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Kick It
- A Social History of the Drum Kit
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Music
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Publisher's Summary
The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social history of the instrument, looks closely at key innovators in the development of the drum kit: inventors and manufacturers like the Ludwig and Zildjian dynasties, jazz icons like Gene Krupa and Max Roach, rock stars from Ringo Starr to Keith Moon, and popular artists who haven't always got their dues as drummers, such as Karen Carpenter and J Dilla. Tackling the history of race relations, global migration, and the changing tension between high and low culture, author Matt Brennan makes the case for the drum kit's role as one of the most transformative musical inventions of the modern era. Kick It shows how the drum kit and drummers helped change modern music—and society as a whole—from the bottom up.
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- nathan gillbanks
- 08-30-20
Music history through the lens of the drum
An inovative approach to music history and an exciting journey from jazz to hip hop and beyond. I loved this book and the fresh perspective it has given me on the music and musicians I have admired most.
