Jim Chapin
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| Genres | Jazz |
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| InstrumentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Drums |
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| Children | 10, including Harry, Tom, and Steve |
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| Family | Kenneth Burke (father-in-law) Jen Chapin, Chapin Sisters (granddaughters) Samuel Chapin (ancestor) |
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James Forbes Chapin (/ˈtʃeɪpɪn/ Script error: No such module "Respell".) (July 23, 1919 – July 4, 2009) was an American jazz drummer and the author of books about jazz drumming. He is in the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame[1] and was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2011.[2]
Early life
Chapin was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Abigail Forbes and painter James Ormsbee Chapin.[3] Chapin first played piano and clarinet, and left college at the age of 18,[4] when he started to play the drums, studying with Sanford Moeller.[1]
Later life and career
After stints in an assortment of bands, Chapin played with Red Norvo in 1943.[4]
Chapin coined the term "coordinated independence" to describe the skill of a drummer where "both hands and feet are performing parts which are rhythmically independent from one another".[5] His Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer textbook was published in 1948.[5] At the time, it was perhaps the only such book targeted only at drummers.[6] In 2009, a writer for Drum! magazine wrote that it was "arguably the most important drum set text ever written".[1]
In 1954, Chapin led a band that played weekly at Birdland in New York City;[7] this continued into 1956.[4] His sextet of Don Stratton (trumpet), Billy Byers (trombone), Phil Woods (alto sax), Sonny Truitt (piano), and Chuck Andrus (bass) recorded the album Jim Chapin Ensemble in 1954;[8] it was reissued in expanded form as The Jim Chapin Sextet around 1960.[8][9] The following year, he led an octet of Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Urbie Green (trombone), Bob Wilber (tenor sax), Phil Woods and George Dorsey (alto sax), Hank Jones (piano), and Wilbur Ware (bass) that recorded Profile of a Jazz Drummer.[8][9] Chapin played with bassist Marshall Grant between 1958 and 1960.[4]
For eight months from October 1968, Chapin taught drummer Gene Krupa weekly, helping Krupa in his recovery following emphysema.[10] In 1971, Chapin's Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer, Volume II was published.[1]
Chapin traveled around the world teaching and presenting seminars, including teaching Peter Criss, after he left the group Kiss in the early 1980s.[11] Chapin also gave Alex Van Halen of the rock band Van Halen a lesson. [12] A Chapin instructional video, Speed, Power, Control, Endurance, was released in 1992.[1] Chapin died in Florida on July 4, 2009.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Birenbaum, Rob (July 6, 2009). "Legendary Drum Instructor Jim Chapin Dies". Drum!. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."James Forbes Chapin Obiturary". Legacy.com. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wynn, Ron. "Jim Chapin Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brennan, Matt (2020). Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit. Oxford University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-068386-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Packman, Jeff (2016). "Way Beyond Wood and Skin". In Hartenberger, Russell (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Percussion. Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-107-09345-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Panken, Ted (December 2016). "Phil Woods: 'A Soldier for Jazz'". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 12. p. 36.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jim Chapin: Jim Chapin Sextet & Octet Featuring Phil Woods (3 LP on 1 CD)". freshsoundrecords. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reviews and Ratings of New Albums". The Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 3. January 18, 1960. p. 56.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Korall, Burt (2002). Drummin' Men: The Heartbeat of Jazz, the Swing Years. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-515762-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Criss, Peter. "The Legendary Jim Chapin". petercriss.net. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alex Van Halen joins Nicko McBrain, & David Frangioni for the Season Finale of Metal Sticks".
External links
- Article on Jim Chapin at Drummerworld
- 2004 oral history interview for the National Association of Music Merchants
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