Hey Drummers! Check out the incredible Kenny Clarke, a drumming innovator and major contributor to the Be-bop style of jazz drumming. Do you have any recordings that he has played on? As the house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940s, he participated in the after hours jams that led to the birth of Be-Bop, which in turn led to modern jazz. While in New York City, he played with the major innovators of the emerging bop style, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Curly Rus

Hey Drummers! Check out Buddy Rich using matched grip (!) playing the well known tune "Caravan" - a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, and has been performed by countless bands and artists, the song is also heavily featured in the 2014 film Whiplash as an important plot element. Have you ever learned and/or played "Caravan" in a performance? Please share your experiences with us! Video courtesy of Music Circle, check it out! For more drum information, photos, videos, educat

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