Peterson, Wade Peterson

Wade Peterson is a noted drummer and teacher of West African drumming in the Bay Area. An enthusiastic drummer for nearly twenty years, he combines a strong grounding in Western music (he holds a degree in music from UC Santa Cruz) with a deep knowledge of West African musical traditions acquired directly from the master drummers of that region. With this blend, he has created a methodology that makes the music unusually accessible to western learners, while remaining true to the ancient traditions from which it comes.