Author & Contributor

Owner / Founder / Contributor
Bart Elliott

A degreed professional musician with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, and Master of Music post-graduate work, Bart Elliott has worked for 40+ years in the music and entertainment industry with over 100 album recordings to his credit. His decades of experience exhaustive understanding of contemporary and classical music makes him a complete and skilled master musician.

Bart continues to work as an active drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, music arranger, director, comedian, MC, educator, writer and visual artist. He is the owner and creator of DrummerCafe.com, which he founded in December of 1996.

www.bartelliott.com

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Aquarian Tru-Bounce Practice Pad features an active playing surface of specially selected neoprene for a true and accurate response. This pad is comfortable to play on without the overly "springy" fee...
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REVIEW The Wernick Xylosynth XS6 comes with solid hardwood keys which makes it look, play and feel like a real instrument. No special techniques are required or demanded; what you play is what you get...
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Other drum throne makers build their seats on a thin, flat piece of plywood and covered with low density soft foam. They have hard molded synthetic covers that crack or split and make you sweat, with...
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African Pro Large Djembe Drum - 13" SANKOFA Features Handcrafted in Ghana, Africa Weight: 13 lbs. Head: 13" Height: 24" Double rings for maximum gripability Professional Sound Quality Premium Goat Ski...
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DW Delta II Ball Bearing Hinge The Delta II Ball Bearing Hinge is a replacement part for DW 9000, 9002, 9500, 9502LB, 9550, 5000AD3, 5002AD3, 5000TD3, 5000ND3, 5002ND3, 5002TDL3, 5500TD, 5500D, 5502LB...
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Need assistance tuning your drums? Frustrated in getting each drumhead in tune with itself? These devices can help you! Here are a few of my own personal suggestions. Tama TW100 Tension Watch The Tama...
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REVIEW Chris Brady at AQUARIAN Drumheads was kind enough to send me a set of the Full Force Series(tm) drumheads recently... to try out... and I was totally thrilled and blown away with what I found...
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Latin Percussion Giovanni Compact Conga 11-11.75 Inches Winner of a 2003 MiPA award, it's a uniquely designed, shallow, portable conga now available in 2 sizes. Constructed with a special aluminum all...
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Bart Elliott reviews Steel Drum Minus 1 Play-Along , a book/CD set that includes seven traditional calypso and pop classics with "virtual" steel band backing tracks and melodic notation.
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Bart Elliott reviews Drummer Boy , the new Christmas CD release from drummer, Craig Pilo . Pilo, who has backed the legendary Frankie Valli for the past 9 years, has taken some time off to put togethe...
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REVIEW As you may have guessed by the title, or perhaps not, all of the tracks on Harald Weinkum's ÜberThree are in 3/4 time. The third album for the Austrian bassist, Harald Weinkum began working on...
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REVIEW On September 23, 2013, iconic drummer and highly sought after session musician, Abe Laboriel Jr , released Naked , his first solo album — with his one-man-band, Sprinkle. Appropriately titled,...
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Bart Elliott reviews HBC , the 2012 debut CD release from the jazz-fusion supergroup, HBC, featuring Scott Henderson on guitar, Jeff Berlin on bass, and Dennis Chambers on drums.
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Bart Elliott reviews, Prime of Life , the fifth album project by jazz drummer and composer, Pete Zimmer , on Tippin' Records.
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Bart Elliott reviews Her Eyes At Sunset , the second CD by jazz artist, drummer and bandleader, Ernest "EC3" Coleman .
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Bart Elliott reviews Here's To The Messengers: A Tribute to Art Blakey , the latest CD release from brush-master, Clayton Cameron , and his group, Jass eXplosion .
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Bart Elliott reviews a new CD from Chad Wackerman entitled, Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations . This 2012 release, produced by Chad Wackerman, features Chad on drums (of course), Allan Holdsworth...
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Bart Elliott reviews Unsupervised , the recent CD release from LA jazz-fusion drummer, composer, arranger and producer, Craig Pilo .
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Bart Elliott reviews Bob Marley Drum Play-Along book/CD, a new reggae music educational package by Hal Leonard. Learn and play-along to some of the most popular Bob Marley reggae classics, quickly and...
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Bart Elliott reviews the KAV trio debut album, Outta’ Here , featuring Sean J. Kennedy on drums and percussion, Anthony Viscounte on vibraphone and marimba. This funky vibraphone driven jazz trio reco...
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Bart Elliott reviews Alfred's Ultimate Drum Play-Along: Journey , a CD/Book package containing drum transcriptions and audio performance tracks to some of Journey's most famous songs, including "Don't...
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Bart Elliott reviews the 2010 Christmas album release from the Neo-Swing band, Royal Crown Revue , entitled Don't Be A Grinch This Year! — featuring Daniel Glass on drums.
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With The Police Drum Play-Along Book/CD , you can play your favorite Police songs quickly and easily! Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play alon...
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Bart Elliott reviews Alfred's Ultimate Drum Play-Along: RUSH , a CD/Book package containing drum transcriptions and audio performance tracks to some of Rush's most famous songs, including Anthem" , "C...
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Bart Elliott reviews the Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along book/CD which includes six contemporary Afro-Cuban charts from the Grammy® award-winning Caribbean Jazz Project album, Afro-Bop Alliance . The C...
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Mika Yoshida and legendary drummer Steve Gadd team up on Mika's newest release, Mikarimba , an eclectic collection of joyful jazz tunes. Mika's beautiful Marimba playing is enhanced on this album by G...
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Currently paying his dues in Boston, Anthony Viscounte hails from the Philadelphia area, having already proven himself with some of Philly’s more interesting and musical endeavors. The five songs on t...
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Alfred's Ultimate Drum Play-Along series gives you everything you need to jam with your favorite songs. This book/CD includes amazing sound-alike recordings and authentic drum charts to eight Rolling...
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Grammy-award winner, guitarist, producer and songwriter Tom Hemby collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music industry for his third solo album, In The Moment (release date: March 2,2010)...
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The Alvo Sessions is the most recent recording undertaken by Sandro Dominelli . Recorded in New York City, the Indian inspired guitar playing of Rez Abbasi , with the electric bass sounds of Chris Tar...