Matt Kane - The Other Side of the Story (2018)

When we think of drummers, we often think of a musician in the background, but 47-year-old MATT KANE is at a point in his career where he takes charge from behind the drums, as a jazz artist, composer, and bandleader. His fourth album, The Other Side of the Story—the first with entirely original compositions—was just released. This from a guy who grew up surrounded by corn fields in Hannibal, Missouri, idolized Tom Sawyer, and played his first gig as a teen aboard a riverboat on the Mississippi.