104_ Ricky Sebastian - NOLA Drummer Series 10

Educator, clinician, player, and all around killer drummer Ricky Sebastian is today’s guest! We get into moving to NY in the 80’s from New Orleans and subsequent observations/contrasts of both cites, the NY scene in the 80’s/90’s and playing gigs with the unpredictable genius in Jaco Pastorius (plus a notorious gig with JP), Rashied Ali, Tania Maria and more, finding the appeal in the NY hustle, New Orleans as the northernmost Caribbean city, playing with Dr. John, his early inclination to playing the drums and early mentors, the process of teaching, and challenges in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin-Fusion, his first drum-method book and teaching at both The University of New Orleans and the Drummers Collective in NY, the badass that was Tony Williams, plus drumming injuries/the athleticism of drumming in general. http://www.rickysebastian.com/