Kevin O’Day, a journeyman drummer who played and recorded with an astonishing array of musicians across genres and decades in New Orleans died on March 8. He was 48.

O’Day was a precocious musician from a young age. By the age of 10 he was playing guitar, piano and drums. He graduated from Catholic High of Baton Rouge in 1991 where he studied with famed musician and educator Herman Jackson. He earned a BA in music from ...