DIE US-AMERIKANISCHE SCHLAGZEUG-PIONIERIN VIOLA SMITH IST IM ALTER VON 107 JAHREN GESTORBEN
27.10.2020 Die im November 1929 in Mount Calvary (Wisconsin) geborene US-amerikanische Schlagzeug-Pionierin Viola Smith (geborene Schmitz) ist am 21. Oktober 2020 in Costa Mesa (Kalifornien) gestorben. Bis ins Jahr 1975 spielte sie regelmässig mit Orchestern, Swing Bands, vielen Formationen und Stars der Populärmusik, in Filmen, Fernsehshows und im Broadway-Musical "Cabaret".
Bild: © WFL Drum Co. Chicago, 1950
Pioneering drummer Viola Smith has died, aged 107
The original ‘hep girl' played a big part in the acceptance of female musicians
Stuart Williams
https://www.musicradar.com/news/pioneering-drummer-viola-smith-has-died-aged-107
Viola Smith, swing era's ‘fastest girl drummer in the world,' dies at 107
With men away at war, she wrote, "Instead of replacing them with what may be mediocre talent, why not let some of the great girl musicians of the country take their places? . . . Girls work right along beside men in the factories, in the offices. . . . So why not in dance bands?"
Adam Bernstein
Smith (...) has been credited with blazing a path for women in what had been a male preserve
Smith took up drumming as a teenager in Wisconsin, when her father assembled the Schmitz Sisters Family Orchestra with his eight daughters. Her showcase was The Snake Charmer, a jazzy arabesque with explosive drum-fills.
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/24/viola-smith-swing-big-band-drummer-dies-aged-107
Schlagzeug-Pionierin Viola Smith ist tot
Weil sie in den Dreissigern extrem präzise und gut Schlagzeug spielte, galt sie nicht nur als die erste Frau in der Männerdomäne, sondern auch als die schnellste. Nun ist Viola Smith mit 107 Jahren gestorben.
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Videos:
NAMM Oral History Program
https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/viola-smith
Viola Smith for the Women of Rock Oral History Project
Viola Smith: America's Original Hep Girl on Tom Tom TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlzCWHw7ZW8&feature=emb_logo
Viola Smith on Drum Talk TV at 102 Years Young!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP4SKSaGuxs&feature=emb_logo
Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes Featuring Drummer Viola Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5c_XZaArH4&feature=emb_logo
Viola Smith pioneering swing big band drummer dies at 107! She performs in 1951 with Ada Leonard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxJiusY7OKk
Mehr:
http://www.openculture.com/2019/10/meet-viola-smith-the-worlds-oldest-drummer.html
https://thelandmag.com/the-beat-of-her-own-drum/
https://drummerszone.com/artists/profile/14789/viola-smith#biography-tab
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1366612-Viola-Smith
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810274/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Smith
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