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The Forest's (D)ruminations is percussionist Andrew Drury’s homage to Ed Blackwel, who he studied with from 1983 to 1992. Played by five younger New York-based drummers, the four-part title track is spelled by contributions by veteran reedist J.D. Parran and includes a short track composed by Warren Smith, another drum master, who was an M’Boom founding member. Initially throughout all the parts of “(D)ruminations”, it seems as if the idea is to discover how many… Read More