The History of jazz drums is more than a series—it’s a timeless archive that bridges the gap between jazz’s past and future. Although initially broadcast as an 8-part series, the content has since ...

Drum specialist Beta Monkey Music released a new collection of drum tracks on Thursday, targeted to Jazz musicians. Jazz Essentials II features over 2GB of live jazz drum tracks. These are not loops, ...

At the Temple; The 41st; Destination; Backyard Jam; On the Dance Floor; The Haitian; See, Know, Love, Praise; Mustafa's Guan Guan Co; Movers and Shakers; Djembe Jam ...

Welcome to the jazz drums studio at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! Our curriculum focuses on preparing students to be well-versed rhythm section players and soloists. Our ...

The most demonstrative note that Andrew Cyrille played on Tuesday night — a resounding thwack on the snare — was also the last. The drummer, a key presence across the full spectrum of jazz since the ...

As Fela Kuti‘s drummer during the 1970s, Tony Allen was at the center of one of the era’s greatest groups. “There was no band like the Africa ’70,” asserts Fela’s son Femi Kuti, a respected Afrobeat ...

It's a Wednesday night in the venerable Bayou Bar of the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans – one of the best (and least publicized) jazz gigs in the city known as the cradle of jazz. Herlin Riley is ...

While the originations of the dhol are not known with complete certainty, what is known is that it is a sound that has migrated. Sunny Jain After composing and transcribing music for my wedding day, ...

Audiences will get to hear two stories – one haunting, one playful – told over a jazz melody at the New Mexico Highlands ...