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Cindy Blackman started playing drums at age seven and is regarded by many as the best female drummer working today. She is Carlos Santana's touring drummer, who just happens to be her husband, too.
With over 15 years of experience, Fan is one of the few professional female jazz drummers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong taiko group merges local culture and Japanese drums.
The best female drummers of all time have delivered incredible hits in rock, soul, jazz, and more. Here are four of the very best.
Billie Davies named an Iconic Female Drummer in a Jazz Fuel article that appeared early 2023 written by Isabel Marquez: She was mentionned amongst a small group of female jazz drummers in time amongst ...
But for Allison Miller, who will play drums alongside the five other powerhouse female jazz artists rounding out the group ARTEMIS, it may have seemed impossible only a handful of years ago. There was ...
The talented all-female ensemble led by Patty Peterson will play at St. Paul’s Mears Park as part of the Twin Cities Jazz ...
Anne Paceo brings some of those African influences, along with her quartet, to the forthcoming Queenta Women’s Jazz Festival from May 31-June 3.
History made. Oluwamodupe “Dupe” Oloyede becomes the first female Head Drum Major of FAMU’s legendary Marching “100.” ...
The proliferation of world-class female jazz instrumentalists has led, rather predictably, to a rise in relationships in which both musicians are elite players. But there’s no power couple quite ...