Scott Feiner’s musical story is not a common one. Not only is he an American pandeiro player, but he has also introduced this Brazilian hand drum to the world of jazz in a highly personal way. A ...

While it might seem like the humblest of instruments, the tambourine is actually among music’s most cosmopolitan percussion implements. Known by more than at least two dozen different names, from ...

Just when you thought that there was very little left to be introduced to the world of jazz, here comes a New York City-born musician with a pandeiro (the Brazilian cousin of the tambourine) in his ...