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A Manual for the Modern Drummer
By Don DeMicheal and Alan Dawson
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(Berklee Guide). Learn jazz drums from one of the classic texts of jazz drumming, Alan Dawson. This book presents some of his seminal thoughts about drumming technique. The book also includes several articles about jazz styles and history by DownBeat magazine editor Don DeMicheal, plus his insights about the soloing styles of jazz greats like Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Art Blakey and others. This source material from two of the jazz era's most insightful champions of the drum set will teach you how to: develop your sense of time and jazz feel * master jazz rhythms and meter * play with greater independence and expressive nuance * perform essential beats * deveop your soloing ability * and much more.
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