Is a change in jazz drumming on the horizon? Is the standard jazz drum kit beginning to lose its effectiveness? Does the basic combination of bass and snare drums, tom-toms and cymbals offer too few ...

Matt Brennan's Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit is a complex, meticulously researched piece of work that spans several centuries. In the course of over three hundred pages, Brennan explores ...

Grab your beret – things are about to get swingin' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With today’s multisampled drum kits capable of ...

Though the heads are mediocre, the Sonix 922 Jazz Kit does sound good, but change to perimeter dampening type heads on the bass drum and some coated heads on the toms and this could actually be ...

Label: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Longtime percussionist for the Pat Metheny Group, Paul Wertico is widely acknowledged as one of the premier players in jazz drumming. His unique approach to the ...

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 ...