Talking and Drum Solos represents yet another step back into jazz history for Atavistic's Unheard Music Series, which made a point of mostly documenting avant jazz until this year's reissue of George ...

1. Spooky Drums No. 1 2. Drums in the Twenties 3. Shimmy Beat/Press Roll Demonstration 4. Careless Love (Handy/Koenig/Williams) 5. Rudiments 6. Maryland 7. Spooky Drums No. 2 8. Tom Tom Workout 9.

Studio films with pure jazz scores are few and far between in this day and age. Unlike the ’60s when composers like Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin churned them out, most filmmakers gravitate toward ...

Nirvana and Foo Fighters member Dave Grohl believes that John Bonham of Led Zeppelin performed the best drum solo of all time ...

Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former members of his band, the Jazz Messengers. Credit...Dante Zaballa Supported by ...

The drummer helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s and delivered a message of resistance and liberation from the 1960s on. Listen to 13 selections from musicians, writers and critics. By Marcus J. Moore ...

The jazz concert, which features the Kicks Band, jazz ensemble and jazz combo, takes place Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in MAC’s Fine ...

Jazz drumming legend Grady Tate died Sunday at his Upper East Side home. He was 85. WBGO reported his death was confirmed by the Jazz Foundation of America. The veteran percussionist and vocalist was ...

A previously unreleased drum solo featuring Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Cream’s Ginger Baker has been unearthed for a 50th anniversary reissue of Fela Kuti’s Live!, arriving November 19th via ...