Jazz Articles about Tom Cohen

Tom Cohen: Diggin' In, Digging Out

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 1, 1999

Drummers, more than any other instrumentalists, have this thing about flaunting their technical command, often times at the expense of the music in general. Not so as of late, however. Undoubtedly ushered in by the prototypical small band writing and drumming of Tony Williams during the '80s, we've recently seen a wonderful spate of recording activity among drummers who are leaders of their own groups and who have a knack for making intelligent and substantial music, far removed from mere ...