Rich Irwin

Montreal drummer Rich Irwin has spent his career playing jazz, pop, rock, and many other styles all over the world with artists such as Nikki Yanofsky, Elizabeth Shepherd, Mark Kingswood, Vic Vogel, Dawn Tyler Watson, the Directors, Jessica Vigneault, the McDades, Remi Bolduc, Julie Lamontagne, Jean-Pierre Zanella, Kate Wyatt, Jeff Johnston, Joel Miller, Florence K, Hadrian’s Wall, Matt Herskowitz, Christine Jensen, Bruno Pelletier, and many others.

Rich has entertained audiences at various events and venues such as Ronnie Scotts, Blue Note, Birdland, L’Olympia, the Bell Centre, the North Sea Jazz Fest, the Montreal International Jazz Fest, Montreal Drumfest, Ralph Angelilo Drumfest, the NAMM show and has played with international artists such as Peter Bernstein, Dave Liebman, Ira Coleman, Dave Kikoski, Ingrid Jensen, Donny McCaslin, Enrico Pieranunzi, Bendik Hofseth, Aaron Parks, Dave Binney, Jean-Michel Pilc, Freddie Hubbard, Celine Dion, Dave Young, Randy Bachman, Gary Smulyan, Alex Sipiagin, Chucho Valdez, Yotam Silbertein, and many others. 

He has appeared on over 60 albums, including Jennifer Gasoi’s 2014 Grammy winning Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well, and Christine Jensen's 2014 Juno winning Habitat. Rich holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University, and is a proud artist representing Sonor drums, Zildjian cymbals, Evans drumheads, ProMark sticks, and Protection Racket cases.