1920 gretsch sock cymbals et gravé Gretsch
l'ancêtre de la Pédale Charleston actuelle (qu'on appelle "Low Boy" ou "Sock Cymbal").
En ce temps là, la musique de Jazz est faite pour danser.
Le batteur est cantonné dans la rôle de gardien du tempo et marque tous les temps
à la Grosse Caisse (qui souvent remplaçe la basse).
A noter qu'on n'utilise toujours pas de Cymbales "Ride" pour jouer le rythme.
A la fin des anneés 20, le seul moyen pour un batteur d'attirer l'attention
est de profiter soit de l'introduction d'un morceau,
soit du point d'orgue final pour placer un roulement époustouflant.
Heureusement, ces années voient l'émergence des premiers batteurs virtuoses
comme Baby Dodds (il est le premier à jouer des solos de batterie)
puis Zutty Singleton (un spécialiste de l'utilisation des couleurs).
http://batterie.poumtchac.com/histoire.html
What Is The Sock Cymbal?
The Sock Cymbal, like this 1920 Gretsch version, was the precursor to the modern hi hat.
It was also operated with the foot, and eventually became associated with the left foot,
pretty much exclusively.
Now, by the 1920’s and the entrance of the big band era,
along with 4 way coordination on drums, drummers started taking it to the moon!
Over the course of the next few decades,
drum coordination became more and more complicated
as drummers fought to add more and more dexterity to their playing.
The age of Jazz was in full swing (no pun intended) and drummers were,
for the first time, being looked at as a serious soloists instead of just timekeepers.
It was a great time for drumming, chock full of new coordination innovations.
Drummers like Chick Webb, Papa Jo Jones, Sid Catlett, Zutty Singleton... to name a few,
began tearing it up through out the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s.
Standing on their shoulders was the next generations that took it even further.
Drummers like Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Philly Joe Jones,
Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins and Art Taylor were doing things with
drum coordination in the 50’s and 60’s that are still considered benchmarks today.
https://thedrummersalmanac.com/
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