Grady Tate, a jazz musician who was nominated for Grammy Awards as a singer but was best known as a versatile drummer who helped propel the “soul-jazz” style of the 1960s and who appeared on hundreds ...

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 ...

Jazz drumming requires a certain melodic touch, a sweetness, a je ne sais quoi. Vintage kits, known for their warm, round tones, have long been lusted after by beboppers and jazzers. But now DW offers ...

Influential American jazz drummer Paul Motian died November 22 at the age of 80. Best remembered as the drummer for the classic Bill Evans Trio of the early 1960s, Motian was also a member of pianist ...

At 18 months, Bernard Rich was car ried onstage by the seat of his pants to play drums in his parents’ vaudeville act. At six, sporting a sailor suit and Lord Fauntleroy curls, he played the Tivoli ...

Jack DeJohnette, the influential jazz drummer known for his groundbreaking collaborations with Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, and other jazz greats, has died at 83.

Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette, who performed with such luminaries as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra and Keith Jarrett, has died. He was 83. A family representative told the New York Times that ...

Oscar Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1922, of a Choctaw Indian mother and a half Cherokee, half African American father. He became one of the most influential bass players in the history ...