Instrument: Jazz Bass Covering all the bassists Instrument: Jazz Drummers The legends behind the kit Instrument: Jazz Guitar Acoustic and electric Jazz guitar greats Instrument: Jazz Vibes The sounds of the often under-appreciated vibraphone Instrument: Organ Jazz Organ Jazz masters old and new Inst...
Famous Jazz Drummers Read 45 Delfeayo Marsalis 115 votes As a member of the famed Marsalis family, Delfeayo Marsalis is celebrated for his exceptional talent as a trombonist, composer, and producer. With a smooth, refined sound that combines elements of traditional jazz and modern innova...
The drummer’s role is to keep time and create a groove, often using a variety of percussive techniques to add texture and complexity to the music. In addition, the drums can produce a range of sounds, from deep, resonant bass tones to sharp, crisp cymbal crashes. The Bass: The bass ...
These famous jazz drummers have pushed the style, inspired thousands, and even become household names.
Such drummers as Sunny Murray and Andrew Cyrille accompanied these improvisations with pure accent and without direct reference to tempo or metre. Sun Ra’s Arkestra, with instrumentalists, singers, and dancers, enriched free jazz with a colourful sense of spectacle, and the Art Ensemble of ...
1950s that featuredsaxophonelegendsJohn ColtraneandCannonball Adderley, pianists Red Garland andBill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummers “Philly” Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. Davis’s albums recorded during this era, including’Round About Midnight(1956),Workin’(1956),Steamin’(1956),...
From versatile pathfinders to visionary composers and pioneering technicians, these are the 50 best jazz bassists in history.
The band was Miles’s classic quintet with John Coltrane on tenor, pianist Red Garland, Paul Chambers on bass and drummer Philly Jo Jones, with the addition of Cannonball Adderley on alto. In a programme of all original material (not a single jazz standard in sight!), the sextet laid dow...
Mel Tormé was an American singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, drummer, actor, and author. He was one of the 20th century’s most versatile, respected, and influential jazz vocalists. Tormé began singing professionally when he was just 4 ye
Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influentialjazzdrummers, has died at age 99. Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore told the New York Times in anarticlepublished Tuesday. ...