Dave Weckl

For more than 30 years, Dave Weckl has developed and maintained a reputation as one of the great living drummers. For this, he has received numerous accolades and honors. Born in St. Louis Missouri, January 8th, 1960, Dave started playing drums around the age of 8. During his high school years, Dave received many awards from the NAJE (National Association of Jazz Educators) for outstanding performances in his high school's competition-winning jazz band. He was involved with numerous local groups from a very young age while studying with St. Louis-area teachers Bob Matheny and Joe Buerger. At age 16, Dave began to work professionally with local pop and jazz groups. In 1979, he moved to the East coast to study music at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. While playing the club scene in New York City with a band called Nite Sprite, Dave started to receive accolades from established studio musicians such as Steve Kahn, Michael Brecker, and especially drumming great Peter Erskine. It was Peter who recommended Dave for his first 'big gig' in town with a group called French Toast, forerunner to the Michel Camilo band. From this group, legendary bassist Anthony Jackson recommended Dave for the prestigious Simon and Garfunkel reunion tour in 1983. After this tour, Dave was regularly being called for radio and TV jingles, sound track sessions, and top recording dates with such artists as George Benson, Peabo Bryson, Diana Ross, and Robert Plant. In 1985, Michael Brecker suggested to Chick Corea that he look into Dave's services for his new Elektric Band. That was the beginning of a seven year relationship with both the Elektric and Akoustic Bands, where nine recordings and three videos were produced, including a Grammy for the first Akoustic Band release. As a solo artist, Dave has recorded and produced nine recordings to date, including GRP/MCA solo releases Masterplan, Heads Up, and Hardwired. In 1998, Dave realized his long-time goal of forming a world-touring band. The Dave Weckl Band released five studio records, including: Rhythm Of The Soul, Synergy, Transition, Perpetual Motion, and Multiplicity. The band also released a hot live album, LIVE (and very plugged in) and a compilation of DWB and instructional videos entitled The Zone. More recently, Dave has enjoyed taking on more sideman work. He regularly joins guitarist Mike Stern, Chuck Loeb, Oz Noy, and Chris Minh Doky and the Nomads, among others. When off the road, Dave keeps busy with session and production work at his home studio in Los Angeles. He also teaches at the annual Drum Fantasy Camp. Additionally, Dave has many instructional video/DVDs and play-along packages on the market. Of course, a guy this busy does need to get around town efficiently. A fan of automobiles, Dave stays on schedule by driving a 505 horsepower Corvette Z06.

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Dave Weckl - Michel Camilo - Anthony Jackson Festival de Jazz - Lugano - Switzerland - 1993 Dave Weckl Brecker Brothers Soloing over a Vamp Dave Weckl Chris Coleman HIGHER GROUND Dave Weckl THE CHICKEN" Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Big Band Time Check Dave Weckl Tiempo De Festival Transcription by Jan Ilarion Melnik Dave Weckl - Steve Gadd Vinnie Colaiuta THE SHOWDOWN 1989 Dave Weckl Band Tower of Inspiration Dave Weckl Drum Solo Dave Weckl - Chick Corea SPAIN (full) Montreux Jazz Festival 2004 Dave Weckl - Chick Corea SPAIN (Drum Part) Kopenhagen 1989 Dave Weckl - Chick Corea Drum Solo Kopenhagen 1989 Dave Weckl Double Stroke Roll & One Handed Roll Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Big Band Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Bigband Bugle Call Dave Weckl The Big Drum Solo in Australia Dave Weckl goes LATIN in Australia Dave Weckl Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews The Big Drum Solo Festival Hamburg - 1996 Dave Weckl Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews Drum Breaks Festival Hamburg - 1996 Dave Weckl Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews The Short Drum Solo Festival Hamburg - 1996 Dave Weckl Heavy Ride On THE HIP GIG Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Big Band Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Dave Weckl Drum Solo & Tiempo del Festival Dave Weckl YAMAHA Dave Weckl Walfredo Reyes Sr Funk Rock Demo Dave Weckl USE ME Yamaha Groove Night Dave Weckl Band Access Denied Dave Weckl Band The Zone

