Drum specialist Beta Monkey Music released a new collection of drum tracks on Thursday, targeted to Jazz musicians. Jazz Essentials II features over 2GB of live jazz drum tracks. These are not loops, ...

Big Fish Audio released two new music loop collections for musicians to help create new music. “ Divinity: World Percussion” includes Tablas, Congas, Batas, Darbuka, Cajon, Frame Drum, Bodhran, Bongos ...

The all-star lineup on Drum Suite gives the album high marks before one note of music is played. It's a piece of history. Released in 1957, the album merged Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with several ...

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 ...

'Whiplash' features astonishing performances by Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons in a drama about a twisted student/teacher relationship set in a music conservatory. Sony Pictures Classics When "Whiplash ...

He accompanied stars like John Coltrane and worked frequently with his brothers. “I’ve always thought I was a master,” he once said. Few disagreed. By Richard Sandomir Albert Heath, a virtuoso jazz ...

Today's edition of SampleRadar dives deep into house music's most nebulous subgenre: deep house. Characterised by a slower tempo, atmospheric sound design and jazz-influenced harmonies, the style was ...

He was probably best known for his long tenure with Miles Davis, who praised his ability to “keep the groove going forever.” By Hank Shteamer Al Foster, a drummer who worked with some of the most ...