The all-star lineup on Drum Suite gives the album high marks before one note of music is played. It's a piece of history. Released in 1957, the album merged Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with several ...

The Offense Of The Drum may be the least cohesive record in Arturo O'Farrill's discography, but that's largely by design. Here, O'Farrill firmly adheres to his stated "artistic vision"—"to bend what ...

Let’s stop and acknowledge the great run Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label is having. Between his own album, You’re Dead!, Kamasi Washington’s The Epic, and Thundercat’s The Beyond / Where the Giants ...