Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer and band leader whose skill and versatility led to performances with such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny over the course of ...

The stars will be out on Saturday June 20 as the Westin La Paloma prepares to host the Fathers Day Weekend Smooth Jazz All-Star Party! Concert-goers will get three shows in one when a Triple Crown of ...

We know the flashiest people in bands are usually center stage, but it's always the drummers who provide the real support ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...

Joe Farnsworth was 10 or 11 when he got the chance to meet a drumming legend: Max Roach. It was at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 1979, where Roach taught. Farnsworth, who grew up in ...

Buddy Rich, the legendary jazz drummer, was known to have a strong opinion about drumming and musicianship in general, and he ...

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 ...

Albert “Tootie” Heath, a self-taught jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and Nina Simone and later teamed with his brothers on several recordings, died on April 3. He was 88. Heath died at a ...