He was one of the young chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing king olivers band. George weins newport allstars thats a plenty paste. Like a number of his contemporaries, he was genuinely inspired by the music of the new orleans jazz pioneers. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from george wettling at the discogs marketplace. He was the son of drum teacher and manufacturer george burt stone. Check out dixieland by eddie condon and george wettling on amazon music.
From the 30s through the 60s, george wettling worked with many of the greatest names in jazz, as his profile. Some of the jazz legends like baby dodds, ben pollack, and george wettling, are only covered in words and still photos but. The man who wrote it, george lawrence stone, was born in 1886, the son of drummer, drum teacher and drum manufacturer george burt stone. Each example packs in trademark licks by popular drummers of the era. He was part of the chicago jazz scene read full biography. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from george wettlings jazz band at the discogs marketplace.
The carmine appice drummer from vanilla fudge book, originally came with a floppy 45 record to listen and play along with the drum. Dixieland by eddie condon and george wettling on amazon. The world of drum is a world of brutality, lust and miscegenation where chained negroes are sold like cattle where prize specimens, male and female are chosen to work in exotic bordellos, and on slavebreeding plantations where masters, drunk with the power of life and death, force their slaves to entertain them with unspeakable acts. Btw, i posted this years ago but you might enjoy seeing it again this is a postcard sent to my friends grandfather in 1938 confirming arrival date of a snare drum he ordered which my friend still has. George wettling has often been erroneously labelled a dixieland drummer. George godfrey wettling november 28, 1907 june 6, 1968 was an american jazz drummer he was one of the young chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing king olivers band with louis armstrong on second cornet at lincoln gardens. Serving the towns of stoughton, sharon, canton, norwood, walpole, easton and surrounding areas for over 20 years. Harvey lang was born in 1929 in madison, wisconsin, where his father owned a radio store. I couldnt keep up with the articles, books, and videos that daniel has created, but i can say a few words about his two 2cd sets, the century. Certainly the war inspired a large number of publications and republications of music for fifers andor drummers, even as the improved technology of warfare would soon eliminate. Heres a brief bio and discography of the jazz drummer who worked with joshua. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. He was part of the chicago jazz scene of the 1920s where he moved with his family in 1921, and baby dodds was his main idol.
Wettling george artwork prices, pictures and values. Explore releases from george wettlings jazz band at discogs. View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow. Some examples of one of my favorite drummers, the great george wettling. For drummers whove not heard either dave tough or george wettling, this is a great place to start. George lawrence learned drums and xylophone from his father and also helped out in his shop, where the elder stone tucked drumheads, turned. But are there enough of us who remember how fine george wettling played. Rays use of woodblocks, cowbells, china cymbals, and tomtoms distinguished him from most drummers of the swing era and made him one of the few white drummers the others being george wettling, dave tough and gene krupa, but they were not so. Wettling was a member of some of condons bands, which included wild bill davison, billy butterfield, edmond hall, peanuts hucko, pee wee russell, cutty cutshall, gene schroeder, ralph sutton, and walter page.
George lawrence learned drums and xylophone from his father and also helped out in his shop, where the elder stone tucked drumheads, turned drumsticks, made wooden foot pedals and sold violins. Welcome to the website of drummer jeremy sheehan and jd drum school receive drum lessons by an active boston area performer in a private studio setting. How to play every drum style from afrocuban to zydeco. I got real lazy about practicing but these books youve posted have got me back into it, so thanks. Old photo of george burt stonecourtesy of peter emerick. Stones death in 1917, george lawrence ran his fathers drum factory and became principal of.
His love for jazz in general the new orleans style and its chicago offshoot in particular was so intense. George wettling still life with a trumpet, scotch bottle and books. Burt korall, jazz writer, music business veteran, and a drummer. Among his students were joe morello, gene krupa, lionel hampton, and vic firth biography. Review legends of jazz drumming dvd from alfred publishing. George godfrey wettling november 28, 1907 june 6, 1968 was an american jazz drummer he was one of the young chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing king olivers band with louis armstrong on second cornet at lincoln gardens in the early 1920s. Jul 15, 1975 george wettling and dave tough, and on sid catlett, who was not only a pre. Dixieland by eddie condon and george wettling on amazon music. American jazz drummer, born 28 november 1907 in topeka, kansas. Jd drum schools drum photo gallery george wettling. Many thanks to peter emerick for bringing this great old photo to us.
Heres a show from december, 1948 that featuresdig this lineupbuddy rich, charlie barnet, sarah vaughn, peanuts hucko, benny morton, bob haggart and joe bushkin. Sep 22, 2012 george bruce, dan emmett, and the golden age of fifing and drumming many have called the era of the civil war the golden age of fifing and drumming. George lawrence stone 18861967 was an american drummer and author he wrote the books stick control for the snare drummer 1935 and accents and rebounds for the snare drummer 1961. In general, angling the beater around the 2 oclock position is a good place to start.
