Drummin' men : the heartbeat of jazz : the bebop years / Burt Korall.
| Author/creator |
Korall, Burt |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xi, 308 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Variant title | Drumming men |
| Contents | Bebop. Two drummers' views of things ; Bebop - some comments ; Bop and drums - a new world -- From swing to bop - the visionaries. Jo Jones (1911-1985) ; Sidney Catlett (1910-1951) -- Transitional figures. Lou Fromm (1919-??) ; Billy Exiner (1910-1983) ; Denzil Best (1917-1965) ; Irv Kluger (1921-) ; Jackie Mills (1922-) ; J. C. Heard (1917-1988) ; Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson (1919-1959) -- The innovators. Kenny "Klook" Clarke (1914-1985) ; Max Roach (1924-) ; Stan Levey (1926-) ; Art Blakey (1919-1990 ; Roy Haynes (1925-) ; Shelly Manne (1920-1984) ; Don Lamond (1921-) ; Tiny Kahn (1924-1953) -- Into the 1950s. Philly Joe Jones (1923-1985) ; Mel Lewis (1929-1990) -- Other significant figures. Ed Shaughnessy (1929-) ; Art Taylor (1929-1995) ; Ike Day (1926-??) -- Appendix 1. Drum rudiments -- Appendix 2. Transcriptions of drum solos. |
| Abstract | The author of this book is widely recognized as the most authoritative writer on jazz drumming. In this book, Korall offers an informative history of drumming in the bebop era. Bebop - hard driving, discordant, melodically unconventional - introduced new sounds and innovative rhythms that changed the face of jazz. Korall looks at this music through the eyes of the musicians themselves, covering a whole range of important jazz drummers but focusing on 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 and almost universal heroin addiction that swept through the jazz world in the wake of Charlie Parker's habit. The book contains Korall's own memoir of nearly fifty years in the jazz world, linked by his narrative of the careers of these drummers and their place in the bebop jazz scene. But the most remarkable aspect of the book is the oral history that weaves together the stories of the drummers themselves and those of their friends and contemporaries. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276), discography (pages 277-281), and index. |
| LCCN | 2001056041 2001066041 |
| ISBN | 0195148126 |
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