Dave Weckl - The Dave Weckl Band Jay Oliver - Buzz Feiten - Brandon Fields - Tommy Kennedy ACCESS DENIED Modern Drummer Festival 1998

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Dave Weckl Band: "Big B Little B" - 2019 Buzz Feiten (guitar), Tom Kennedy (bass), Gary Meek (sax), and Jay Oliver (keys)

Dave Weckl: DRUM SOLOing over a Vamp Brecker Brothers Band Reunion: Randy Brecker - trumpet and flügelhorn - Ada Rovatti - tenor & soprano saxophones - George Whitty - keyboards - Dean Brown - guitar - Chris Minh Doky - bass - Video provided by Marecam.com

Dave Weckl Online School
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Dave Weckl - Steve Gadd - Steve Jordan

DAVE WECKL The legendary DRUM SOLO with Mike Stern - 1996 Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews - Dave Weckl - Jazz Pulsations Nancy - 1996

Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Big Band Drum Solo + Bugle Call Buddy Rich: Memorial Concert 1989 - Los Angeles

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Dave Weckl - Vinnie Colaiuta

Dave Weckl & The Buddy Rich Big Band MERCY MERCY Buddy Rich: Memorial Concert 1989 - Los Angeles

Designer Stubble Dave Weckl Band Rhythm of the Soul The Chicken Live from the Drummers Collective Bass Days2002 Manhattan Center New York

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DAVE WECKL DRUM SOLOING OVER A VAMP with Mike Stern - 1996 Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews - Dave Weckl - Jazz Pulsations Nancy - 1996

Dave Weckl BIG DRUM SOLO Appearance Australian Drumming Festival All Dave Weckl Videos are

Dave Weckl - Michel Camilo - Anthony Jackson - 1993 Festival de Jazz - Lugano - Switzerland - 1993

Vinnie Colaiuta - Dave Weckl
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Dave Weckl: Double Stroke Roll & One Handed Roll

Vinnie Colaiuta - Dave Weckl - Gregg Bissonette -
Steve Gadd - Louie Bellson - Dennis Chambers
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Dave Weckl and the Dave Weckl Band ...plays Latin Appearance Australian Drumming Festival

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Dave Weckl - Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews Some Drum Breaks Festival Hamburg - 1996 All Dave Weckl Videos are

Kenny Aronoff - Eddie Bayers - Simon Phillips
Vinnie Colaiuta - Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Dave Weckl
Walfredo Reyes Jr.

Dave Weckl USE ME Yamaha Groove Night

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Dave Weckl - Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews The Short Drum Solo Festival Hamburg - 1996 All Dave Weckl Videos are

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DAVE WECKL - THE DAVE WECKL BAND: Steve Weingart - Gary Meek - Tom Kennedy - Dave Weckl Appearance Drummers Collective New York THE CHICKEN All Dave Weckl Videos are

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Dave Weckl - Bernhard Castiglioni (Drummerworld) Thanks so much! The site is terrific and I'm so glad you've been able to get it back online! Let me know if there is anything I can do. Meanwhile, I'll forward any news to you in the future - lots of neat stuff coming up... Thanks so much, Bernhard. Dave Weckl

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Dave Weckl - Chick Corea - John Patitucci - Eric Marienthal - Frank Gambale SPAIN (full) Montreux Jazz Festival 2004 All Dave Weckl Videos are

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Dave Weckl on the track....



Tom Kennedy - Steve Weingart - Gary Meek - Dave Weckl



Paul Siegel - John Castellano - Dave Weckl
Horacio Hernandez - Rob Wallis
Drummers Collective Birthday 2002 - N.Y. Manhattan Center



Drum Clinic...some years ago...



Dave Weckl - Peter Erskine



Steve Gadd - Dave Weckl - NAMM 2005



Antonio Sanchez - Dave Weckl



Joe Morello - Rod Morgenstein - Danny Gottlieb -
Dave Weckl - Kenny Aronoff - Alan Dawson


Keith Carlock - Dave Weckl - Yamaha Groove Night

Dave Weckl - Mike Stern - Jeff Andrews The Big Drum Solo Festival Hamburg - 1996 All Dave Weckl Videos are

Freddie Gruber - Dave Weckl

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