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Bobby Wiens is a Canadian-born, now Denver, CO based drummer. He has performed, recorded and toured as both a leader and a sideman with several world-class musicians throughout the U.S. and Canada. Wiens has studied under John Riley, Joe Farnsworth, Kenny Washington, Jim White, Dylan van der Schyff, Jon McCaslin, and Memo Acevedo among others. Since graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with his Masters degree in Jazz Studies, Wiens maintains a busy playing, recording, and teaching schedule in the Denver metro area.

Album

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

Album

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

Album

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

Song of the Day

For AJ

December 7, 2026

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

Article: Album Review

Bobby Wiens: Live at Dazzle

Read "Live at Dazzle" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
October 27, 2026

A really good live jazz album captures something that even the finest studio recording often struggles to reproduce: the interaction of musicians responding to each other in real time before an audience. There is an interaction between the players and the audience that is difficult to replicate in a studio setting. With Live at Dazzle, drummer ...

Article: Album Review

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 ...

Article: Album Review

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.

Song of the Day

With God On Our Side

June 3, 2026

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

Article: Radio & Podcasts

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 ...