Gary Chester

I'll never forget Gary's utmost patience in turning me into a career drummer/teacher, besides giving me personal focus in life which I have attempted to pass onto another generation of young drummers in his memory. I miss him!

Katrina, Great performance on Friday We briefly met. Please call. 650-814-2201 George

Katrina please contact me will explain. George

I go write in Portugu?s, if your need translate, ask for Chriss, hehehe. Uma dica: para estudar rumba ou son clave 3:2 ou 2:3 (tanto faz) com o p? esquerdo no hi hat, tente: Compasso: 4x4 M?o direita no Ride e M?o esquerda no TomTom (ambas nas sem?nimas, marcando o tempo). O P? direito toca a Bombo Note (base normal de "salsa") ou Base de Samba. A? voc? l? o New Breed executando o P? esquerdo. Becouse if you play your left hand in the snare drum, maybe your brain make confuse. Try, becouse for me its be bether in the first time?s in the my lessons. Stay with GOD. See you latter...

es increible el legado que dejo este gran musico; es importante resaltar que sus metodos de aprendisaje aun siguen en el corazon de los modernos bateristas...GACIAS POR ESE ESTILO UNICO...

I miss my dad :( hope to see everyone at the Modern Drummer convention in September!!! What a great tribute to have a place for my dads drum family to visit and stay in touch. Miss all of you and the days you came to our house for leesons and I interrupted them to bring him a cup of coffee. gayle

A 11 yers ago i listen about the Gary Chester. So he are the 'name'. I study some pages(copies from my tetcher)that help me so much. Now, i get the NB and NB2. So much work becouse the combinations and possibilities contais in the books look like dont have end! I play Bossa-Nova, Samba, Jazz, Progressive Rock, etc. with him. Very nice how the world is. I?m happy to know some peaple from this side of the world but i have to pratice more the Books and inglish to. Good work for everybody and thanks for read my mesage.

thanx gary,,, thanx for being existed... from a simple unfamous sicilian drummer...PIPPO ADORNO

I am one of Gary Chester's daughters and very excited about the re-release. Please come and check out the festival, it should be alot of fun! Amanda Mennillo(Chester)

GOOD WORK KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! It brings back memories of all the times I called your Dad to get a list of his local students for our Garage Band in Scott Widney's garage. I guess we played with just about every one that was local at least once. Your dad taught his students to get paid for their work. Hence the reason we only played with most of them once or twice. Or maybe it was because we were so BAD!!!! HA! I hope that all works out with the website. My best to the family. Please give Mandee a hug for me. Uuno

Not sure if I've ever signed the guest book ... Love those New Breed books!!! Chris

HI Its Gary's Daughter Kat! Till we get this info on the actual website, I wanted to post here about some great news!! About a year ago, student and friend of my father and families, Danny Gotlieb called and he had found a tape of himself interviewing my dad for the very first NB book in 1984! Its incredible and inspirational! To hear his voice but better yet to hear continued lessons and reasons for doing what we all do, MUSIC! Its over an hour long too!! I approached Modern Drummer and they agreed to re release NB1, happily with this bonus, never heard before, CD! Along with beautiful quotes from some students like Kenny Arnoff, Danny Gotlieb, Chrissy Adams, Dave Weckl and many more!!! They are all so excited to have this and so is my family! We couldn't be happier to share this with all of you! Chrissy and I are now working hard on preparing for the release as well as the MD festival Sept 16th and 17th, 2006!!! So, in closing, Look out for: - a huge spread in MD Mag this summer, early fall on my dad written by none other then friend and student Rick Mattingly!! I'm so excited about that because Rick just interviewed me in KY and I got to reunite with him after all these years! -Modern Drummer Festival Sept 16th and 17th which I will be at, selling books and playing a video of one of my dads clinics, along with Chrissy Adams demonstrating some of the system along with some other drummers, and info to study the NB system with Chris! -New Breed Re Release on Sept 16th, 2006, IN STORES!! If you have any comments for Rick Mattingly and what you'd like to see in this spread, questions, etc...please feel free to send it along to my attention through this site or through my email and I will see he gets it, you never know! Of course I can't guarantee anything, its totally up to Rick. Lots of love and good timing to all... Kat Chester

I am proud to say that I played piano and organ on a number of records with Gary in the early and mid 1960's including "Dear One" (artist, Larry Finnegan) which in 1962 reached #11 nationally. Gary was always the leader of every session I did with him. A great guy and a wonderful drummer.

It?s a very incredibal the systems contents in the New Breed (one and two) because this two books like to infinite possibilities. I see my future together with the books. Very tanks to Gary Chester and Chris Adams for make the books. D? at? para estudar bossa nova com os sistemas...

I'm trying to contact Katrina. I'm an old friend from the way back days and I'm sure she'd love to hear from me as well. could you please pass on my email to her. By the way the website looks great. Gary would be pleased and probably a little embarrassed. Thanks, Charles Brettner

Hi Chris. You give me alone?(hehehe) I need your help. If you "souber" of corse. I need the name of videos (preference dvd) contents how play in moller type(circular). "the silence is not good". Principalmente para bateristas. Thank you.

? bom saber alguns trechos de musicas americanas para facilitar a comunica??o, como "how do you do?". Chris, te mandei um email.

Man. It?s amazing. I read one mensage for your douther. I say "amazing" becouse i don?t imagine if you is "realy", and so one "lendary". I?m very, very emotion and very happy to. YOU IS REAL.

Amigos Brasileiros. Em breve divulgarei minha web page, que facilitara a troca de informa??o. Obrigado e bons estudos.

Hi. I?m brazilian drummer. I buy the two books yesterday. My training beggins tomorrow. I?m studant and teetcher in my country (but my inglish don?t a very good, sorry). Very tank you for exist in the world of Music.