Together these three reissues demonstrate that although each of Blakey's bands maintained a similar sound they also possessed their own individual identities. Drum Suite is a unique entry in the ...

As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

We use the term “Renaissance man” very loosely these days, for anybody even slightly multi-talented. But Lesotho-born jazz drummer, novelist and development scholar Morabo Morojele was the genuine ...

D.C. is a rhythm town, both in terms of jazz and just about every other form of Black American music. (There’s some controversy over whether it’s really a “bass town” or a “drums town,” so let’s just ...