ELIOT ZIGMUND The american drummer Eliot Zigmund has played and recorded with the extraordinary Bill Evans Trio during the 70s and with the Michel Petrucciani Trio in the 80s. He has also toured and recorded with some of the greatest musicians of the contemporary jazz scene such as Jim Hall, John Abercombie,Joe Lovano, Gary Peacock, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny. Zigmund teaches in New York, where he lives, and at The William Paterson College in New Jersey. Master-drummer Eliot Zigmund describes the creative process this way: "I know from my experiences with working bands through the years that playing day after day with the same group gives the music a strength and ease of execution that doesn't happen otherwise. It's like a basketball team that plays every night and gets their stuff slick so the individuals and the team are performing (hooking-up) in an optimum way. " Speaking about rhythm sections who do not hook-up, Eliot says, "Many players don't really have a concept of hooking-up. It's more like 'well I'm going to do my thing, and you'll do your thing and hopefully it will work. A lot of the time it doesn't work in that very subtle way that marks the difference between effortless swing versus four hours of manual labor."