Inside the Big Band Drum Chart

Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum method that usestraditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazzensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form, ensemble phrasing, articulation, and interpretation. For each arrangement, there is 'talk through' information explaining how the composition is played as well as transcriptions of key beats and melodic information that connects the 'written drum part' to the music. The 248 page book includes a 2.5 hour audio recording available online and an hour long video demonstrating every exercise in the text. Also included are anecdotes and interviews with legendary big band drummers and arrangerssuch as Louie Bellson, Jake Hanna, Phil Wilson, Mark Taylor and Bob Curnow.

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Published: 08/10/2015
Weight: 2.4lbs
Size: 11.70h x 9.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780786690657