Known as the grandfather of jazz drumming, Louis Albert “Old Man” Cottrell introduced the press roll technique, which involves one drumstick playing eighth notes while the other drumstick bounces on the snare drum.
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Known as the grandfather of jazz drumming, Louis Albert “Old Man” Cottrell introduced the press roll technique, which involves one drumstick playing eighth notes while the other drumstick bounces on the snare drum.