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Roy Haynes, who has died aged 99, was one of jazz’s greatest drummers, a maestro of bebop with the crisp, rapid snare and cymbal patterns that earned him the nickname of “Snap Crackle”; he ...

An integral part of jazz is the swing feel, and drummers are often the ones stoking that fire, ... ART BLAKEY While Art Blakey was a key pioneer in bop drumming during the '40s and '50s, ...

Farnsworth spent years playing with his heroes. “The Big Room,” a new album due Friday, features a cast of rising stars.

As the house drummer for Riverside during the label’s early 1960s heyday, Heath appeared on many of the hard-bop era’s definitive albums, including “The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes ...

The following is an excerpt from the "Lennie Tristano: The Passionate Intellectual" chapter of Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience by Bill Dal Cerro and David ...

His styles range from swing, bop, and fusion to heavy metal. In this interview, Monaghan reflects on his musical interests, education, and career. In addition, he talks about the role of the drummer ...

Jazz drummer and South Hadley native Joe Farnsworth will lead a quintet at the Northampton Jazz Festival in September at a concert honoring his hero, the legendary drummer Max Roach. It’s not hard to ...

Book Review: Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience Tonight at 8 p.m. an interview with the authors, rebroadcast Thursday at 11 a.m. on www.jazzstream.org.

Sir Charles Thompson, a jazz pianist of supple power who bridged the swing and bebop eras while performing alongside luminaries of both styles, and who helped compose the much-recorded bebop ...