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In this engaging hybrid work--a blend of oral history and graphic novel--Stephen Farina finds ""Juma Sultan"" in a local phonebook. After an initial meeting at a roadside diner, Juma takes Steve and a fellow researcher to a decrepit barn, which, amazingly, contains a treasure trove of reel-to-reel audio tapes and 16mm films of jam sessions and jazz performances from the 1960's and 1970's. As the men go through the boxes and begin the painstaking process of preservation, Juma recalls the players, places, and time period when free jazz exploded then fused with the political momentum of the Civil R
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Mel Lewis (1929-1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at 17 he was a full-time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz drummer. For over fifty years, Lewis provided the blueprint for how a drummer could subtly support any musical situation.
Jazz musicians --- Drummers (Musicians) --- Drum players --- Percussionists --- Lewis, Mel, --- Sokoloff, Melvin,
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Burt Korall is widely recognized as the most authoritative writer on jazz drumming. His first book Drummin' Men--The Heartbeat of Jazz: The Swing Era is considered a classic. Now, in this exciting sequel, Korall offers a richly informative history of drumming in the Bebop era. Korall looks at this music through the eyes of the musicians themselves, covering a whole range of important jazz drummers, but focusing upon the most original and significant--principally Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. Korall provides a knowledgeable background about the history of bebop--and the unfortunate
Drummers (Musicians) --- Jazz musicians --- Bop (Music) --- Be-bop (Music) --- Bebop (Music) --- Rebop (Music) --- Jazz --- Drum players --- Percussionists --- History and criticism.
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Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers' accounts of their experiences. Drummers drum; therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of
Drum set --- Drummers (Musicians) --- Drum players --- Percussionists --- Drum kit --- Drumset --- Trap kit --- Trap set --- Traps (Drum set) --- Percussion instruments --- Instruction and study --- Psychology. --- muziekpsychologie --- slagwerkinstrumenten --- Musicians --- Psychology --- Drum set - Instruction and study - Psychology --- Drummers (Musicians) - Psychology
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