It may be unavoidable, but set up your kit downstairs if possible. Us drummers tend to put a lot of force into a bass drum hit or hi-hat pedal stomp when we’re getting into a song, and that sound will ...

Emrick’s idea called for a bass drum larger than any other. The idea for a big bass drum had previously been imagined, and there were already drums four feet in diameter. Emrick wanted one at least ...

The piano-bass-drums combo has been a staple since the late ’50s and early ’60s, when trios led by Ahmad Jamal and Bill Evans modeled the crisp elegance and conversational charge that the ...