Can you hear melody in the drums? | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

If you go back to African culture, where drumming came from, there were talking drums. Now, let’s see if Allison Miller can play it on the drums. You recognize, before Sunhouse innovation when you would hit a digital drum or a trigger drum you get one sound.

If you go back to African culture, where drumming came from, there were chatting drums. Currently, let’s see if Allison Miller can play it on the drums. They discover Allison’s having fun and turn it into digital audios depending on where she hits each drum, how hard, and just how fast she plays, also down to pitch flexing and also rim-shots like we saw previously. You understand, prior to Sunhouse technology when you would hit an electronic drum or a trigger drum you obtain one sound. It’s a new frontier for tune on the drums, and also we’re only just starting to see what’s possible with this new modern technology.

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Can you hear melody in the drums? | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

What would you say if I told you that drums can sing? The best jazz drummers have always understood this as fact. Allison Miller has even made it a core part of her artistic mission — as drummer, a composer and a bandleader, notably with her ensemble Boom Tic Boom.

Jazz Night in America recently caught up with Miller, who skillfully demonstrates the concept of “melodic drumming” using her drums and cymbals, a Duke Ellington tune, and a new piece of technology. “There’s something about the platform of jazz,” Miller says, “that it lays this palette of having such deep communication with your other bandmates. And for me that's why I play this music.” --NATE CHINEN

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