Tommy Igoe joins Dan Shinder for his first Drum Talk TV interview! Tommy began drumming before the age of 2, started classical piano at 10, won every music competition available to him in High School, simultaneously winning two High Percussion awards with the legendary Bridgemen Drumlines. In 1997, Tommy wrote the drum set book for Disney’s epic Broadway production of the “The Lion King” where he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has played drums on three Grammy award winning recordings and was voted the World’s #1 Jazz Drummer in the 2014 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll. Tommy also created the Groove Essentials 1.0 and Groove Essentials 2.0 series through Hudson Music!