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Bobby Wiens

Born: February 21, 1991

Bobby Wiens is a professional drummer based in Denver, CO, with 15 years of performing, touring, recording and teaching experience under his belt. Over his career, Wiens has led several bands which perform his eclectic stockpile of compositions and arrangements. He is also an in-demand sideman who has worked with a number of world-class musicians both locally and internationally.

Wiens grew up in a nurturing musical home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He studied piano throughout his childhood before joining his middle school’s concert band as a percussionist at age twelve.

After several years of living in Calgary and playing in a variety of bands, he moved to Vancouver, BC to complete his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Capilano University. During these formative years he was under the tutelage of Dr. Dylan van der Schyff, who is a significant influence on the way he thinks about, plays and teaches music. In 2017 he was awarded an Artist grant which allowed him to live in New York City and undertake an apprenticeship with the great drummer and educator John Riley. Following this he completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Northern Colorado where he was a Jazz Drum Set Teaching Assistant under Jim White.

Focus

By Bobby Wiens

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Go Back to the Beginning; Focus; Hat Trick; Devoted Heart; Sun Dance (For Al Foster); Hermann; Headed East; Morning Run; Mantra; For AJ; Minor Dilemma; With God on Our Side

Live at Dazzle

By Bobby Wiens

Label: Independent
Released: 2026
Track listing: Hermann; Hat Trick; Devoted Heart; Sun Dance (for Al Foster); For AJ; Doll of the Bride; Focus

Live at Nocturne

By David Mesquitic

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Tank; Blowout!; My Evything; Dad's Got the Blues; Sexy; Splish Splash; Nocturne Boogaloo

For AJ

December 7, 2026

Album: Live at Dazzle
By Bobby Wiens
Label: Independent
Released: 2026
Duration: 6:51

Bobby Wiens: Focus

by Jack Bowers
August 16, 2026

There are times when superb musicianship can redeem an album that may otherwise be gauged as no more than ordinary. Focus, Canadian-bred drummer Bobby Wiens’ second recording as leader, marks one of those times. Even though the album’s dozen themes are, aside from a few outliers, matter-of-fact, they are so marvelously performed by Wiens’ talented quartet ...

Bobby Wiens: Focus

by Kyle Simpler
June 18, 2026

Even though a recording is a finished product, it still captures the feeling and intensity of the session. When players have a good working rapport, everything translates through the music. Clearly, the musicians assembled by drummer Bobby Wiens for his second album, Focus, share a strong rapport, and that chemistry is evident throughout the recording.

With God On Our Side

June 3, 2026

Album: Focus
By Bobby Wiens
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:24

Pat Bianchi, Kurt Elling, Melissa Errico, Corcoran Holt & Alex Robinson

by Joe Dimino
March 15, 2026

We kick off the 949th episode of Neon Jazz with the exciting new voice of rising jazz star Alex Robinson, featuring music from her 2026 debut album I Really Oughta Tell You. From there, the journey continues with more powerful and expressive voices shaping today's jazz landscape, including Ella Grace, Melissa Errico, and Meg Okura. Along ...

Get In Line

By Spencer Zweifel

Label: ZWL Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Rambler; West Seventh; Get in Line; The Summer Knows; Secret Sauce; O Grande Amor; The Great Shark Hunt; Love is More Thicker Than Forget; Pamela