As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

“If people had told me I’d be busking at this stage of my career—in front of a fruit stand, no less—I wouldn’t have believed them for a minute,” said jazz drummer Evan Sherman. But performing on a New ...

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 ...

The History of jazz drums is more than a series—it’s a timeless archive that bridges the gap between jazz’s past and future. Although initially broadcast as an 8-part series, the content has since ...

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