REMEMBER, Tuesday January 27th at 8:00 pm est on Mission Unstoppable Radio, www.blogtalkradio.com/missionunstoppable because you will have a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with legendary jazz drummer Peter Erskine. Peter has been playing drums professionaly since the early 70's has been nominated Best Jazz Drummer 9 times by Modern Drummer Magazine and was awarded an honourary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music.  The Call in number is 646 595 3741. Can;'t make it live? Down load the show from the above URL

Peter's name sounds familiar but you can't place him? No worries. .He has played with Maynard Ferguson, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, the ASKO, Avanti, Remix & Absolute Ensembles; "Bass Desires " (with John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Marc Johnson), the John Abercrombie Trio, the Kenny Wheeler Quintet & Big Band , the Yellowjackets and the Bob Mintzer ..to name a few..smile.

He has  4 instructional videos as well as 6 books, including "Drumset Essentials, Vols. 1, 2 & 3 " (a trilogy of instructional methods), plus the "Erskine Method" book and DVD, and "Time Awareness for All Musicians" (published by Alfred Music Publishing). His other books include "Drum Concepts & Techniques" and "The Drum Perspective", both published by the Hal Leonard Corp. Peter conducts clinics, classes and seminars world-wide. Peter the Director of Drumset Studies at USC Thornton School of Music, and is the "Jazz Drumming Consultant" to the Royal Academy of Music in London.