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Drummer Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummers Story" Now Available

Source: Warren Benbow
July 26, 2018

Like many drummers I started out early, and by the time I was sixteen and a half I began playing my first professional gigs. It seemed to me that I was born a drummer. Here is a little about me: I've been fortunate to have performed and or recorded with artists like: Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, LL Cool J, Betty Carter, Michal Urbaniak with Ursula Dudziak, Teruo Nakamura and Super Friends, Mary J. Blige, Nancy Wilson, Brian McKnight, James “Blood” ...

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Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummer's Story" Now Available!

Source: Warren Benbow
December 18, 2017

A Drummer’s Story by Warren Benbow is now available. Jazz is one of the major forms of musical expression. In the 1970s, jazz was moving away from strict acoustic instruments and was adding electric instruments— turning its style toward rock music. Warren Benbow, who has been playing drums since he was young, details the changes jazz music underwent in his artistic memoir, A Drummer’s Story. After attending the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, Warren Benbow started ...

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