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 ...

As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

The main elements that form the rhythmic structure of a jazz track are the bass and drums. The basic drum kit used for jazz is the same as for any other kind of acoustic music, most basically ...

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 ...

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's collaboration was not just about music—it was about storytelling through jazz. Together, ...

Anyone who enjoyed the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity might also dig this—a more conventionally structured but equally fascinating look at the life of Max Roach. Filmmaker and ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

UK artist Kwun follows the soulful anthem ‘Sovereignty’ with ‘Cuíca’ — an exhilarating instrumental audio-visual experience ...

The days of Rock Band and Guitar Hero may be gone, though Harmonix is still working in the genre with interesting results in Fuser, but a download title on Switch eShop will aim to blend that rhythm ...