Joseph (Joe) Winstein-Hibbs is a jazz drummer, jazz pianist, and private music teacher living in St. Louis, Missouri. He currently plays drums in both the Zach Radwine Trio and the Matthew Galik Trio. In addition to working regularly with these two groups, Joe also works as a sideman with an array of other artists.
Joe studied drums in St. Louis with Steve Davis, Kevin Gianino, Miles Vandiver, and Keith Evans. While he is primarily self-taught on the piano, Joe has over the years has taken a number of influential piano lessons with Lynne Arriale, Alan Pasqua, Ethan Iverson, Zach Radwine, Ken Kehner, Adam Maness, Carolbeth True, and Kirt Pavitt. Joe studied Western music theory and Western music history with Dr. Thomas Zirkle and Dr. Gerald Myers at St. Louis Community College - Meramec, and studied the Alexander Technique in St. Louis with Katherine Mitchell.
Joe has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri - St. Louis and has been performing music regularly since his high school years. His drumming has appeared on three albums: Turn (by Zach Radwine, 2023), Space In Time (by Bennett Wood, 2024), and TFTF (by Thanks For The Fear, 2019).
