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The Drums

Various Artists

Initial release : 1974

Impulse

A 3 LP set described as "A critical analytic guide to the major trends in the development of the tradition of the principal percussive and rhythmic force in jazz".

Tracks

  • Alamode - Art Blakey
  • Mama - Max Roach
  • No Smokin - Kenny Clarke
  • Thermo - Philly Joe Jones (with Freddie Hubbard)
  • Afternoon Of A Basieite - Sid Catlett (with Lester Young)
  • Cottontail - Jo Jones (with Benny Carter)
  • Statement - Connie Kay (with Milt Jackson)
  • Snap, Crackle - Roy Haynes
  • The Berkeley Underground - Dannie Richmond
  • Brainwashed - Buddy Rich
  • Thunderbird - Louis Bellson
  • Cherokee - Shelly Manne
  • Jim Jeannie - Chico Hamilton
  • Comin' Back - Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (with Gabor Szabo)
  • Shiny Stockings - Elvin Jones
  • The Drum Thing - Elvin Jones (with John Coltrane)
  • Gospel Trane - Rashied Ali (with Alice Coltrane)
  • Ghosts - Milford Graves (with Albert Ayler)
  • Spooky Drums (Number Two) - Baby Dodds
  • Rufus (Swung His Fast At Last To The Wind, Then His Neck Snapped) - Joe Chambers (with Archie Shepp)
  • The Magic Of Ju - Ju - Beaver Harris, Norman Connors and Ed Blackwell (with Archie Shepp)
  • Pots - Sunny Murray (with Cecil Taylor)
  • Late Evening Prayer - Alphonze Mouzon (with John Klemmer)
  • Angles (without Edges) - Paul Motian (with Keith Jarrett)
  • (The Flute Section From) Hues Of Melanin - Barry Altschul (with Sam Rivers)
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