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.

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 ...

“I hope you’re enjoying this music because it can be heavy,” says Terri Lyne Carrington to the crowd at her recent Tiny Desk Concert. There’s an old-school quality to that line, like it could have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...