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Adam Wolfe’s setup for the Broadway production of Bandstand at the Bernard B Jacobs Theatre.

Adam's write-up and gear list below photos.

Adam Wolfe’s setup for the Broadway production of Bandstand currently running at Bernard B Jacobs Theatre in New York City.

“Bandstand is an original, new musical currently playing the Bernard Jacobs Theater on Broadway. The score is rooted in 1940’s swing, though often through a more modern lens, touching on contemporary musical theater, more modern big band styles, and cinematic/orchestral styles. I’ve tried to add authentic (but functional) 1940's elements in both the musical and instrument choices. The TONY Winning Choreography and TONY nominated Orchestration work together beautifully.

The plot revolves around a group of WWII veterans who join together to form a small swing band in order to win a radio contest. Along the way they also deal with their war trauma. They are a band of six, consisting of piano/lead vocal, bass, drums, trumpet, trombone and sax/ww doubler. They play their own instruments, live, in the show every day, about 20% of the score. When the onstage drummer is playing, I’m either tacet or playing percussion. The pit is a solid 13 players and there are times in the show when we all get to play together, 19 strong, and in some of these moments we do double drums.”

Drums: DW Classics Series

14”x24” Bass Drum
8”x12” Small Tom
16”x16” Floor Tom

Snare: DW Jazz Series (2011)

6.5”x14”

Hardware and Pedals: DW

9000 Series Bass Drum Pedal with Vic Firth VicKick Felt Beater
9000 Series Hi-Hat Pedal
9000 Series Remote Hi Hat Pedal
5000 Series Turbo Bass Drum Pedal for Foot Tambourine
5000 Series Cymbal Stands
5100 Throne
Various Stackers, Arms and Clamps

Cymbals: Istanbul Mehmet

13” Nostalgia Hats
14” Traditional Hat Trio, Light Configuration
12” Traditional Splash
17” Traditional Medium Crash
18” Nostalgia Crash
20” Nostalgia 70’s Ride
19” Nostalgia Crash/Ride w/ two rivets
22” Empire Ride
20” Traditional Swish with 20 (!) rivets

Sticks:

Vic Firth SSM Stanton Moore Autograph Model sticks (and another pair with moleskin on the back for swizzles)
Vic Firth HB Heritage Brushes - Light Gauge Wire
Vic Firth WB Wire Brushes - Medium Gauge Wire
Ron Vaughn CYMM-5R Suspended Cymbal Mallets
Drummer’s Palette as a brush tray on the right side of the floor tom (I’m loving this!)
Freer K10 Linen Phenolic with Brass Inserts (only used on Bell Tree)
Freer Brass (also only used on Bell Tree)
Stoessel RW2.5 Richard Weiner 5/6” Triangle Beaters (for triangle and cymbal scrapes)

Heads:

Evans EQ4 Calftone on Bass Drum Batter
Evans Calftone with Felt Strip on Bass Drum Resonant Side (no stuffing, no hole)
Evans Calftone for Top and Bottom of Toms
Evans G14 Coated Snare Batter Head

Percussion:

Meinl Artist Series Luis Conte Model Conga, Quinto and Bongos
RhythmTech Skratcher
RhythmTech Cabasa
Tycoon Shaker (3”)
Brian Nozny Sylvana Glass Chimes, High
LP Bell Tree
Meinl Recording-Combo ABS Tamourine, Dual-Alloy Jingles (played with pedal)
Alan Abel Small Triangle with trusty flaming hot Miller Machine
TreeWorks TRE35 Classic, Single Row
Meinl Percussion Blocks, High and Low Pitch

Adam is a proud endorser of Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals.

Adams Broadway Credits

Bandstand - Broadway - Adam Wolfe
May 2017

Adam Wolfe’s setup for the Broadway production of Bandstand currently running at Bernard B Jacobs Theatre in New York City.

Conducting a National Tour by Danny Taylor

"Conducting a National Tour is incredibly challenging, but so rewarding. Stepping on to the podium with a new orchestra every few weeks really keeps you on your toes. Every player responds differently so you are constantly adjusting to get the desired result. I would compare it to playing a multi-percussion piece where the instruments are constantly moving."

5 min read

Reporting from the Broadway Trenches by Jon Berger

"After a grueling four years at SUNY I still had one theory class left to finish. I was really depressed. A classmate of mine recommended me for a tour of a Broadway show. This completely changed the course of my life."

7 min read

Drumming for "Ain’t Too Proud" by Clayton Craddock

"When I first got the call to start working on Ain’t Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations, I was curious about which era the show was going to focus on. Their career began in the early 1960’s and they’re still releasing albums today."

7 min read

The Little Mermaid - Brian Kirk

"The timpani tunings are the real challenge of The Little Mermaid. Changing pitches must be done by feel, that was my biggest challenge. Memorizing the mallet parts was also very necessary."

2 min read

The Little Mermaid - Alec Wilmart

"As you can see in the pictures, I prefer to have as much 'stuff' right in front of me, as close as possible. Because there are so many instruments close in, I have mounted a music stand off of the tom mount.

2 min read

Kevin McNaughton's setup for the National Tour of Pretty Woman at the Old National Centre (formerly the Murat Theatre) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pretty Woman - Kevin McNaughton

"Different from the tour, the original Broadway production had acoustic drums, an acoustic set of timbales, and an acoustic tambourine - the tambourine is now programmed in the SPD-SX."