Festival snares compelling drummers

Terri Lyne Carrington (left) and Cindy Blackman.

By Siddhartha Mitter

Globe Correspondent / September 7, 2008

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In many cultures, the drum is the preferred means of making an announcement. So it's appropriate that the opening salvo of this year's BeanTown Jazz Festival - the fall event that, in eight years of existence, has grown into an important gathering of local and national acts - will take the form of a drum summit. (Full article: 683 words)