Stanton Moore

Gretsch Artist Since: 2001

Country: US

Band or Affiliations: Galactic, Krasno / Moore Project, Stanton Moore Trio, Dragon Smoke

Current Kit Setup:
USA Custom Ruby Red Pearl
8x12, 14x14, 16x16, 14x18 or 14x20 or 14x26
5x14 Ridgeland Snare

Influences:
"Elvin Jones, John Bonham, Zigaboo Modeliste, Johnny Vidacovich, Philly Joe Jones, James Black, Idris Muhammad."

We asked...Why Gretsch?:
"As soon as I acquired and played my first Round Badge 12,14,18 bop kit, I KNEW it was the sound for me. It was the sound I had been hearing on my favorite records played by my favorite drummers for years. I instantly felt like I had found my sonic home."

Advice to aspiring musicians?:
"Try to fall in love with the artistic and learning process. If you fall in love with the process of improving yourself as an artist and a person, you’ll always be fulfilled because that process never ends."

Bio:
Stanton Moore is a GRAMMY award-winning drummer, educator and performer born and raised in New Orleans.
He is especially connected to his hometown city, its culture and collaborative spirit.
In the early ‘90s, Moore helped found the New Orleans-based essential funk band Galactic who continue to amass a worldwide audience via recording and touring globally. The band has averaged 100 shows a year for the last 25 years.
In 2018, Moore and his bandmates in Galactic pooled their resources to purchase the internationally renown music venue Tipitina’s.

Moore launched his solo career in 1998. He has 8 records under his own name with the most current being "With You In Mind: The Songs of Allen Toussaint". Throughout his 25 year career, Moore has played and or recorded with a diverse group of artists including Maceo Parker, Joss Stone, Irma Thomas, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter (of the Meters),Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), Corrosion of Conformity, Donald Harrison Jr., Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, Skerik, Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
He has also appeared numerous times on the Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'brien and Seth Meyers late night TV night shows.
With a bachelor’s degree in music and business from Loyola University, Moore stays involved in education by constantly presenting clinics and teaching master classes and private lessons all over the world. He has released two book and three video projects. His book Groove Alchemy was picked by Modern Drummer as one of the top 25 instructional drum books of all time.
To continue with his passion for teaching and to become more closely connected with his students, he produces his own online drum school, StantonMooreDrumAcademy.com.