Re: Sound Back in the Day was Re: ART Regular Output vs. Inspiration

["Rainer Straschill" <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

Rick,

thanks for that inspiration from your two messages (I believe now it's
three) on the topic, and by adding another, third, anecdote to your
collection, I'm making the connection to your first message mentioning
BD sizes:

Elvin Jones, who became famous as the drummer for John Coltrane's
quartet, helped to define the drum sound for acoustic modern jazz
groups by using a bass drum of 18'' diameter, while before him, all
jazz drummers used at least 20'' bass drums. Of course, this gave the
music of Coltrane's trio a more punchy and articulated bass drum sound
and left more space for the bass in the frequency spectrum. This was
then heralded as an important innovation in jazz drum sound.

When approached about this topic, Elvin Jones replied that he had
actually preferred to use a bigger bass drum like everyone else, but
it wouldn't fit into the touring van.

So in this case:

SHITTY TOURING VEHICLE = INNOVATION