1925

1935

Kaiser Marshall and the Fletcher Henderson's orchestra
The drum play has benefited from an invention that will complete his form until today : it is the hi-hat pedal, invented in 1926 after several variants, among others the famous "socks cymbals" uniquely played with foot .

Despite the refusal of certain drummers of the "old guard", such Baby Dodds, to use the hi-hat pedal, the drummers of the new generation themselves appropriated it and began the exploration of its rhythmic and harmonic possibilities.

Quickly appeared the first masters of the wire brushes :•Kaiser Marshall , Fletcher Henderson's drummer, and Chick Web in his Big Band figure among the drummers more representative from this time.

The creation of the big orchestra led the drummer to diversify his play and the choice of its sounds. The drums were completed with a wider cymbal (the ride), the bassdrum remained imposing and the woodblocks and other cow bells multiplied.

Simultaneously, the Jazz and its musicians suffered from the economical crisis of 1929 and all did not rediscover any work. This is the case of the famous King Oliver that worked as a taxi driver and grocer at the end of his life. Some musicians were successful again at the time of the New orleans "Revival" in the 40's....

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After the closing in 1917 of the brothels and junks of the New
Orleans where they producted themselves mostly, a lot of musicians migrated towards the west coast of the United States, Chicago then New-York.
In every city, new musicians and different trains emerged, as Count Basie in Kansas City or the drummer Gene Krupa in Chicago. The term "Hot" used to designate then all forms of Jazz that "move".
The drums will evolve with the form of the orchestras that group together usually 5 to 10 musicians. This is equally the beginning of the first Big Bands, including Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, considered as the pioneer in this field.