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Overview
Leslie Gourse presents the history of the jazz drum from its root in Africa and in Native American culture to its Latin influences and current impact on contemporary jazz music. She provides thought-provoking profiles of some of the world's greatest jazz drummers, musicians who create an energy that few other band members can boast.Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones.
Editorials
Library Journal
Gr 6 Up-Two attractive, concise, and well-researched volumes that are suitable for both recreational reading and research. The well-written texts share the pages with vintage black-and-white photographs. Readers will appreciate the fast pace of the narratives and will find them hard to put down. Gourse introduces individual artists and weaves information about their contributions to the development and evolution of jazz. Her approach is chronological and the presentation is logical and interesting. The author clearly explains musical terms, and, with aplomb, introduces her audience to a musical jargon that at the pen of another author could be technical and otherwise incomprehensible. Both volumes contain extensive source notes and compilations of suggested listening, further reading, jazz magazines, and popular Internet sites. A detailed index is appended. Fine additions to music collections.-Linda Zoppa, South Bronx High School, NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.Book Details
Published
March 1, 2000
Publisher
New York : Franklin Watts, 1999.
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780531164051