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Name That Drum Fill

(Source: showusyourinstinct)

For me, it’s all fly poop on white paper.

— Han Bennink, on musical notes. [Bennink doesn’t read music. He drums. And drums. And drums. Watch. ]

Meet Han Bennink, the jazz drummer who makes music out of anything: “”What is music, anyway? It’s just like organized sound. And what’s organized? Who decides that?”

Tomorrow:Jazz drummer Han Bennink takes over our studio (pictured above in shaky video taken by yours truly) and drums on every object he can find.

(Source: youtube.com)

Dutch drum maestro Han Bennink plays a drumkit made of cheese.

Bennink drums cheese 2 (by squiddity of toronto)

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead on drummer Owen Howard’s new album: Drums are woven into the arrangements he writes, but he’s still got room to react to what the other players are doing: to amplify or challenge a mood or melody, to hold fast or move along, to shade the action or add contrast.