Drummin' Men

Bebop to the beat of these biographies of swing drummers, including such greats as Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Sid Catlett, and Buddy Rich. Korall's text, interviews with the drummers, quotes from their contemporaries, and photos tell the stories of these legendary musicians.

Burt Korall is a music industry veteran, jazz authority and former drummer who has been the director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop for almost fifteen years. Also a music critic, record producer, editor, broadcaster, and journalist, his articles have appeared in The New York Times, New York Daily News, The New York Post, Saturday Review, The Village Voice, Down Beat, Playboy, and International Musician. He is the author of Drummin' Men: The Bebop Years (OUP 2002) and co-author of The Jazz Word. He lives in Mount Vernon, New York.