Publisher’s Letter: Fascinating Rhythms


It was wood blocks rather than drums that powered the earliest jazz recordings. Not that drummers such as Baby Dodds and Zutty Singleton weren’t lighting up their snares and bass drums with the bands of Papa Celestin and Fate Marable in the early part of the 20th century, only that the technology hadn’t caught up:

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