Over the last six weeks, eight rock and metal bands have split with their drummer. One legendary group even fired the same ...

Within the last six months it seems that every band on earth has simultaneously kicked out their drummer, despite drummers ...

and he began writing for string quartets and big bands before his 16th birthday. His drum work on Goodman's signature "Sing Sing Sing" during a New York gig three months after he joined that band ...

Born Viola Schmitz in Mount Calvary, Wis., Smith was a dominant factor in the big-band era. Known for her use of a giant drum set, she became one of the first female drummers in popular music ...

Heckman is a freelance writer. Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84. According to ...

Marcel Baudot, a big-band drummer who went on to become a pioneer in electronic banking, died Sunday of cancer at his Metairie home. He was 80. A lifelong New Orleanian who had a love of music ...

Then the drummer propels the swing of the big band standard "Too Close for Comfort" with a big, relaxed style. On Wednesday night, Von Ohlen was reigning over his drum set with the 16-piece Blue ...

For the first time, Big Beat features a live band. Well-known Cleveland cover band Raised on Rock will accompany the multitude of drummers. John Stebal, owner of Stebal Drums, explains ...

CINCINNATI -- John Von Ohlen, a legendary jazz drummer and co-founder of the Blue Wisp Big Band, has died. He was 77. Von Ohlen was introduced to big band music at a very young age. In an ...

The band also revealed that Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard, Big Big Train) will fill Torpey’s slot behind the drum kit. “We wanted to do a proper farewell, and this seems like the right ...

As the contemporary drummer Kenny Washington puts it, “Webb really wrote the blueprint for big band drummers. The rest of the guys — Papa Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Ray ...