Jazz Articles about Dave Weckl

The Dave Weckl Band: Rhythm of the Soul

by Robert Spencer
May 1, 1998

One interesting fact about the Dave Weckl Band's Rhythm of the Soul is that it will soon be available in five different music-minus-one play-along formats: one each for drummers, keyboardists, bassists, guitarists and saxophonists. So if you want to strike a monster groove like the Davemeister himself, now's your chance.

Rhythm of the Soul is muscular keyboard-based funk (featuring the tickled plastics of Jay Oliver) that no doubt will inspire hordes of aspiring funksters to plug in and play along ...

The Dave Weckl Band: Rhythm of the Soul

by Ed Kopp
April 1, 1998

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Pop-jazz tributes to adult-contemporary artists usually scare me off, but this one's different. Yes, Rhythm of the Soul is a tribute to drummer Dave Weckl's favorite R&B and pop artists. But it features 11 original compositions co-written by Weckl and his longtime pal Jay Oliver. Weckl and company merely borrow a few stylistic tricks from favored artists Sting, Ringo Starr, Clyde Stubblefield and Stevie Wonder, but there are no covers on this one.

The album has a bit of ...