Hall of Fame 2011

by Rick Mattingly It is especially appropriate that Tom Siwe be elected to the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame during the year that PAS celebrates its 50th anniversary, as Siwe played a large role in that history and his influence continues to be felt. Siwe was first elected to the PAS Board of Directors…

by Lauren Vogel Weiss Dick Schory is more than a percussionist. He is also acomposer, arranger, conductor, music publisher, record and television producer,audio pioneer, and music industry veteran responsible for instrument design and marketing. But perhaps one of the most telling facts about his impressive musical career is that nine members of the PAS Hall…

by Rick Mattingly If the only album Jimmy Cobb ever played on had been Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, he would have earned his place in jazz history. “The first time I heard Jimmy was on Kind of Blue,” said PAS Hall of Fame member Jack DeJohnette, “and what got my attention was his touch…