Jazz Articles about Ticklish Wickets

Ticklish Wickets: Drums and Bells

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2001

The title of Drums and Bells is a bit of an insider joke, it appears. The personnel on this record consist of German virtuoso Johann Drums joining forces with Bosnian veteran Kata Bells for a wide range of inspired improvisation. But there's neither a drum nor a bell to be found on any of the full 70 minutes of this recording, because both of these players are devoted fiddlers. Drums and Bells veers into Appalachian territory on the opener, “Copland," ...