Subscribe to access price results for 150,000 different artists. He is also renowned for his partial composition of big noise from winnetka, a jazz standard. The harvey lang papers were processed and preserved as part of the uncovering new chicago archives project, funded with support from the andrew w. Thank you, wall street journal, for bringing this reissue to light. George wettling one of the great dixieland drummers, george wettlings ability to alertly change patterns behind each soloist usually inspired the other musicians to play their best. Hes an oldfashioned musical drummer in the best contemporary way. Studied percussion institute of technology and played for about two years in the california area. George wettling had something to say with his drums and he spelled it out with a tremendous sense of permutation and shading that all drummers should have big ears for. George wettling and dave tough, and on sid catlett, who was not only a pre. Four bonus tracks are from a 1945 condon concert, featuring drum legend george wettling, max kaminsky and very special guests woody herman and red mckenzine. John wedemeyer, my first real drum teacher, enzo cimino at poland central school in upstate ny who got me started with all the percussion instruments, sandy feldstein at potsdam who was my mentor throughout much of my career and helped me in more ways than i can count, and bobtilles at depaul university in. The accented afterbeat snare drum sounds are tasty and from the center of the drum, despite the fact that professors say drums choke up when played dead center. It is indeed very important for an artist to practice other forms of expression than his own in order to expand the scope of his knowledge and sharpen his sensitivity. From the very beginning of the newport jazz festival in 1954, the piano playing impresario has endeavored to put together allstar aggregations for loose.
Stones death in 1917, george lawrence ran his fathers drum factory and became principal of the stone drum and xylophone school in boston. His critics hinted that he was limited to this style of small group playing. Still life with a trumpet, scotch bottle and books george wettling swann auction galleries. Ray bauduc june 18, 1906 january 8, 1988 was a jazz drummer best known for his work with the bob crosby orchestra and their bandwithinaband, the bobcats, between 1935 and 1942. Tom bean, nickel cup, struck, and they sure make good potatoes at the mayhill cafe. The ebullient paintings of stuart davis, surveyed in a retrospective aptly titled in full swing, at the whitney museum, rank either at the peak of american modern art or a bit to the side of. George godfrey wettling november 28, 1907 june 6, 1968 was an american jazz drummer. He was taught by ralph humphrey zappa, joe porcaro famous teacher, takashi numazawa cats, casey scheuerell session great, joey heredia latin great, steve houghton session great and many more. For those of us familiar with messers tough and wettling, its. The bass drum is played with the bass drum pedal by the right foot. Combine this with the right drum books, and your skills will develop quickly. George lawrence learned drums and xylophone from his father, and also helped out in george b. George weins newport allstars relaxing at the touro. Someday there may be a poll to elect the greatest jazz band drummer of all time.
Art market estimated value about wettling george works of art. Below, weve listed five of the best drum books for beginners, so you can get started studying and practicing today. Search results for george wettling search for all jazzology labels american music records audiophile records black swan records circle records ghb records jazzology records progressive records solo arts records southland records. Miss dodds told her that babys drums were being sent to tulane university in new orleans for posterity, but she had told the men who came to pick up the drums that everything could go except the zildjian cymbal. I am sure that the ghosts of dave tough, george wettling, sidney catlett, zutty singleton, and baby dodds, wherever they might be, feel cosmic pleasure when hal smith swings out. George bruce, dan emmett, and the golden age of fifing and drumming many have called the era of the civil war the golden age of fifing and drumming. You can imagine how that touched me to know that baby had remembered after all those years. One of the great dixieland drummers, george wettlings ability to alertly change patterns behind each soloist usually inspired the other musicians to play their best. As dave tough was a lover of literature, george wettling was enthralled with painting hence his open mind. George wettling americas greatest drum stylists pdf. Wee russell clarinet gene schroeder or ralph sutton piano walter page bass george wettling drums. Cole, sonny greer, george wettling, and others at the end of the book. The two books that he received that were much different than the ones from his younger days were realistic rock drum method by carmine appice and stick control for the snare drummer by george lawrence stone.
George wettling american 19071968 drum beater oil on canvas, signed geo. Bauduc was a trend setter in traditional jazz circles. George godfrey wettling was an american jazz drummer. George wettling biography, albums, streaming links. From the 30s through the 60s, george wettling worked with many of the. Duckweed, the eternal, the grid, the leonids, the coat man, the field, blood anthem, the woodsman, death kiss, in the radio, the devil and mr.
Stone played in the pit of bostons colonial theater under the baton of victor herbert, and was a member of the boston opera orchestra for five years. Bruce and emmett, the drummers and fifers guide 1862, 1865. Wettling knew all these guys, so probably pretty accurate. George wettling biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Have an excellent book with a short history of each drummer, with. George wettling americas greatest drum stylists pdf dfo.
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