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Nate Harrison on the “Amen Break” – the foundation of jungle/drum&bass

About the “Amen Break” from Wikipedia: ‘The “Amen break” was a brief drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Sylvester “G. C.” Coleman in The Winstons’s song “Amen, Brother”. ‘The “Amen Break”, “Amen”, or imitations thereof, are frequently used as sampled drum loops in hip hop, jungle, breakcore and drum and bass music. [...] ["Amen, [...]

Amazing New York Street Performance Percussionist and Drummer

The YouTube video below is of an amazing drummer & street performer based in New York, NY: There are other videos on YouTube showcasing this performer. But there’s a disturbing trend in many of these videos (not the least to say the comments) — I didn’t find a single video that mentioned what the drummer’s [...]