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Love to Hear Percussion

Smithsonian Music

The Smithsonian celebrates both common and unusual percussion instruments along with the musicians who keep the beat.


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Art Blakey

Buddy Rich

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Drum Beats

Milt Jackson, 1980

Max Roach

Art Blakey

Othello Molineaux, 1989

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Lionel Hampton, 1991

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