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His ideas and techniques have made him a legendary drummer who in many ways helped develop Bebop and Free Jazz, a form of post Bop jazz that was popular beginning i... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/ella-jenkins"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/f3e95b5ee161938562a179c361eac0a5.jpg?itok=JXIxHHPG" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/ella-jenkins">Ella Jenkins</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Ella Jenkins earned the title The First Lady of Children's Folk Songs and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to bringing music to children. 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His father was a big band leader with a noted radio show, Michael Hauer and His Band of the Hour! When Michael was off the road with his band, ... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/gabe-ireland"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/0a93e1673d84f3542a639bd7607f0b7a.jpg?itok=qqifZ7lx" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/gabe-ireland">Gabe Ireland</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Gabe Ireland joined the Coast Wholesale Company while in high school. 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He later received his law degree at George Washington Univers... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/owen-clayton"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/8f257d7870dc12bee8282de0233d54d4.jpg?itok=WHZh7C3M" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/owen-clayton">Owen Clayton</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Owen Clayton began playing the double bass while in school. At the time, he had to stand on a box to play, but he didn’t mind at all because he enjoyed the sound of the instrument and it’... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/takeshi-inomata"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/46edbfb5cf2e94e492487dbf8fcd600c.jpg?itok=wch-DqXs" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/takeshi-inomata">Takeshi Inomata</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Takeshi Inomata was the noted jazz drummer who, among other things, helped design the first percussive instruments for Yamaha. His work with Yamaha took place during the early 1960s when... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/chuck-dadisman"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/693809d1ebc54ed9186347ff71a11516.jpg?itok=a44NKpVR" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/chuck-dadisman">Chuck Dadisman</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Chuck Dadisman grew up on a farm and went to school to become a school music teacher, which he did for five years before moving to Omaha, NE, where he worked in piano and organ retail. I... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/hisatake-shibuya"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/8f92b4ecbdeeb6eac4a545ee2ce34e29.jpg?itok=o-95ny_z" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/hisatake-shibuya">Hisatake Shibuya</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Hisatake Shibuya took great pride in developing music education opportunities for students wishing to bring music into their lives. By forming music schools in Japan and later opening the... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/john-mclaren-sr"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/cf378c1a274d4fc21cb811128983df54.jpg?itok=kOhSaTp-" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/john-mclaren-sr">John McLaren Sr.</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> John McLaren Sr. served as the president of BBE Sound, which develops pro audio gear. The company purchased G&L Guitars and has been dedicated to keeping the spirit of the founders an... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/chip-owen"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/4a1aedb36ea59008b4ba2fa609e5b285.jpg?itok=-OvA3yCB" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/chip-owen">Chip Owen</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Chip Owen was the product specialist at Fox Bassoons who helped engineer a series of instruments for Fox over the years including the Fox Model 900 Contrabassoon, which was first introduc... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/jeff-lee"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/5ef36076cd99066e37fd4ba63d4ea5da.jpg?itok=vY576Gos" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/jeff-lee">Jeff Lee</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Jeff Lee was the president of Resurrection Drums in Hollywood, Florida, a mecca for percussionists for miles around. Jeff was one of the most passionate members of the music industry you... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/sam-mosley"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/d64868653fa01474b5b1e39508b10b1e.jpg?itok=-tUvFkfb" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/sam-mosley">Sam Mosley</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Sam Mosley and his friend Bobby Johnson played music together as teenagers in and around their hometown in northern Mississippi. Together the team formed a successful band and songwritin... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/gene-kornblum"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/73f718a44aeeb5bbfdf88d592538e2ac.jpg?itok=n7WXwrDw" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/gene-kornblum">Gene Kornblum</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Gene Kornblum’s father formed the famed St. Louis Music Company, which played a legendary role in the music products industry during most of the 1900s. As President beginning in the 1960s... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/walter-hutcherson"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/565994ff32d442d12b94f6b92457a2ed.png?itok=aCurANws" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/walter-hutcherson">Walter Hutcherson</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Walter Hutcherson began repairing guitars in the 1950s and was one of the first repairmen to work on Fender Instruments. He opened Walters Music Exchange in Austin, Texas, and soon gained... