Jazz

Dan Weiss: Tintal Drumset Solo

Since emerging on the New York scene a few years ago, drummer Dan Weiss has managed to involve himself with some significant names, including saxophonist David Binney and guitarists Joel Harrison, ...
Metro Times

Jazz drummer Alex White shines as a performer on ‘Welcome to Cake Town’

If you witness drummer Alex White perform with a trio or a quartet, you immediately recognize his skills are top-notch. He keeps time with the precision of a diamond-encrusted timepiece, cranking ...
The Washington Post

Drummer Played With Big-Band, Jazz Greats

Louie Bellson, 84, widely considered one of the world's greatest drummers, who played with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie, died Feb. 14 in California of complications ...
Jazz

Talking and Drum Solos

1. Spooky Drums No. 1 2. Drums in the Twenties 3. Shimmy Beat/Press Roll Demonstration 4. Careless Love (Handy/Koenig/Williams) 5. Rudiments 6. Maryland 7. Spooky Drums No. 2 8. Tom Tom Workout 9.
Valley Advocate

Time to swing: Jazz drummer and South Hadley native Joe Farnsworth returns to the Valley for a concert honoring his idol, Max Roach

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 ...