Now I know how cops and robbers must feel when they watch a crime film. As a movie, Damien Chazelle's Whiplash may well deserve all the industry gongs that have been heaped upon it, but as a depiction ...

(Gallery by Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) The New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 got a drum lesson from Herlin Riley on Saturday (April 27) on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage.

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) When Kobie ...

Jazz drummer Shannon Powell, who calls himself the "King of Treme," hasn't made a physical appearance in the HBO series that is now making his neighborhood famous. But last week, his name made a cameo ...

Babatunde Lea's latest album is seeing greater success than any other in his four decades of playing jazz. By last week, "Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost" had spent seven weeks among the College ...

There are few drummers as well respected as Tim Metz. An academically trained musician with a true feel for the subtle nuances in rhythm that add texture and musicality to jazz standards and new ...

In Whiplash, Miles Teller plays Andrew, an obsessive music conservatory student in New York who practices drumming until his hands bleed. Throughout the critically praised film, now in theaters, ...