The master drummer Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris) was born in New Orleans 11/13/1939. His career spanned R&B hits to house band at the Apollo to the Broadway musical Hair to funky boogaloo to probing modern jazz to jazz fusion to Black Masking Indian grooves.
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Drummer Ed Blackwell was born 10/10/1929 in New Orleans. He was steeped in the city’s street beats from second line parades to Black Masking Indian grooves. Drawn to bebop, he pioneered free jazz drumming w Ornette Coleman. Randy Weston: “Everything he played was danceable.”
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Drumsville goes to college! Today I’ll be giving a guest lecture to an NYU undergraduate course Media and Spectacle on the history of drums and drumming in New Orleans with a focus on Congo Square, Black Masking Indians, and Second Lines.
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Happy Birthday to the funkiest drummer Joseph”Zigaboo” Modeliste, born 12/28/1948. He’s central to the Drumsville! Evolution of New Orleans Beat exhibit at the NO Jazz Museum and the companion book from LSU Press.
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