Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 1900s, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Jazz required a method of playing percussion different from traditional European styles, one that was easily adaptable to the different rhythms of the new genre, fostering the creation of ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) [1] is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor, among others. AllMusic biographer Chris Kelsey wrote: "Few free-jazz drummers play with a tenth of Cyrille's grace and authority. His ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. Pages in category "Free jazz drummers" The following 19 pages are in ...
Archibald Alexander "Archie" Alleyne CM (January 7, 1933 – June 8, 2015) was a Canadian jazz drummer, and advocate for Black musicians and Black rights. [1] [2] Best known as a drummer for influential jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, he was also prominent as a recording artist on his own and with Canadian jazz musicians such as ...
The Jazz Hero awards recognize "activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz who have had significant impact in their local communities." Masteller certainly fit the bill, Krolak said.
Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) [1] was an American jazz drummer.Williams first gained fame as a member of Miles Davis' "Second Great Quintet", and later pioneered jazz fusion with Davis' group and his own combo, the Tony Williams Lifetime. [2]