Joe Farnsworth is a Massachusetts native who cut his teeth drumming with Junior Cook, Eric Alexander and others. He’s recently been touring with another Bay Stater, saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, and they ...

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 ...

Joe Farnsworth grew up in a musical family and began playing drums at a young age. He later attended and graduated from William Patterson College in New Jersey, where the staff included Harold Mabern ...

From another legend during the pandemic putting out quality new music, we start the 678th Episode of Neon Jazz with Drummer Joe Farnsworth. He has a great new album out called Time to Swing with a ...

One of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today, Joe is known for his blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing. Born in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1968, Joe grew up ...

“I’m kidding. We would see each other at all the (jazz) shows,” Weisselberg continued. “We’d all go see the great (drummer) Joe Farnsworth and (pianist) Tardo Hammer and (pianist) Michael Kanan and ...

Chicago’s historic jazz venue, The Jazz Showcase, featured the debut of this headlining quintet led by drummer Joe Farnsworth. Joe's band featured so many of my favorite musicians that a day trip to ...

The amazing jazz quartet led by one of the most highly regarded drummers on the scene today, Joe Farnsworth, headlined this past weekend March 31- April 3, 2022, at the legendary Jazz Showcase in ...