Drummer women in Jazz: if Art (Blakey) was pink with polka dots
What if ‘Art (Blakey) was pink with polka dots and wearing a tutu’ or Tony (Williams) was ‘green’. And What if the mand behind the skins is a woman? And this woman is the jazz band leader too?
Featuring two of today’s most compelling jazz drummers, Terri Lyne Carrington and Cindy Blackman, the Sept. 26 showcase at the Berklee Performance Center will offer a rare opportunity to hear, in one evening, two contrasting drum styles.
And to discover if sex, behind the drums, matters. Click here for full article from Boston.com
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