The Western Michigan University multi-purpose room was ringed with 30 drummers and drum sets spaced about 1 to 2 feet apart. When the drummers played in unison — “spang-a-lang, spang-a-lang, ...
Jan. 9 marks the 100th birthday of drummer Kenny Clarke. One of the founders of bebop, Clarke is less well-known than allies like Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, but his influence is just as deep ...
Max Roach, a leader of the modern jazz revolution of the 1940s whose innovative approach to drumming forever changed the way the instrument was played and perceived, died Thursday. He was 83. Roach ...
She plays with an intense presence that challenges me to always focus on the core in the music and what can make it a magical experience Michala Østergaard-Nielsen is a jazz drummer from Denmark, a ...
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