Jazz drumming
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Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type
Max Roach (1924–2007), one of the pioneers of modern jazz drumming during the 1940s bebop era
The Old Plantation (late 1700s), illustrating some slave traditions
Image of Sonny Greer with his drum set, which included timpani among other accessories
Heimo Wiederhofer Unterfahrt using brushes on the drums
Max Roach
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.
Jazz drumming
…Max Roach (1924–2007), one of the pioneers of modern jazz drumming during the 1940s bebop era Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the…
Roach, c. 1947
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1979
The grave of Max Roach
Roach in 2000