John Ramsay is famously known as the former head of percussion at The Berklee College of Music. As an educator, John has also written two books, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messages, and The Drummer’s Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson, published by Alfred Publishing. He has also recorded with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band, Andy McGhee, Kenny Barron, and Cecil McBee.