Dropping bombs

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Dropping bombs is a bebop drumming technique developed and popularized by jazz drummer Kenny Clarke in the 1940s in which a drummer plays spontaneous, accented hits on the snare drum or the bass drum.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitehead, Kevin. "Kenny Clarke, Inventor Of Modern Jazz Drumming, At 100". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 22 January 2015.