The Modern Drummer Festival 2006 weekend returned to the incredible New Jersey Performing Arts Center on September 16 and 17, 2006 for its most ambitious festival ever. Sixteen drummers and percussionists performed with more than twenty musicians making for one of the most exciting festival weekends in its eighteen-year history.

Sunday Disc One: The Performances: Dave DiCenso, Bobby Sanabria with Ascension, Brann Dailor, Mike Mangini, Danny Seraphine with CTA, Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy

Sunday Disc Two: VIP Backstage Pass, The Interviews: Extensive and in-depth interviews at a practice kit with each of this year’s featured performers, including demonstration and discussion of technique, practice and warm-up routines, and specific playing examples from their MD Festival performance.