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As one well-known jazz musician once reportedly said “If you all stopped obsessing about me playing ‘jazz’, maybe I would be playing festival stages rather than tiny clubs by now.” But while there have been meandering debates about jazz during its long history, another genre has become far more contentious in recent years: world music.

Master drummer Mel Lewis - exploring the history of jazz drumming from Baby Dodds to Elvin Jones. A master musician commenting on his ancestors including Stan King, Paul Barbarin, and Tiny Kahn.
Loren Schoenberg, senior scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and Mel Lewis (1929-1990) discuss and analyze the histories, techniques, equipment, and ensembles of jazz drummers in an epic eight-part presentation from 1989.
Drummers discussed include:
Warren "Baby" Dodds, Zutty Singleton, Ben Pollack, Eddie Marshall, Paul Barbarin, Stan King, Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Sonny Greer, Jo Jones, Dave Tough, Sid Catlett, Shadow Wilson, Buddy Rich, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Shelly Manne, Art Blakey, Tiny Kahn, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Louie Bellson, Elvin Jones

The infamous audio recording studio perfectionists are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan. They are music maestros.

Experience Jazz live and in-person at the WDNA JAZZ GALLERY – where music lives and breathes. It’s an intimate listening and performance space near the historic Miracle Mile. Broadcasting Jazz, night and day SOUTH FLORIDA'S ONLY SOURCE FOR PRIME TIME JAZZ. Public Media Production and Distribution Center. Public Media Redefined.

Have you found that exploring jazz elements in classical works like Beethoven's changes the way you hear or appreciate music?

If you sit down, lie down, and roll over, Beethoven's #DNA from a hair sample reveals surprises nearly two centuries after his death.