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May 13

Akbar DePriest, 1930-2007

Posted by Administrator on May 13, 2007. Filled under Profiles | Drive-by Perspectives.

A giant among jazz drummers, with a rich legacy of sharing his talents
In “The Drummer in Our Time,” Ghanaian poet A.W. Kayper-Mensah wrote of the need to celebrate ancient braveries as heartily as the noise, pulse and distilled beauty of life’s present: “May your drumming, music, meaning/Turn our heads to look about us.”
Resonant words. […]