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Women drummers : a history from rock and jazz to blues and country / Angela Smith.

by Smith, Angela, 1945- author.

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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Women drummers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography.

Drummers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography.

Women musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Musicians -- United States -- Biography.

9780810888340 (cloth ; alk. paper)

0810888343 (cloth ; alk. paper)

0810895587 (paperback)

9780810895584 (paperback)

xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A few beats back in time -- 23 skidoo -- Bee's knees: the roaring '20s -- Swing cats: the '30s -- Hep girls: the '40s -- Called to duty: war years -- Hip and diggin' it: post-war to the '50s -- Rock 'n' roll, baby! the '50s and '60s -- Trippin' and groovin': the '70s -- Bad to the bone: the '80s -- Wicked to the max: the '80s continued -- Awesome times two -- Bangin' and slammin': the '90s -- Mega to the max: the '90s continued -- Sweet! a new century -- And the beat goes on (to be continued) -- Honky tonk angels -- Lady drum the blues -- Jazz chicks with chops -- Drummers of a different beat -- Not by a long shot! -- Appendix.

"In 1942, drummer Viola Smith sent shock waves through the jazz world by claiming in Down Beat magazine that "hep girls" could sit in on any jam session and hold their own. In Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country, Angela Smith takes Viola at her word, offering a comprehensive look at the world of professional drumming and the women who had the courage and chops to break the barriers of this all-too-male field. Combining archival research with personal interviews of more than fifty female drummers ... --Publisher description.

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