Rock, pop, jazz, and R&B music would sound pretty limp without a drum beat. That's why drummers are often one of the most ...

Jab'o Starks, a drummer whose crisp, disciplined grooves propelled some of James Brown's biggest hits and helped define the offbeat rhythmic style of early funk and hip-hop, died May 1 at his home in ...

Bobby Durham, 71, a jazz drummer of impeccable taste and versatility who teamed with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald and became a fixture of the Jazz at the Philharmonic touring concert series, ...