Backbeat Drumming in the 40's and 50's with Jason Gianni - a podcast by Bart Vanderzee

Jason Gianni shares audio examples from artists including Fats Domino, Elvis, Ray Charles, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and many more that showcase the evolution of rock drumming from the 1940's to the 1960's. We discuss the drumming of these great artists plus Jason plays examples on his own kit! Jason is an instructor at the Drummers Collective in NYC and a professor at the New School in NYC and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and most importantly - he played drums on the "SpongeBob Squarepants" theme :) He has great knowledge on how rock and roll slowly but steadily evolved from one recording to the next and how it was a process of building that led to modern rock and roll as we know it today.
You can get in contact with Jason at jason@drummersbible.com
Here is a link to Jasons classic Book, The Drummers Bible: https://www.amazon.com/Drummers-Bible-Every-Afro-Cuban-Zydeco/dp/1937276198/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1639452783&refinements=p_27%3AJason+Gianni&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Jason+Gianni

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