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Multi-instrumentalist Joe Chambers made his name as a drummer on some of Blue Note Records’ most celebrated albums of the mid-to-late 1960s. But it’s his vibraphone playing here—bobbing and weaving in a synchronized courtship with pianist Brad Merritt worthy of David Attenborough narration—that’s foregrounded on Samba de Maracatu, his first release as a leader for the famed jazz label since 1998’s Mirrors.
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May 24, 2021. Drummer Ralph Peterson, the Art Blakey acolyte and former Jazz Messenger with a large-and-in-charge physical and musical presence on the…
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With Art Blakey as both mentor and north star, Peterson emerged in the '80s as one of that decade's most striking jazz artists.
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Graves spent a lifetime exploring the fundamental rhythms of life – human or otherwise – and spreading those lessons, over nearly four decades, to his students.
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Jazz and community. Jazz and activism. Jazz and family. These aren’t just words for West Philadelphia drummer, composer, and educator Justin Faulkner.…
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It was quite a place to grow up for a young man. His home at 1927 Federal Street in South Philadelphia was the place for musicians to hang and jam with…
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When drummer Marcus Myers sustained an injury that required him to take a break from his instrument, he pressed the reset button to ponder his creative…
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The drummer was the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis's iconic 1959 album.