The drums always seem to be the butt of the musical joke. There are myriad jokes about drummers and how useless they are, and ...

How different can four acclaimed jazz drummers sound when playing on the same drum set, in the same venue, on four different nights, with four different bands? San Diego music fans will soon be able ...

There is a new category for the 58th annual Grammy awards, #31: Best improvised jazz solo. Nominees include the boy wunderkind Joey Alexander on “Giant Steps”, “Cherokee” from bassist Christian ...

Serious and uncompromising artist that he was, drummer Max Roach would have appreciated the singularly offbeat—if you will—tribute that Tyshawn Sorey paid to him at 92NY. "Max Roach at 100" was a ...

Who did Max Roach inspire with his astoundingly innovative drumming and exceptional musical eloquence? It might be easier to ask who he didn’t inspire, given the enormous, genre-leaping impact of ...

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 ...

Jack DeJohnette, who has died aged 83, was one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz, working with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans; he did his most ...

Two joyous albums are followed by troubles, grace, exultation and deep sadness. What ties the albums together on our ninth installment of 72 Jazz Thrillers is the depth of emotion. Two joyous albums ...

In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man behind a modest drum set. But Watts wasn’t your typical rock drummer.

To mark Ausmusic Month 2025, ABC Jazz is proud to release this collection of studio recordings from Australian artists, ...