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/jimmy-gilmer"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/708c07d2d90334abfb316c3e3f5b50c3.png?itok=5YyU8r1N" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/jimmy-gilmer">Jimmy Gilmer</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Jimmy Gilmer was born in Chicago, but spent his formative years in Amarillo, Texas. As a singer and guitar player, Jimmy gravitated across state line to Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis, N... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/dennis-houlihan"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/8aac22424eead6b728755e15944be8ed.jpg?itok=cIDf5vzJ" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/dennis-houlihan">Dennis Houlihan</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Dennis Houlihan played many important roles within the music products industry, all of which have been driven by his passion and love of music and music making. After years as a demonstra... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/jack-long"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/b8b3e834ec8354b20f1f95d038da9341.jpg?itok=X1FiHVG9" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/jack-long">Jack Long</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Jack Long co-founded the Long & McQuade music stores in Canada beginning in 1956. At the time, there were few supplier/dealer relations between Canada and the United States. Establish... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/john-hornby-skewes"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/7685d13e5015f5460333bf10b235c6d4.jpg?itok=-fE2UL30" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/john-hornby-skewes">John Hornby Skewes</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> John Hornby Skewes was the founder and president of John Hornby Skewes Company Ltd, a noted music wholesaler located in England, which was established in the early 1960s. John was also o... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/bill-hesterman"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/18a33b05eed8918547d675819044b826.jpg?itok=6Lqn9IJ2" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/bill-hesterman">Bill Hesterman</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Bill Hesterman has always been fascinated by the pipe organ. He studied piano and organ as a child, and with the good fortune that one of his teachers was an organist for the Mormon Taber... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/john-nady"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/34f7cfa492a775af09aa7fafe139784a.jpg?itok=t5-kR5kz" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/john-nady">John Nady</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> John Nady began experimenting with wireless guitar systems as early as 1968, driven by a desire to liberate musicians from the constraints of cables. By 1976, he introduced the Nasty Cord... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/joe-chambers"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/59b16ecf669fbeb7cbcc5ac350078876.jpg?itok=NHT4jqbI" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/joe-chambers">Joe Chambers</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Joe Chambers was inspired by his older brother George to play guitar and write songs. The brothers, Joe, George, Willie and Lester, formed The Chambers Brothers and began singing gospel m... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/ron-rowe"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/afe56eb14133d7c4bada723351d8dbdb.jpg?itok=L4FnBBVC" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/ron-rowe">Ron Rowe</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Ron Rowe served as president of JW Pepper following the tenure of his dear friend Dean Burtch. The two men were not only incredible business partners, they were close personal friends. ... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/peter-janis"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/9655afea7bce5ef73c15fa254694b6ee.jpg?itok=hjTvQjJ5" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/peter-janis">Peter Janis</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Peter Janis played in school orchestra and rock bands growing up as his mother played piano in the home and encouraged him to pursue music. His first job in the industry was working at S... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/jim-progris"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/e041b7f61591b3d188083eae71154254.jpg?itok=n5-94cYA" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/jim-progris">Jim Progris</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> Jim Progris attended the Berklee College of Music back in 1956 and witnessed firsthand the development of the school’s courses and programs over the years. He returned to the school to te... </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row views-layout layout_namm_onecol"> <section class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="post__teaser"> <div class="post__teaser--media"> <a href="/library/oral-history/john-mayall"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><img src="https://www.namm.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/externals/e38c5927df5a74caf00759f3626b8ad2.jpg?itok=tl2d5qzF" /></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post__teaser--content"> <div class="post__teaser--title"> <h3><a href="/library/oral-history/john-mayall">John Mayall</a></h3> </div> <div class="post__teaser--body"> John Mayall was an enduring voice on the modern blues scene since the early 1960s. Mayall is a self-taught musician well-versed on guitar, harmonica, and piano. 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