Rod Morgenstein

Rod Morgenstein
Morgenstein in 2008
Morgenstein in 2008
Background information
Born (1953-04-19) April 19, 1953 (age 73)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • educator
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Years active1973–present

Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs.

He also played with Fiona, Platypus, the Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess including his ventures with the Rudess/Morgenstein Project. He also toured with Jazz Is Dead. He has also been awarded Modern Drummer's "Best Progressive Rock Drummer" five years (1986-'90), "Best All-Around Drummer" (1999) and was inducted into magazine's Honor Roll.

He worked for twenty years as a professor, teaching percussion at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Morgenstein continues to tour with the band Winger. He has also been a columnist for Modern Drummer magazine.

Morgenstein is known for his versatility of playing many styles of music.

Equipment

Morgenstein currently uses Premier drums, Evans Drumheads, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, and LP Percussion. He has, in the past, also used Remo drumheads and Paiste cymbals.

Drums: Premier signia series (also uses the genista series):

Drumheads: Evans:

Drumsticks: Vic Firth:

- described as essentially combining a 5B and 2B stick

Cymbals: Sabian:

Paiste cymbals (circa 1984):

Cymbals circa 1988:

Discography

with Dixie Dregs

with The Steve Morse Band

with Winger

with Fiona

with Rudess/Morgenstein Project

with Platypus

with The Jelly Jam

  • The Jelly Jam (2002)
  • The Jelly Jam 2 (2004)
  • Shall We Descend (2011)
  • Profit (2016)

with Jazz Is Dead

References

  1. ↑ Schlenker, Dave (September 11, 1992). "Steve Morse and the Dregs on the road again". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rudess Morgenstein Project announce four US dates". musicradar.com. October 22, 2013. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ Hochanadel, Michael (April 5, 2002). "Jazz is Dead to jam on Grateful Undead songs at Van Dyck". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Zimmerman, Curtis (August 9, 1999). "Jazz Is Dead Laughing Wake Water 'Wake Of The Laughing Flood'". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ "About". rodmorgenstein.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Rod Morgenstein:Cross-Genre Ripping". moderndrummer.com. November 15, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2014.