazz site.
T.
Lavitz
www.tlavitz.net
Legendary Dixie Dregs pianist and all-around pianist's pianist.
The
Buddy Rich Tribute Site
http://members.aol.com/Azhosers/hosers-c.html
One of many online sites paying homage to the late great
drummer, Buddy Rich.
John
McLaughlin
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/jmweb/
The John McLaughlin Archives site, home to everything you ever
wanted to know about the guitarist.
Aydin
Esen
http://www.aydinesen.com
A great keyboard player who's toured and recorded with
Steve and Baron Browne.
George
Brooks
www.georgebrooks.com
Leader of the group Summit that features Steve Smith,
Zakir Hussain, Kai Eckhardt, and Fareed Haque .
Vinny
Valentino
www.vinny.com
Vital Information's NYC-based jazz guitarist who filled in for Frank Gambale on
the October 2004 Vital Information European tour, and
officially joined the band in May, 2006.
Bill
Evans
www.billevanssax.com
A great saxophonist who joined Steve on tour in 2004 with the
Steps Ahead reunion band.
Corrado
Rustici
www.corradorustici.com
A friend, and gifted producer and guitarist.
Other
Cool Jazz Links
Other
Cool Jazz Links
JazzWest.com
www.jazzwest.com
The Bay Area's most comprehensive site for the entire Bay Area
jazz scene, with news and feature articles, CD reviews, a
Concert Hot Sheet, and a growing Directory of musicians,
clubs, record labels, and jazz-related resources, plus ticket
giveaways and a free monthly newsletter. Designed and managed
by
Wayne Saroyan, who also built and manages the Steve Smith
and Vital Information Web sites.
Intuition Music
www.intuition-music.com
The Vital Information record label
Fuse
Online: The Fusion Music Authority
www.fusemag.com
Online magazine dedicated to fusion, with extensive listings
of links along with news, interviews, reviews, and tour info.
CyberFusion
jazzfusion.com/index.htm
Online Japanese fusion mag
The
MusicResource.com
www.themusicresource.com
Cool site for fast & friendly online shopping at a discount
Drums on
the Web
www.drumsontheweb.com
A cool place to listen to some of Steve's new music
Shrapnel
Records/Tone Center
www.shrapnelrecords.com
Mike Varney's record label website features all the Tone
Center recordings on which Steve performs
Abstract
Logix
www.abstractlogix.com
Great interviews with creative musicians from around the world
Janet
Williamson Music Agency
www.janetwilliamsonmusicagency.com
Janet handles all my booking for Buddy's Buddies, Vital
Information, and more
Audiophile Imports
www.audiophileimports.com
A great web store that specializes in jazz-fusion CDs and DVDs
London
Vision Clinic/Dr. Dan Reinstein
www.londonvisionclinic.com
The clinic where Tom Coster and I had LASIK corrective eye
surgery in November 2005 (see article)
Pandora
www.pandora.com
Online radio (from the folks at the Music Genome Project)
featuring music from Vital Information, Buddy's Buddies and
other Steve Smith recordings
Peter
Welker Presents #5
www.towerpod.com
Online radio featuring some Buddy's Buddies tunes
Tim
Ellis
www.tcephotography.com
Photographer
for Steve Smith.
