Posts Tagged Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 18 – Mike D (Michael Diamond)

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August 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio (August 8, Wgtn)

Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio: Secrets & Hidden Messages  MFC  Thursday, August 8  This Chamber Music NZ concert featured touring American violist Jennifer Stumm with local musicians Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin): Te Koki Trio.  The opening piece was just for the trio, a Chamber Music-commission by local composer Michael Williams. Over a see-sawing frenzy of violin the piano provided […]

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September 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 18 – Mike D (Michael Diamond)

I realised, just recently, that I needed to include Mike D (or Michael Diamond) of the Beastie Boys in these files. There might not be many people out there that think of him as one of the world’s greatest drummers – but for me he was formative, crucial; super important. It comes from being the […]