Max Roach, one of the pioneers of modern jazz drumming.

Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over several periods, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Stylistically, this aspect of performance was shaped by its starting place, New Orleans,^[1] as well as numerous other regions of the world, including other parts of the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa.^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1345, 91 KB) Description Cover of the album Jazz In 3/4 by Max Roach released on EmArcy in 1957 Licensing This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1345, 91 KB) Description Cover of the album Jazz In 3/4 by Max Roach released on EmArcy in 1957 Licensing This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. ... An extended 4-piece drum kit A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... West Indies redirects here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

Jazz required a method of playing percussion different from traditional European styles, one that was easily adaptable to the different rhythms of the new genre, fostering the creation of jazz drumming's hybrid technique.^[3] As each period in the evolution of jazz—swing and bebop, for example—tended to have its own rhythmic style, jazz drumming continued to evolve along with the music through the 20th century. One tendency that emerged over time was the gradual "freeing" of the beat. But older styles persisted in later periods. The borders between these periods are unclear, partly because no one style completely replaced others, and partly because there were numerous cross influences between styles. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see swing. ... This article is about the genre of music, for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character see Bebop and Rocksteady. ...

Early history

Preliminary cultural mixing

The rhythms and use of percussion in jazz, as well as the art form itself, were products of extensive cultural mixing in various locations. The earliest occasion when this occurred was the Moorish invasion of Europe, where the cultures of France, Spain, and Africa to some extent, encountered each other and most likely exchanged some cultural information.^[1] The influence of African music and rhythms on the general mix that created jazz was profound, though this influence did not appear until later. Look up moor, Moor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hand drumming is significant throughout Africa The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continents many regions, nations and ethnic groups. ...

African influence

There are several central qualities shared by African music and jazz, most prominently the importance of improvisation.^[1] Some instrumental qualities from African music that appear in jazz (especially its drumming) include using unpitched instruments to produce specific musical tones or tone-like qualities, using all instruments to imitate the human voice,^[2] superimposition of one rhythmic structure onto another (e.g., a group of three against a group of two), dividing a regular section of time (called a measure in musical terms) into groups of two and three, and the use of repetitive rhythms used throughout a musical piece, often called clave rhythms.^[4] This last quality is one of special importance, as there are several pronounced occurrences of this pattern and the aesthetics that accompany it in the world of jazz. Musical improvisation is the spontaneous creative process of making music while it is being performed. ... Pitch is the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. ... The human voice consists of sound made by a human using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying and screaming. ... In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ... Clave (pronounced clah-vay) is a rhythmic pattern or timeline which has its roots in West African music and was developed in Cuba. ...

The clave

Main article: Clave (rhythm)

The clave (IPA: ˈkla ve) is integral to Caribbean music as well, because African slaves were brought to the Caribbean islands, particularly Cuba. It functions as a tool for the musicians of these cultures to keep time as well as determine which beats in a composition should be accented. In Africa, the clave is based on division of the measure into groups of three, on which only a few beats are emphasized. The Cuban clave, derived from the African version, (of which there are several variations) is composed of two measures, one with three beats, one with two. The measures can be played in either order, with either the two or three beat phrase coming first, and are labeled “2-3” or “3-2”, respectively. Apart from this small flexibility, the musical element has several very strict rules regarding its use. For a piece to be “in clave”, all emphasized notes must be either on the beats of the clave or, if not, be equalized by notes on the clave beat; the beat of the piece must alternate between off-beat and on-beat phrases depending on which measure was placed first (see also Back beat); and, if the clave is originally off but resolves itself, the piece may still be considered to be in clave.^[5] Clave (pronounced clah-vay) is a rhythmic pattern or timeline which has its roots in West African music and was developed in Cuba. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. ... The slave trade in Africa has existed for thousands of years. ... The Off-beat is a musical term commonly applied to rhythms that emphasize the weak beats of a bar. ... In music a back beat (also called the, or a, backbeat) is a term applied to the beats 2 and 4 in a 4/4 bar or a 12/8 bar [1] as opposed to the odd downbeat, (quarter beat 1). ...

