Jazz Articles about Lloyd Ryan

Lloyd Ryan Big Band: Drivin' Force

by Bruce Lindsay
March 5, 2012

A straight-ahead, drummer-led big band is one of the most stimulating ensemble formats in jazz. Buddy Rich's groups are perhaps the epitome of such an enterprise. The Lloyd Ryan Big Band, blasting through a selection of standards and pop classics on Drivin' Force, proudly carries on the tradition.Ryan, a British drummer, has been a player and educator for over four decades. He's taught drummers such as Phil Collins, Ralph Salmins, Status Quo's John Coughlan, and Tim Burgess of ...