August September 1982 – Volume 6 • Number 6
Articles in August September 1982
Jazz Drummer's Workshop - Exploring Self-Awareness
Most drummers I have talked to have some form of body tension they would like to be rid of.
Complete Percussionist - Voicing For Mallets
There is a general lack of material written about chordal playing on mallet instruments.
South Of The Border - Congas and Caribbean Percussion
The conga drum is a greatly misunderstood and underrated instrument.
David Dix: The Outlaws
The Outlaws first album was released in 1974. David Dix joined them on record in 1977, on the Hurry Sundown album, but he'd been a member many years earlier when The Outlaws was a high-school band. The band has gone…
The History Of Rock Drumming Part III - The Sixties
In The History of Rock Drumming: Parts I and II, I skimmed the surface on most of the drummers in blues and country music of the '50s who shaped rock and roll. Many of the names of those players…
Ed Mann - Expanding Percussion
What exactly is a "percussionist" anyway? It sounds rather imposing. To a lot of people, a percussionist is someone who plays in a symphony orchestra. To others, the term suggests someone who plays a variety of Latin instruments. Still others…
A Conversation With Charlie Watts
SF: How much did the Chess blues records influence you when you were growing up? CW: I never heard them until I met Keith and Mick. My whole block used to listen to Savoy jazz records as kids. I never…
Charlie Watts
Editor's note: The following articles on Charlie Watts are the result of over two year's worth of effort on the part of MD. There were numerous phone calls to record companies and management offices, where the answer was always the…