Jaki Liebezeit - The Life Theory and Practice of a Master Drummer
Jono Podmore
Publisher: Unbound
Summary
Jaki Liebezeit is a legendary figure in twentieth-century music, and this is the only comprehensive guide to his groundbreaking theories. It will be a key text for drummers, and other musicians, for years to come.The book is written by people that knew Jaki intimately on both a musical and a personal level: biographical elements sit alongside the elaboration of his musical system. These contributors include Burnt Friedman, one of Germany's leading electronic musicians, and Manos Tsangaris, professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden.Contains the first-ever complete discography of Jaki's recordings, and previously unpublished photos of Jaki along with reproductions of his own artwork.Jono Podmore worked with Jaki over a number of years, and he is sure to be in demand for festival events.For fans of All Gates Open: The Story of Can by Rob Young, Future Days: Krautrock and the Birth of a Revolutionary New Music by David Stubbs, Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat.