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.

Did you know the Ravens were getting an accomplished musician when they signed cornerback/special teams player Justin Bethel? Bethel plays drums in a jazz band named "House of Bethel". It's a family ...

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 ...

Dana Murray climbed behind a professional drum set for the first time in summer 1983. He was 12 years old, perched behind a kit that felt a “mile high” on stage at Omaha’s old Civic Auditorium. Dana ...

When asked to define jazz, Count Basie, said, "Tap your feet!" Rhythm brings people together, and is part of what makes jazz America's musical bridge to the world. "Jazz ambassadorship," a concept ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Ohio Valley is set to discover its next drumming legend with a new contest hosted by the Center of Music and Art. Following the success of last winter's "Art of the Shred," ...

In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...

Nevertheless, there’s a new box set, 61 tracks and just under five hours long, called Joni’s Jazz that pulls tracks from 1968’s Song To A Seagull all the way up to 2023’s At Newport, recorded at the ...