Ben Vanderwal is arguably one of the most in-demand jazz drummers in Australia today, and it’s easy to see why.
His early years were spent soaking in the diversity of a huge array of music, and it is obvious that this served to deepen his curiosity, fuelling his hunger to learn ever more about his chosen instrument - and quite simply, it seems that nothing much about this has changed!
Ben remains a wide-eyed student and this attitude has brought him the rewards of an international drumming career that seems to be growing in leaps and bounds…
Read the complete interview in DRUMscene Issue 63