Scott K Fish
Silver Member
A straight-eighth note rock beat and the 2 and 4 backbeat are different. The early rock drummers - D.J. Fontana, Jerry Allison, Earl Palmer, the Chess Records drummers, etc. - still played with a triplet or swing feel. Listen to their hi-hats. They're playing what drummers were playing in swing bands, but with a more pronounced backbeat.
Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five, along with other jump bands, are usually credited as the immediate forerunners to rock. Chuck Berry, for example, cites Louis Jordan as a major influence on his music.
Jordan came out of Chick Webb's band and had hit records starting in the mid-1940s into the early 1950s.
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Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five, along with other jump bands, are usually credited as the immediate forerunners to rock. Chuck Berry, for example, cites Louis Jordan as a major influence on his music.
Jordan came out of Chick Webb's band and had hit records starting in the mid-1940s into the early 1950s.
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