[Dixielandjazz] "Drummerless" bands [was "Turk Murphy"]

[Anton Crouch]

Good to see that DJML is back on line.

Hello all

The issue of pulse is an important one but the degree to which drummers 
contribute to it is controversial. Think of the (drummerless) Louis 
Armstrong Hot Five.

On the matter of drummers, it might be time to resurrect the golden 
oldie of why a drum machine is superior to a drummer. A drum machine
1. keeps time
2. doesn't play solos
3. can be turned off

:-)

Anton

On 15/04/2013 06:15, Bert Thompson wrote:
> In a short piece I wrote on "drumerless" bands some time back, this was the closing paragraph:       A jazz band without a (good) drummer is like a creature without a
> pulse, or at best a weak one, as far as I am concerned.