This is the ULTIMATE drumming DVD! 3hr 45min approx run time: With a world famous cast: Terry Bozzio (Zappa), Chad Wackerman (Zappa), Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Jeff Hamilton (Sinatra), Steve Smith, (Journey), Mike Mangini (World's Fastest Drummer), and Zakir Hussain of George Brooks' Summit, this 2 disc DVD set is a must have no matter if you're a drummer or just a music fan. The Drum Pad's 20th Anniversary Show is jam packed with unbelievable performances and candid bonus features.

Listen to MP3 excerpts from: Stitching Time; Waltz for Lena; Frame Master; Jaki; McCoy; and The Outer Sea

All compositions by George Brooks
Earth Brother Music, BMI

Produced by George Brooks & Zakir Hussain

All compositions by George Brooks
Earth Brother Music, BMI

Produced by George Brooks & Zakir Hussain

"George Brooks's "Night Spinner" is a triumph. Brooks is a major musical force who incorporates the exotic sounds of India into the language of jazz with absolute conviction and flawless execution. His latest set is his best yet--hard swinging, soul-nourishing and deeply satisfying. This is music that fires our imagination and enriches our lives."
David Ritz
(biographer of BB King, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye)

Moment! Records 1018

Listen to MP3 excerpts from:
Images; Night Spinner; The Esio Trot; and Water Dance;

This unique ensemble offers a fresh perspective on global acoustic music. Krishna Bhatt's sitar weaves through Brooks' compositions, spinning lyrical solos. Zakir Hussain's tabla wizardy and sensuous folk rhythms draw in the soul. Piano, bass, drums and Brooks' lyrical saxophone engage in open-hearted group improvisation with these young Indian masters to captivate the spirit and engage the mind.

Listen to MP3 excerpts from:
Taj Express and Days of Rain

Moment! Records 1016

All compositions by George Brooks
Earth Brother Music, BMI

Produced by George Brooks & Mike Marshall

"The music on this recording has blown me away. Brooks plays the saxophone with a tone, rhythmic concept and harmonic concept that sounds totally new to my ears.The result is one of the most exciting saxophone records I have ever heard."
Saxophone Journal

"Bristling with east meets west polytonality and rhythmic intrigue and tinged with a Trane-like spirituality... Blowing gorgeous tones and fluidly unravelling complex ideas...he succeeds to a startling and almost rapturous degree."
San Francisco Bay Guardian

"A fascinating set...Exotically lyrical...gracefully bridges seemingly antithetical disciplines"
Billboard Magazine Critics Choice

"Able to play in the tradition of Coltrane and Dexter Gordon one moment and with Terry Riley or Kronos Quartet the next. Brooks is fast becoming a leading voice in the realm where jazz and north Indian improvisation meet."
San Francisco Bay Guardian

Featuring the George Brooks / Steve Smith composition, "Mad Tea Time."

Drum Nation Volume 1 features the World’s Greatest Drummers performing with ensembles or solo. Terry Bozzio; Bill Bruford; Steve Smith and Zakir Hussain; Chad Wackerman; Stanton Moore; Simon Phillips; Josh Freese; Rod Morgenstein; Tim Alexander and Brain; Marco Minnemann; Stephen Perkins and Brooks Wackerman

Listen to an MP3 excerpt of Mad Tea Time.

Compositions by Brooks, Chaurasia and Coryell.

Live recording from San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium, July 1998.