Drummer Dave Lombardo has announced his first-ever solo album and released a song from it — an instrumental percussion voyage called "Journey of the Host." Rites of Percussion, the album, emerges this ...

Brooklyn-Berlin based drummer-composer Devin Gray made his widely lauded leader debut in 2012 with the release Dirigo Rataplan, which included a crew of heavyweight veterans Ellery Eskelin, Michael ...

Composer and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey isn’t anti-concerto, but when he started to write a new work for saxophonist Timothy McAllister, he shied away from traditional thinking. That means there are ...

Though devoutly worshipped by fans, jazz drummers don’t often lead groups; the late Art Blakey’s long-running Jazz Messengers are a prominent, if rare, exception. But all of a sudden in 2009, a clutch ...

Iconic jazz drummer Herlin Riley will open the 2024-2025 season of Third Sunday Concerts on Sept. 15 at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington. The Third Sunday Concert Series, a beloved outreach of the ...

On Valse Sinistre, Drummond's ride-cymbal beat is lively, varied and full of passing cross-rhythms — the sound of a musician fully engaged and in the habit of attentive listening. This is FRESH AIR.

Buddy Rich, the legendary jazz drummer, was known to have a strong opinion about drumming and musicianship in general, and he occasionally commented on rock drummers, purportedly once saying: "If you ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...

Since 1962, the Rolling Stones — featuring various lineups — have been revving up audiences around the world. That might sound like a full-time job, and it is, but it's hardly stopped the band's ...

Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influential jazz drummers, has died at age 99. Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore told the ...

With little more than 100 minutes to riff through a century of jazz history, Ralph Peterson Jr. addressed some 20 incoming Berklee College of Music freshmen a few years ago, his questions as sharp and ...