This week’s guest is the one…the only Stanton Moore. Stanton is GRAMMY award-winning drummer, educator and performer born and raised in New Orleans. His pride for his hometown is pretty unmatched. In the early ‘90s, Moore helped found the New Orleans-based essential funk band Galactic who continue to amass a worldwide audience via recording and touring globally. The band has averaged 100 shows a year for the last 25 years. Moore launched his solo career in 1998. He has 8 records under his own name. In 2022 Moore started a new project with Grammy award winning guitarist and producer Eric Krasno. The Krasno / Moore Project’s current record is “Book of Queens”.
Throughout his 25 year career, Moore has played and or recorded with a diverse group of artists including Maceo Parker, Joss Stone, Irma Thomas, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter (of the Meters),Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), Corrosion of Conformity, Donald Harrison Jr., Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, Skerik, Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Les Claypool (Primus) to name a few.
With a bachelor’s degree in music and business from Loyola University, Moore stays involved in education by constantly presenting clinics and teaching master classes and private lessons all over the world. He has released two books and three video projects. His book Groove Alchemy was picked by Modern Drummer as one of the top 25 instructional drum books of all time. To continue with his passion for teaching and to become more closely connected with his students, he recently launched his own online drum academy, StantonMooreDrumAcademy.com. He’s the man and this is one for the books. I hope you enjoy the 5 records that shaped Stanton Moore into the drummer he is today. Cheers!
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STANTON’S BIG FAT FIVE 👇🏻
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Album – Live at Birdland
Artist – John Coltrane
Key Track(s) – Afro Blue
Drummer – Elvin Jones
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Album – 20 Greatest hits
Artist – James Brown
Key Track(s) – All
Drummer – Melvin Parker, Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield
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Album – Look a Py Py
Artist – The Meters
Key Track(s) – All
Drummer – Zigaboo Modeliste
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Album – Physical Graffiti
Artist – Led Zeppelin
Key Track(s) – All
Drummer – John Bonham
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Album – Crawfish Fiesta
Artist – Professor Longhair
Key Track(s) – All
Drummer – Johnny Vidacovich
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