The Great Drummers R&B Funk & Soul (eBook)
This 248 page book is an exciting documentation of the innovative period of the ΓÇÿ60s and ΓÇÿ70s when the rhythm of popular music was changed forever. Featured here are biographies, interviews, discographies and rare archival photos of more than 20 great drummers of R&B, funk and soul, including the drummers of James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire, Otis Redding and Sly and the Family Stone. The true originators of the modern hip-hop beats tell their stories, and the history of the funk comes to life. Appropri ...more
Product Number:
21141EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Multiple Levels
Pages:
248
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6097-4582-5
ISBN13:
978-16097-4582-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
9/8/2010
This 248 page book is an exciting documentation of the innovative period of the ΓÇÿ60s and ΓÇÿ70s when the rhythm of popular music was changed forever. Featured here are biographies, interviews, discographies and rare archival photos of more than 20 great drummers of R&B, funk and soul, including the drummers of James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire, Otis Redding and Sly and the Family Stone. The true originators of the modern hip-hop beats tell their stories, and the history of the funk comes to life. Appropriate for music fans of all kinds, and all drummers: beginners thru advanced.

Author’s Note

About the Author

Introduction by Harry Weinger

Part One - New Orleans

Earl Palmer

Part Two - Drummers Who Recorded with James Brown

James Brown’s Drummer Discography by Alan Leeds

Clayton Fillyau

Melvin Parker

John “Jabo” Starks

Clyde Stubblefield

Tiger Martin

Jimmy Madison

Allan Schwartzberg

Part Three - Masters of Funk and Soul

Al Jackson, Jr.

Roger Hawkins

James Gadson

Quinton Joseph

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

Harold Brown

Greg Errico

Andy Newmark

Maurice White

Verdine White

George Brown

Ray Torres

James “Diamond” Williams

David Garibaldi

Mike Clark

Appendix A - James Brown’s Drummers and Their Interviews

Additional Information and Comments by Alan Leeds

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index

 
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