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Author Korall, Burt.

Title Drummin' Men : the Heartbeat of Jazz -- The Bebop Years.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (321 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. Bebop; 2. from Swing to Bop-The Visionaries; 3. Transitional figures; 4. The Innovators; 5. Into the 1950s; 6. Other significant figures; APPENDIX 1 Drum Rudiments; APPENDIX 2 Transcriptions of Drum Solos; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHY; THE INTERVIEWEES; INDEX.
Summary 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 a.
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Subject Drummers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography.
Drummers (Musicians)
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Jazz musicians.
Bop (Music) -- History and criticism.
Bop (Music)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: 9780195176643
ISBN 9780195346510 (electronic book)
0195346513 (electronic book)
1280704187
9781280704185