If this small selection from the large array of available models is representative then this is a brand to watch. All of these cymbals are good; some of them are seriously good. MusicRadar's got your ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the earliest days of the drum kit, the ride cymbal provided the pulse behind the elaborate ...

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.

His drumming can be sparse, brutally direct, or breathtakingly complex. Dan Weiss's drumming makes an indispensable contribution to a pair of recent recordings by alto saxophonist David Binney, ...

Musicians call it "spang-a-lang," for obvious phonetic reasons, and it's so synonymous with jazz, it no longer occurs to us that someone had to invent it. But someone did: a drummer named Kenny Clarke ...

Jan. 9 marks the 100th birthday of drummer Kenny Clarke. One of the founders of bebop, Clarke is less well-known than allies like Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, but his influence is just as deep ...