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

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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 ...

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

Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Smith used his Hall of Fame acceptance speech as an opportunity to cite his early jazz influences and to draw the line from big-band drummers to rock. He says it was a 1977 stint with jazz-rock ...

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 ...