Let's make this birthday one to remember.

51 years old (Born on November 13, 1973)

Happy Birthday, Ari Hoenig! May your day be filled with rhythms so complex even you have trouble counting them. From dazzling audiences at the 55 Bar to mesmerizing crowds at Smalls and Blue Note, you've proven that drumming isn't just about keeping time—it's also about bending it into shapes most of us can't pronounce.

Here's wishing another year packed full of syncopated adventures and jaw-dropping solos. Keep defying gravity (and logic) behind those drums; after all, age is merely a number—but in your case it's probably an odd meter nobody else can follow anyway. Cheers to many more beats ahead!