If the song title “Proto-Cosmos" brings Tony Williams to mind then step to the front of the class. Alan Pasqua's tune is featured on the drummer's 1975 album, Believe It (Columbia). The record is ...

From the drummer's sophomore solo release, The View (CMP 1993), "All Sevens" is a great exposition for Wackerman that also features a bionic trumpet improv from Walt Fowler and some pianistic abandon ...

On March 19 and 20, rock/jazz drumming giant Chad Wackerman will hold a rare residency at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, thanks to support from a Roser Visiting Artists Grant and ...

On Saturday, Jan. 27, Dark Star Orchestra was joined by a pair of unannounced guests at their concert at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. During the second set staple, “Drums,” the backbeats for ...

Chad Wackerman, a musician and longtime collaborator with Mann, announced the news in an Instagram post. No cause of death was revealed, NJ.com reported. “Rest easy my old friend Ed Mann,” Wackerman ...

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa’s longtime percussionist, has reportedly died. He was 70. Musician and longtime collaborator Chad Wackerman announced the news on social media, though no cause of death was ...

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa’s longtime percussionist, has died at the age of 70, according to session musician Chad Wackerman. Wackerman, who played with Zappa from 1981 to 1988, revealed the news on ...

Frank Zappa‘s longtime percussionist, Ed Mann, has reportedly died at age 70, as revealed on social media by another Zappa collaborator, Chad Wackerman. He posted the sad news on Instagram with a ...