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 ...

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 ...

Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy plays music that is dedicated to honoring the legacy of many of the great jazz drummers such as Art Blakey, “Philly" Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams. Jazz Legacy ...

Victor Coelho has received research funding from Boston University. In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man ...