Within the jazz band, phrases known as “comping patterns” have included elements of the clave since the very early days of the music.^[5] The word “comping” comes from the words “accompany” and “complement”, and, in terms of how it applies to music, comping is support of other musicians, often soloists, and echoing or reinforcement of the composition. A phrase known as “The Charleston” (which originated as part of the dance of the same name) is a common example of an application of the clave in jazz, specifically comping. It is a pattern almost identical to that of the two beat measure of the son clave, one version of the clave from Cuba. Another method of integrating the clave with jazz is to rephrase a composition rhythmically to correspond with it. Comping (an abbreviation of accompany) is the art of harmonically, rhythmically, and melodically supporting a jazz soloist with improvised chords. ...

Cuban influence

A chart of the evolution of Cuban music shows influences from Africa, France, and Spain.

The culture that created the most commonly used version of this pattern was that of Cuba. The circumstances that created that music and culture were very similar to those that created jazz; French, African, Spanish, and native Cuban cultures were all combined in Cuba and created many popular musical forms as well as the clave, which was a rather early invention. The music also affected the development of a variant of jazz, known as Latin jazz. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x628, 10 KB) See also: genealogy of musical genres and Cuban music. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x628, 10 KB) See also: genealogy of musical genres and Cuban music. ... Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz harmonies from the United States. ...

Latin jazz

Jelly Roll Morton, an early jazz pianist and composer, referred to a “Spanish Tinge” in his and other musicians' compositions, largely based on influence from tango and habanera rhythms.^[6] Simultaneously, however, musicians from Cuba were hearing American styles, such as ragtime and some earlier varieties of jazz.^[7] The 1940s and 1950s were the peak periods of development in the new subgenre, influenced by the nationwide fad of mambo dancing (and its accompanying music, of the same name). Bandleader Dizzy Gillespie made important contributions as well, by incorporating Afro-Cuban rhythms into big band music. Morton in the 1920s Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music. ... The phrase Spanish Tinge is a reference to the belief that a Latin American touch offers a reliable method of spicing the more conventional 4/4 rhythms commonly used in jazz and pop music. ... Argentine Tango music is traditionally played by an orquesta tipica, which often includes violin, piano, guitar, flute, and especially bandoneon. ... The habanera is a musical style or genre from Cuba with a characteristic Habanera rhythm; it is one of the oldest mainstays of Cuban music and the first of the dances from Cuba to be exported all over the world. ... For the Australian cricketer nicknamed Dizzy, see Jason Gillespie. ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s, although there are many big-bands around nowadays. ...

Latin jazz is generally characterized by the use of even note combinations, as opposed to the “swung” notes common in most other varieties of jazz.^[8] It is also heavily influenced by the clave, and composers of the music require a knowledge of the workings of percussion in Afro-Cuban music—the instruments must combine with each other in a logical fashion.^[7] The specific genre of Afro-Cuban jazz draws its influence specifically from the traditional rhythms of Cuba, rather than from the entire Caribbean and other parts of the world.^[7] This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Though Caribbean and African influences supplied much of the backbone of jazz, the military and other musical aspects of the European culture made many of the percussive elements and rhythms possible as well.

American influence

The military drumming of America, predominantly fife and drum corps, in the 1800s and earlier supplied much of the technique and instrumentation of the early jazz drummers. Influential players like Warren “Baby” Dodds and Zutty Singleton used the traditional military drumstick grip, military instruments, and played in the style of military drummers using rudiments, a group of short patterns which are standard in drumming.^[2] The rhythmic composition of this music was also important in early jazz and beyond. Very different from the African performance aesthetic, a flowing style which does not directly correspond to Western time signatures,^[4] the music played by military bands was rigidly within time and metric conventions, though it did have compositions in both duple and triple meter. The equipment of the drummers in these groups was of particular significance in the development of early drum sets. Cymbals, bass, and snare drums were all used. Indeed, a method of dampening a set of cymbals by crunching them together while playing bass drum simultaneously is probably how today’s hi-hat, a major part of today's drum set, came about.^[2] Military technique and instrumentation were undoubtedly factors in the development of early jazz and its drumming, but the melodic and metric elements in jazz are more easily traced to the dance bands of the time period. Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ... Warren Baby Dodds (December 24, 1898–February 14, 1959) was a jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Arthur James Singleton, much better known as Zutty Singleton (14 May 1898 - 14 July 1975) was a United States jazz drummer. ... Traditional grip is a technique used to hold drum sticks to play percussion instruments. ... For other uses, see Rudiment (disambiguation). ... Triple metre is a musical metre characterised by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 (simple) or 9 (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with 3/4 and 9/8 being the most common examples. ... For other uses, see Meter (disambiguation). ... For the Japanese rock band, see Cymbals (band). ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings, and with a set of snares (cords) stretched across the bottom head. ... The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Dance bands

