Ba-da-boom! Four jazz dynamos to perform on one drum set at four La Jolla concerts
San Diego Union-Tribune
By GEORGE VARGA
How different can four acclaimed jazz drummers sound when playing on the same drum set, in the same venue, on four different nights, with four different bands?
San Diego music fans will soon be able to find out firsthand at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s Winter Jazz concert series in La Jolla. The drummers include Mark Whitfield Jr., 29; Brian Blade, 49; Matt Wilson, 55; and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, 58.