Brush Beat is a website for drummers who enjoy all things brushes related. In the articles section you can read all about the origins of brush playing in Never Swat a Fly, about the development of the wire brush in What Swat and learn some 'new' moves by working through the tutorial Early Jazz-Styles for Brushes. There is also a selection of 'brush breaks' through the ages (an ongoing project). More articles are in the pipeline, so be sure to drop by from time-to-time.
Brushbeat News
4th May 2012: Still working on my next article. A ridiculous amount of research involved, so it will be another few months until it is published online.
14th Dec 2011: I've updated Never Swat a Fly to incorporate a snippet of info from Danny Barker's autobiography. It strengthens the evidence for suitcase drumming being common across the south during the early 1920s.
A couple of new articles are in the pipeline. The first should be online early in the new year.
29th Nov 2011: A short biography of Frank 'Josh' Billings has been added to the articles section.
6th Nov 2011: Both Art Hickman transcriptions (see Articles section) have been updated following my discovery of reasonably clean on-line recordings at the Library of Congress site. Also, a biographical article about Frank 'Josh' Billings is near completion and will be published soon.
Big Sid Catlett jamming with Sidney Bechet
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