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Gretsch Drums Catalina Maple CM1-0708T-DCB Drum Set Rack Tom, Deep Cherry Burst

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Gretsch-formula 7-ply maple shells, round Catalina Maple badge & Remo drumheads.

Jazz Steppin Out captures the groove and energy of the Steppin' scene in Chicago and Atlanta as well as funk, jazz and urban club scenes in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles..

Filter'Tron Humbucker Electric Guitar Pickup Gold Bridge.
"Gretsch Filter'Tron electric guitar pickups filter out hum, neon noises, crackle and electrical disturbance! The Filter'Tron Electronic Guitar Head was introduced in 1957 at the summer NAMM show in Chicago.
Filter'Tron pickups feature dual-coils and are designed to Filter out the elecTronic hum normally associated with single-coil pickups, while adding a warmer tone, and a significant increase in output and sustain.
" "Gretsch Filter'Tron electric guitar pickups filter out hum, neon noises, crackle and electrical disturbance! The Filter'Tron Electronic Guitar Head was introduced in 1957 at the summer NAMM show in Chicago.

Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Harris in Philadelphia on 7 April 1915, the daughter of guitarist Clarence Holiday, a musician best known for his association with Fletcher Henderson..
The wealthy jazz aficionado and record producer John Hammond heard Billie first in 1933 at Monette's Supper Club, a night-spot on 133rd Street in Harlem..
Hammond played a vital role in initiating Holiday's recording career. He secured a recording contract with English Columbia for Benny Goodman in 1933..
These sessions (which stretched to 1942) are arguably Miss Holiday's greatest achievement, her exceptional vocal treatments of standards and pop tunes underpinned by the work of the finest jazz musicians of the swing era..
This beautifully restored collection concentrates on key sides from the Wilson series..

...of European jazz musicians. He was born on 23 January 1910 into a wandering gypsy family on the Belgian frontier. Music, particularly guitar music, was part of everyday life and at twelve Django, self-taught, mastered the banjo-guitar in an amazingly short time. He was hooked..
The creation of The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France happened almost by accident in the dressing room of the Hotel Claridge in Paris on the Champs-Elysees. Django and Stephane Grappelli were working in the same band there and one evening before a performance Django was plucking at his guitar when Stephane joined in on violin..
By 1939 the QHCF was going from strength to strength.
both Django and Stephane had become more daring and adventurous and the rhythm section's backing was more subtle. The outbreak of war on 3 September found the unit in London. Stephane remained for the duration.
Django risked taking a boat back to France. The great days of The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France were over..
From 1946, firstly in London and later in Paris there were reunions between Django and Stephane but, with a few exceptions, these had lost their pre-war edge. Django died, aged only 43, in 1953 but his rich legacy of recordings proves time and time again that he was not only a virt....