Black drummers were able to acquire their technical ability from fife and drum corps,^[2] but the application of these techniques in the dance bands of the 1800s allowed a more fertile ground for musical experimentation. Slaves learned traditional European dance music that they played at their masters’ balls, most importantly a French dance called the quadrille, which had a particular influence on jazz and by extension jazz drumming. Musicians were also able to play dances that originated in Africa and the Caribbean in addition to the European repertoire. One such dance was the “congo”.^[2] The performers of this novel music (to the predominantly white audience) created music for their own entertainment and uses as well. for the equestrian form of quadrille, see Quadrille (dressage) Quadrille is a historic dance performed by four couples in a square formation, a precursor to traditional square dancing. ...

Slave traditions

The Old Plantation (late 1700s), illustrating some slave traditions.

Slaves in America had many musical traditions that became important to the music of the country, particularly jazz. The work song was one of these traditions, an improvised system of singing based on the idea of call and response, a central aspect of African music. There were also several instrumental improvisation techniques that were used: after work was done, these people would hold musical performances in which they played on pseudo-instruments made of washtubs and other objects newly used for musical purposes, and also played rhythms on their bodies, called “pattin’ juba”.^[2] The only area that slaves were allowed to perform their music, other than private locations, was a place in New Orleans called Congo Square.^[1] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 795 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (798 × 602 pixel, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 795 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (798 × 602 pixel, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In music, a call and response is a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or response to the first. ... The Juba dance or hambone, originally known as Pattin Juba (Giouba, Haiti: Djouba), is a style of dance that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks. ... NOLA redirects here. ... It was in the Nineteenth Century in Congo Square in New Orleans that observers heard the beat of the bamboulas, the wail of the banzas and saw the multitude of African dances that had survived through the years. ...

Congo Square and New Orleans

The decision to allow this type of performance was a very unusual one for the city’s government to make, as all other regions had instituted very restrictive laws regarding the musical performance of slaves, and even New Orleans had legislation that eliminated essentially every other aspect of the African culture. Nevertheless, the former Africans were able to play their traditional music, which started to intermingle with the sounds of the many other cultures in New Orleans at the time: Haitian, European, Cuban, and American, as well as many other smaller denominations. However, the people playing in Congo Square were not of the younger generation, the one traditionally associated with innovation and new attitudes toward mixing culture, but older musicians. They used drums almost indistinguishable from those made in Africa, though the rhythms were somewhat different from those of the songs of the regions the slaves were from, probably the result of their having lived in America for several generations. A large number of musicians that played in Congo Square were from the Caribbean as well.^[9] Because of the extensive exposure that Congo Square performance had in New Orleans and the differences noted between it and traditional West African song, this location is regarded as the birthplace of jazz in New Orleans.

Blues

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Shuffle pattern

The shuffle pattern, derived from the pattin' juba rhythm.

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Another important influence to jazz was the blues, an expression of the hardships experienced daily by slaves, in direct contrast to the work song, a celebration of work. Its musical inspiration came from where its players did, Africa. The rhythmic form of blues was a basis for many developments that would appear in jazz. Though its instrumentation was mostly limited to melodic instruments and a singer, feeling and rhythm were tremendously important. The two primary feels were a pulse on alternating beats that we see in countless other forms of American music, and the shuffle, which is essentially the pattin’ juba rhythm, a feel based on a division of three rather than two.^[10] Blues music redirects here. ...

Second line

One of the final influences on the development of early jazz, specifically its drumming and rhythms, was Second line drumming. The term “Second line” refers to the literal second line of musicians that would often congregate behind a marching band playing at a funeral march or Mardi Gras celebration. There were usually two main drummers in the second line: bass drum and snare drum players. The rhythms played were improvisatory in nature, but similarity between what was played at various occasions came essentially to a point of consistency, and early jazz drummers were able to integrate patterns from this style into their playing as well as elements from several other styles.^[11] Second line is a traditional dance style that developed in New Orleans, Louisiana in the mid 1800s. ...

