The last track of rock supergroup Cream's debut album was a trailblazer for future rock drummers, with Ginger Baker ripping a ...

Talking and Drum Solos represents yet another step back into jazz history for Atavistic's Unheard Music Series, which made a point of mostly documenting avant jazz until this year's reissue of George ...

Max Roach was a pioneer in the jazz space and helped create the bop movement en route to being named one of the best drummers of all time. Among his great works was For Big Sid, a song off of his 1966 ...

Baby Dodds: 1. Spooky Drums No. 1 2. Drums in the Twenties 3. Shimmy Beat/Press Roll Demonstration 4. Careless Love Blues 5. Rudiments 6. Maryland 7. Spooky Drums No. 2 8. Tom Tom Workout The ...

View post: 53 Years Ago Today, 600,000 Fans Turned A New York Racetrack Into Rock History Bill Ward’s drum solo on "Rat Salad" is celebrated as underrated and jazz-influenced. The song originated from ...

What comes to mind when you hear or read about rock and roll? It’d probably be an image of a band in leather pants, tousled hair, and one or more of the band members clutching a guitar. You might also ...

Every member of Led Zeppelin brought immense talent to the band. That includes drummer John Bonham. He grew up listening to jazz, studied with big-band drummers, and was so mesmerized by one early ...

Who did Max Roach inspire with his astoundingly innovative drumming and exceptional musical eloquence? It might be easier to ask who he didn’t inspire, given the enormous, genre-leaping impact of ...

One of the greatest drum solos of all time belongs to a 1970 hit and it still rocks to this day.

A great drum solo does more than just shine on its own. A memorable drum solo carries the band to the next stage of a performance. It's that moment when the concert is hitting that middle point and ...