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Steve Gadd's Drumset

Steve Gadd & Friends

L'Image







Steve Gadd photo by Bill Zules


 
Welcome to The Official Website of Steve Gadd,
which keeps you up to date on what the award
winning drummer is doing.  To document and
preserve his rich drumming legacy, you'll find
where and with whom he's playing and what
new recordings he's done.


After 30 plus years of playing there is a lot of
territory to cover, classic recordings and lots
of wonderful performances. There will also
be information about early influences and
tributes to close friends from along the way,
stay tuned and stop back to learn more
about this drummer icon.


THE GADDABOUTS:

www.thegaddabouts.com

"I'm in a new band called The Gaddabouts. Steve Gadd put this band together for us and
produced a record I really love and had a lot of fun making. We hope to have it out sometime
this year. The Gaddabouts is Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino and Andy Fairweather Low.
"Here I Am Now" is a demo made with Steve Gadd in 2000
....the beginning of "The Gaddabouts"."

-Edie Brickell
http://blogs.myspace.com/brickellephant

LISTEN: www.thegaddabouts.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/thegaddabouts

EDIE: www.ediebrickell.com



DR. STEVE GADD:

Steve Gadd , Patrice Rushen, and Abraham Laboriel

BOSTON , September 12, 2005 – Abraham Laboriel, Patrice Rushen, and Steve Gadd received honorary doctor of music degrees for their outstanding contributions to contemporary music, and treated the crowd to a surprise performance at Berklee College of Music’s 2005 Entering Student Convocation, Friday, September 9, 2005, at the Berklee Performance Center. The three honorees, Berklee President Roger Brown, and Vice President for Student Affairs Lawrence E. Bethune, welcomed approximately 815 students from more than 75 countries, at the ceremony.

Steve Gadd, one of the most in-demand drummers in the world, and who has worked with such artists as Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin, among many others, said after accepting his degree that the honor was extra-special because he was sharing the moment with Rushen, and Laboriel, two of his closest musical peers. “This is probably my only chance to get a honorary degree because I’m not the greatest student in the world,” said Gadd. “But I love music. I found one thing that I loved and I just kept on doing it … and if I can do it, I believe you all can do it. Welcome aboard.”

Abraham Laboriel, Patrice Rushen, Steve Gadd, and
Berklee President Roger Brown. Photo by Phil Farnsworth.



 

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Steve Gadd in Japan 2008: Photo by Toshimi Hatano

Steve plays Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo Drumheads, Vic Firth Sticks, and LP Percussion. He has two instructional drum DVDs and videos, plus ADAA Award & 25th Anniversary of Drummers Collective DVDs on Hudson Music.
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Dr. STEVE GADD on tour in 2009:


JANUARY/FEBRUARY: Bona/Gadd/Luc
FEBRUARY: L'Image Reunion in N.Y.C.
FEBRUARY/MARCH with Mika Yoshida in Japan
MARCH: Joe Sample & Randy Crawford in Japan
APRIL/MAY: Eric Clapton, Dave Sanborn
SUMMER: James Taylor

FALL: L'Image in Japan, Steve Gadd & Friends
WINTER: Steve Gadd & Friends

"Steve Gadd’s drumming on ’50 Ways To Leave Your Lover’, for instance, is the archetypal example of a drummer halfway selling a song before the singer has even started"
-Bill Bruford
www.billbruford.com

*Hire Steve Gadd
for recording or live performance:
sessions@drstevegadd.com





 

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Steve Gadd


 

Hudson Music launches "Master Series"
with the release of an extraordinary new DVD by master drummer Steve Gadd:

The one-hour and thirty-five-minute "Master Class" session offers unprecedented view of a modern drumming icon as Steve reveals his approach to the drums and music through an open, question-and-answer format. His natural warmth, charisma and abundant drumming skills are readily apparent as he demonstrates and discusses many of the signature drum tracks he created with artists such as Simon & Garfunkel, Steeley Dan, Chick Corea, James Taylor and Eric Clapton.

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