Ragtime

Before jazz came to prominence, drummers often played in a style known as ragtime, where an essential rhythmic quality of jazz first really began to be used: syncopation. Syncopation is synonymous with being “off-beat”, and it is, among many things, a result of placing African rhythms written in odd combinations of notes (e.g., 3+3+2) into the evenly divided European metric concept.^[5] Ragtime was another style derived from black musicians playing European instruments, specifically the piano, but using African rhythms. Look up ragtime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Modern jazz drumming

Early technique and instrumentation

A drum set used in 1921 includes several accessories, including multiple cowbells.

The first true jazz drummers had a somewhat limited palette to draw from, despite their broad range of influence. Military rudiments and beats in the military style were essentially the only technique that they had at their disposal. However, it was necessary to adapt to the particular music being played, so new technique and greater musicianship evolved. The roll was the major technical device used, and one significant pattern was simply rolling on alternate beats.^[3] This was one of the first “ride patterns”, a series of rhythms that eventually resulted in a beat that functions in jazz as the clave does in Cuban music: a “mental metronome” for the other members of the ensemble. Warren “Baby” Dodds, one of the most famous and important of the second generation of New Orleans jazz drummers, stressed the importance of drummers playing something different behind every chorus. His style was regarded as overly busy by some of the older generation of jazz musicians such as Bunk Johnson. Beneath the constant rhythmic improvisation, Dodds played a pattern that was only somewhat more sophisticated than the basic one/three roll, but was, in fact, identical to the rhythm of today, only inverted. The rhythm was as follows: two “swung” eighth notes (the first and third notes of an eighth note triplet), a quarter note, and then a repeat of the first three beats (sound sample “Inverted ride pattern“ at right). Aside from these patterns, a drummer from this time would have an extremely small role in the band as a whole. Drummers seldom soloed, as was the case with all other instruments in earliest jazz, which was based heavily on the ensemble. When they did, the resultant performance sounded more like a marching cadence than personal expression.^[3] (Listen for example to Dodds on “Billy Goat Stomp“ with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers in 1927.) Most other rhythmic ideas came from ragtime and its precursors, like the dotted eighth note series. The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra. ... The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra. ... A drum roll is a method a percussionist employs to produce a sustained sound on a drum. ... Willie Gary Bunk Johnson ( 1879/1889–July 7, 1949) was a prominent early New Orleans jazz trumpet player in the early years of the 20th century who enjoyed a revived career in the 1940s. ... In music a tuplet is a note value whose relationship with the next larger note value is more or less than (not equal to) half as long as the next higher note value, usually indicated with a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) bracket with a number. ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... A drill sergeant drills privates in the U.S. Army. ... Morton in the 1920s Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music. ...

1900s to 1940s

An image of Sonny Greer with his drum set, which included timpani among other accessories.

The drummers and the rhythms they played served as accompaniment for dance bands, which played ragtime and various dances, with jazz coming later. It was common in these bands to have two drummers, one playing snare drum, the other bass. Eventually, however, due to various factors (not the least of which being the financial motivation), the number of drummers was reduced to one, and this created the need for a percussionist to play multiple instruments, hence the drum set. The first drum sets also began with military drums, though various other accessories were added later in order to create a larger range of sounds, and also for novelty appeal. The most common of the accoutrements were the wood block, Chinese tom-toms (large, two-headed drums), cowbells, cymbals, and almost anything else the drummer could think of adding. The characteristic sound of this set-up could be described as “ricky-ticky”: the noise of sticks hitting objects that have very little resonance.^[2] However, drummers, including Dodds, centralized much of their playing on the bass and snare drums.^[12] By the 1920s and '30s, the early era of jazz was ending, and swing drummers like Gene Krupa, Chick Webb, and Buddy Rich began to take the bases laid down by the early masters and experiment with them. It was not until a bit later, however, that the displays of technical virtuosity by these men were replaced by definite change in the underlying rhythmic structure and aesthetic of jazz, moving on to an era called bebop. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sonny Greer (1943) Sonny Greer (13 December 1895–23 March 1982) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with Duke Ellington. ... A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ... Wood block Tubular wood block A wood block is essentially a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. ... A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. ... The cowbell is a percussion instrument. ... Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. ... William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1909–June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader. ... Bernard Buddy Rich (September 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Bebop

