How did acclaimed drummer Cindy Blackman Santana react when her husband and musical partner, guitar legend Carlos Santana, first suggested she make an album featuring her singing? “I was like: ‘That’s ...

Buddy Rich, one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time, died on April 2, 1987, at age 69 in Los Angeles, California.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Jazz Band, the American Music Repertory Ensemble and the Lab Jazz Band will pay tribute to drummers including Gene Krupa during an 8 p.m. Friday (Nov. 17) concert in ...

A former jazz drummer, Daihachi Oguchi took ancient rhythms, broke them down and created new arrangements and compositions to accommodate an ensemble of drummers. He helped turn the traditional form ...

This is what they say in Japanese music: if the next hit won't change the music, then don't hit it. It is like the opposite of jazz in a way, where there's too much information all the time. With so ...

Like a cool ocean breeze, world-renowned steel drum virtuoso Othello Molineaux is set to bring his island-infused jazz to this landlocked city. In celebration of Black Music Month, Gainesville Friends ...

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 ...

Los Angeles brims with beautiful musical traditions, including those venerable daylong festivals that put the emphasis on a particular place, and/or instrument, and/or style, and/or feel and vibe. A ...

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 ...