Designed with a 5A shaft, enlarged neck, and full taper, the Cindy Blackman Signature drumsticks feature a rounded arrow tip that creates a phat sound on drums and is full and clear on cymbals. These Vic Firth drumsticks give you great balance from top to bottom.Cindy Blackman is an American jazz and rock drummer best-known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz. Blackman has recorded several straight-ahead jazz albums under her own name, and has performed with acclaimed jazz and rock artists, including Pharoah Sanders, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Buckethead, Bill Laswell, and Joe Henderson.Length: 16″Diameter: 0.565″