Funky Jazz Man Drum Player

Funky Jazz Man Drum Player

Jazzman at the Drums

African Funky Jazz Man Drum Playerbust stands 10 inches high. Sometimes the best gift is the gift of heritage. One of the most colorful people in a region full of colorful people, the Jazz man Drummer incorporates all the style elements practiced by the musical.

The drum set is an instrument without a large body of composed repertoire, as there is for piano or violin. There is no standard tuning system, set-up, or standardized notation key. The drum set has developed throughout the 1900's in an improvisatory manner, with certain functions of the instrument being accepted as stylistic norms, meaning that certain "beats", or "grooves", such as the Bossa Nova, the Swing or Ride pattern, and The Rock Beat, all represent a particular, commonly accepted sound on the instrument. The main source for tracing these stylistic idiosyncrasies has been through the use of recorded documentation. The role of the Jazz drummer changes with different jazz sub-styles or genres. In the New Orleans jazz bands of the early 1900's, the drummers role was to keep the momentum of the music moving by playing patterns that were outlining the beats and forms of the music in a clear way, as well as to add excitement to sections in the music that had a change of mood or energy. This role of the drummer as time keeper continued in the swing bands of the '20's and '30's, and proponents of the swing style in large as well small groups still see the role of the drums as that of "keeping time". During the 1940's, due largely to Charlie Parker, the alto saxophonist who was a founding father in the Be-Bop movement, came a change in the drummers role. The drums became a more equal part of the ensemble, interacting with the melodic improvisations that the other musicians were playing.