Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. On this episode, we talk with Montreal-based jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer Jacob Wutzke about his new 2025 album Pedalling Falsehoods and a life immersed in the world of jazz.

This fourth release marks a powerful artistic statement, with Jacob explaining the meaning behind the album’s title and the ideas that inspired the music. Known for his precise technique, creative ensemble playing, and joyful sense of swing, Jacob is a mainstay of the jazz scene, performing regularly as both a leader and an in-demand sideman.

Beyond performance, Jacob is a dedicated music educator and author, having self-published several highly regarded drum method books that have become essential practice tools for drummers around the world. In this conversation, we explore modern jazz drumming, composition, Education, creative intention, and the evolution of a working jazz musician. Enjoy.

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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.