Metallica's Lars Ulrich isn't always considered the most technically gifted drummer, but even he must admit defeat when up against Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain.

Debbie McClain honored as Brooklyn Jazz Hero; Ron Carter, Edmar Castaneda, Avery Sommers light up NYC stages with unforgettable performances.

Jack DeJohnette, a drummer whose command and versatility made him one of the standout jazz instrumentalists of the past five decades and an indispensable figure in era-defining bands like Charles ...

DeJohnette, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side, first came to prominence in the jazz world in the 1960s via ... playing along with records that featured Art Blakey, Max Roach, Vernel Fournier, and ...

The evening also includes “Grace,” Brown’s first commission for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a work that helped define his national profile when it premiered in 1999, and “Percussion Bitter ...

The Chicago pianist, drummer, and composer’s sprawling career included a key role in Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew band and a ...

Vancouver jazz drummer Gary Hobbs, a 2025 inductee into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, mentors young musicians at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics in 2023. (The Columbian files) A jazz musician ...

Acclaimed as one of the leading trombonists, composers and producers in jazz, Delfeayo Marsalis will perform a free show at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua on Friday as a kickoff event for the upcoming ...

Belgian director Johan Grimonprez reconstructs the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Prime Minister of the former Belgian Congo, in a jazz-infused documentary that received an Oscar ...

Villeneuve was one of Canada's most celebrated jazz drummers, playing in American jazz pianist Duke Ellington's famous orchestra. Those who knew him say he left a mark everywhere he went. Carney to ...

SCHENECTADY — Longtime local jazz drummer and WAMC radio host Tim Coakley was honored for his decades of musicianship and service to the jazz community Thursday at Jazz on Jay. Coakley, who is 87, was ...

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr said in 1849. Nearly 200 years later, that is sadly true of the greatest protest songs. In 2025, songs ...