To a small extent in the swing era, but most strongly in the bebop period, the role of the drummer evolved from an almost purely time-keeping position to that of a member of the interactive musical ensemble. Using the clearly defined ride pattern as a base, which was brought from the previous rough quality to the smooth, flowing rhythm we know today by “Papa” Jo Jones, as well as a standardized drum set, drummers were able to experiment with comping patterns and subtleties in their playing.^[12][13] One such innovator was Sidney “Big Sid” Catlett. His many contributions included comping with the bass drum, playing “on top of the beat” (imperceptibly speeding up), playing with the soloist instead of just accompanying him, playing solos of his own with many melodic and subtle qualities, and incorporating melodicism into all of his playing.^[14] Another influential drummer of bebop was Kenny Clarke, the man who switched the four beat pulse that had previously been played on the bass drum to the ride cymbal, effectively making it possible for comping to move forward in the future.^[15] Once again, this time in the late 1950s and most of the 60s, drummers began to change the entire basis of their art. Elvin Jones, in an interview with Down Beat magazine, described it as “a natural step”.^[16] Jo Jones (October 11, 1911–September 3, 1985) (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz. ... Sidney Catlett (born January 17, 1910 in Evansville, Indiana and died March 25, 1951 Chicago, Illinois) was a swinging jazz drummer often referred to as Big Sid Catlett because of his large frame. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. ... Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. ...

1950s and 1960s

During this time, the drummer took on an even more influential role in the jazz group at large, and started to free the drums into a more expressive instrument, allowing them to attain more equality and interactivity with the other parts of the ensemble. In bebop, comping and keeping time were two completely different requirements of the drummer, but afterward, the two became one entity. This newfound fluidity greatly extended the improvisatory capabilities that the drummer had.^[17] The feel in jazz drumming of this period was called “broken time”, which gets its name from the idea of changing patterns that had previously been rigid. The repetitive nature of the ride pattern and the steady pulse of the hi-hat were almost eliminated. Rhythm sections, in particular those of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, were also exploring new metric and rhythmic possibilities. The concept of manipulating time, making the music appear to slow down or race ahead, was something that drummers had never attempted previously, but one that was evolving quickly in this era. Layering rhythms on top of each other (a polyrhythm) to create a different texture in the music, as well as using odd combinations of notes to change feeling, would never have been possible with the stiffness of drumming in the previous generation. Compositions from this new period required this greater element of participation and creativity on the part of the drummer. Elvin Jones, a member of John Coltrane’s quartet, developed a novel style based on a feeling of three partly due to the fact that Coltrane’s pieces of the time were based on triple subdivision.^[16] Also, because of the greater space in this new style both rhythmically and harmonically, greater experimentation was much easier to attain. Musicians were not encumbered by as many aspects of bebop, like the extremely high tempos and quick chord changes. Rhythm section refers to the musicians whose primary jobs in a jazz or popular music band or ensemble is to establish the rhythm of a song or musical piece, often via repeated riffs or ostinati. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... Polyrhythm is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms. ... For other uses, see Tempo (disambiguation). ... A chord progression (also chord sequence and harmonic progression or sequence), as its name implies, is a series of chords played in order. ...

Free jazz

Throughout the history of jazz drumming, the beat and playing of the drummer have become progressively more fluid and “free”, and in avant-garde and free jazz, this movement was largely fulfilled.^[13] A drummer named Sunny Murray is the primary architect of this new approach to drumming. Instead of playing a “beat”, Murray sculpts his improvisation around the idea of a pulse, and plays with “…the natural sounds that are in the instrument, and the pulsations that are in that sound”.^[18] Murray also notes that his creation of this style was due to the need for a newer kind of drumming to use in the compositions of pianist Cecil Taylor.^[18] Avant-jazz (also known as avant-garde jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music composition with elements of traditional jazz. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Sunny Murray is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. ... Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15 or March 25, 1929 in New York City) is an American pianist and poet. ...

See also

• Beat
• Downbeat
• List of jazz drummers

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