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Robert Diack

Robert Diack is a drummer/bandleader based in New York City where he attends the School Of Jazz at The New School; he is originally from Toronto, Canada.

His album, Lost Villages was released in 2018, featuring Patrick O'Reilly on Guitars, Jacob Thompson on Piano, and Bandon Davis on Bass. Using these same musicians Diack will release another album towards the end of 2020.

Robert Diack: Small Bridges

Read "Small Bridges" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 27, 2022

It is heartening to hear a new artist coming on strong. Drummer Robert Diack's self-released debut, Lost Villages, placed the artist in the visionary column of jazz artists, as he spotlighted, with an original voice, the concept concerning a series of flooded townships in Southern Ontario, Canada, places put underwater in the 1950s for the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Diack's sophomore effort, Small Bridges, expresses the artist's tribulations with his relocation from Canada to ...

"Robert Diack isn’t reticent about unleashing a burst of chaotic upheaval, even if it means an obliteration of the prevailing tranquility...Recommended." Dave Sumner - Bird Is The Worm

"Diack’s goal is to synthesize his disparate influences into a unique musical language that evokes – much like a glimpse of underwater ruins – a compelling vision greater than the sum of its parts." Colin Story - The Whole Note

"The whole CD is a joy to listen to..." Chris Baber – Jazz Views