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Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953, in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is an American drummer and music educator. He is best known for his work with the late '80s heavy metal band Winger and with the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 band Dixie Dregs
Dixie Dregs

The Dixie Dregs are a jazz fusion band formed in the 1970s. Their mostly instrumental music fuses jazz, southern rock, bluegrass music and european classical music forms in an often unique, virtuostic style....
. He also played with Fiona
Fiona (singer)

Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire....
, Platypus
Platypus (band)

Platypus was a progressive rock / jazz-fusion supergroup that consisted of members from Dream Theater, King's X and Dixie Dregs. The group was formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2000....
 and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess
Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess is a progressive rock keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater....
 including his ventures with the Rudess/Morgenstein Project
Rudess/Morgenstein Project

Rudess/Morgenstein Project is an album by the duo of the same name.The duo is made up of Jordan Rudess and Rod Morgenstein. The album came about after a power outage during a Dixie Dregs concert caused all of the Dregs' instruments to fail except Jordan's, so he and Rod improvised with each other until power was restored and the concer...
. He is currently an associate professor teaching percussion at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students and a 2008 faculty of approximately 500....
 in Boston, Mass. Rod plays his drum kit left-handed
Left-handed

Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as Penmanship. Most left-handedness people exhibit some degree of ambidexterity....
 (i.e., in mirror-image of a normal kit layout).








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Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953, in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is an American drummer and music educator. He is best known for his work with the late '80s heavy metal band Winger and with the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 band Dixie Dregs
Dixie Dregs

The Dixie Dregs are a jazz fusion band formed in the 1970s. Their mostly instrumental music fuses jazz, southern rock, bluegrass music and european classical music forms in an often unique, virtuostic style....
. He also played with Fiona
Fiona (singer)

Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire....
, Platypus
Platypus (band)

Platypus was a progressive rock / jazz-fusion supergroup that consisted of members from Dream Theater, King's X and Dixie Dregs. The group was formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2000....
 and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess
Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess is a progressive rock keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater....
 including his ventures with the Rudess/Morgenstein Project
Rudess/Morgenstein Project

Rudess/Morgenstein Project is an album by the duo of the same name.The duo is made up of Jordan Rudess and Rod Morgenstein. The album came about after a power outage during a Dixie Dregs concert caused all of the Dregs' instruments to fail except Jordan's, so he and Rod improvised with each other until power was restored and the concer...
. He is currently an associate professor teaching percussion at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students and a 2008 faculty of approximately 500....
 in Boston, Mass. Rod plays his drum kit left-handed
Left-handed

Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as Penmanship. Most left-handedness people exhibit some degree of ambidexterity....
 (i.e., in mirror-image of a normal kit layout).

See also

  • Dixie Dregs
    Dixie Dregs

    The Dixie Dregs are a jazz fusion band formed in the 1970s. Their mostly instrumental music fuses jazz, southern rock, bluegrass music and european classical music forms in an often unique, virtuostic style....
  • Jazz Is Dead
    Jazz Is Dead

    Jazz is Dead is an instrumental Grateful Dead cover version band that interprets classic Dead songs with jazzy influences instrumentally. The band's first line-up consisted of: Jimmy Herring , Alphonso Johnson , Billy Cobham and T Lavitz ....
  • Jordan Rudess
    Jordan Rudess

    Jordan Rudess is a progressive rock keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater....
  • Winger
  • Platypus
    Platypus (band)

    Platypus was a progressive rock / jazz-fusion supergroup that consisted of members from Dream Theater, King's X and Dixie Dregs. The group was formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2000....
  • The Jelly Jam
    The Jelly Jam

    The Jelly Jam is a three-piece progressive rock band, consisting of Ty Tabor of King's X on guitar and vocals, Rod Morgenstein of The Dixie Dregs on drums, and John Myung of Dream Theater on bass....


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