Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the ''

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'' Hall of Fame in 2000.

Biography

Weckl started playing his first set of drums at age 8 in his spare room along to records. He later played in the living room, sometimes with his father on piano. Weckl studied at the

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. Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon began working with artists such as Paul Simon,

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from 1985 to 1991. During this time he performed on many albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band. He said he "augmented his work with Corea by continuing his session work and appearing often with the

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". Weckl has released a series of instructional videotapes. His first recording as leader was in 1990 – '' Master Plan'', for GRP. This was followed by ''Heads Up'' in 1992, and ''Hard-Wired'' in 1994. Later on, Weckl recorded and toured with guitarist

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Discography

Dave Weckl: * 1990 – '' Master Plan'' ( GRP) * 1992 – ''Heads Up'' (GRP) * 1993 – ''J.K. Special'' (Lipstick) * 1994 – ''Hard Wired'' (GRP) Dave Weckl Band: * 1998 – ''Rhythm of the Soul'' ( Stretch) * 1999 – '' Synergy'' (Stretch) * 2000 – ''Transition'' (Stretch) * 2001 – ''The Zone'' (Stretch) * 2002 – ''Perpetual Motion'' (Stretch) * 2003 – ''Live (And Very Plugged In)'' (Stretch) * 2005 – ''

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'' (Stretch) Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver: * 2014 – ''Convergence'' The Dave Weckl Acoustic Band: * 2015 – ''Of the Same Mind'' * 2016 - The Dave Weckl Acoustic Band - Live DVD Dave Weckl with Omar Faqir: * 2018 – Pulse Album ''Now & Forever & Giant Sticks''

As sideman

With

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*''Step It'' (Pathfinder, 1984

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With

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*''Share My Dream'' (DMP, 1985) With Chuck Loeb and

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*'' Magic Fingers'' (DMP, 1989) With the

* ''

'' (GRP, 1992) * ''

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'' (GRP, 1993) * '' All Blues'' (GRP, 1995) With

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* ''CMD & The Nomads'' (Red Dot, 2014) With School of the Arts featuring

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* '' School of the Arts'' (Magnatude, 2007)

Videos

* 1988 – ''Back to Basics'' (DCI music) * 1990 – ''The Next Step'' (DCI music) * 1993 – ''Working It Out: Latin Percussion I'' - With Walfredo Reyes, Sr. (DCI music) * 1993 – ''Working It Out: Latin Percussion II'' - With Walfredo Reyes, Sr. (DCI Music) * 2000 – ''How to Develop Your Own Sound'' (Carl Fischer publishing) * 2000 – ''How to Practice'' (Carl Fischer publishing) * 2000 – ''How to Develop Technique'' (Carl Fischer publishing) * 2015 - Flies on The Wall / Convergence Behind The Scenes (DVD, Bluray)

Books

* 1988 – ''Back to Basics'' * 1992 – ''The Next Step'' (Manhattan Music) * 1994 – ''Contemporary Drummer + One'' (Manhattan Music) * 1997 – ''Ultimate Play-Along for Drums level I vol. I'' (Alfred Publishing Company) * 1997 – ''Ultimate Play-Along for Drums level I vol. II'' (Alfred Publishing Company) * 2001 – ''In Session with the Dave Weckl Band'' (Carl Fischer Music) * 2004 – ''Exercises for Natural Playing'' (Carl Fischer Music)

References

External links

Dave Weckl profile
Drummerworld; accessed August 4, 2015.
Dave Weckl profile
OnlineDrummer.com; accessed August 4, 2015.
Dave Weckl Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2008) {{DEFAULTSORT:Weckl, Dave Jazz fusion musicians American jazz drummers GRP Records artists University of Bridgeport alumni 1960 births Living people American session musicians Singers from Missouri Musicians from St. Louis Musicians from New York City Musicians from Los Angeles Aztec Camera members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Jazz musicians from New York (state) Jazz musicians from California Jazz musicians from Missouri 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Chick Corea Elektric Band members GRP All-Star Big Band members Manhattan Jazz Quintet members