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Category: Legacy Posts
Legacy Posts are the posts that originally appeared on Jack Bell’s website MelodiousMerchant.com, but have since been transferred to JackBellPercussion.com. Please enjoy a variety of content spanning Jack’s career from the early days to Georgia State University and beyond.
Rimshots
Rimshots Interview Series The Rimshots interview series on Youtube includes an interview with Jack Bell. John Lawless, Joey Baggett, Emrah Kotan and Jack Bell. A little preview of what will be the essence of RIMSHOTS. Read more
Rudimental Swing Drumming
The Art of Percussion This style of rudimental swing drumming presented in this DVD bridges the gap between the old N.A.RD. traditional interpretation of the “26 Standard American Drum Rudiments” and the rudimental style used in today’s modern drum corps. Selections Read more
New Life as a University Student
This story is important to me because it shows the power of negotiation and persistence. I was told the university was “closed out” for this semester. After hearing that I went to the university and showed the students working in both the admissions office and the registrars office – the response email I had received from the… Read more
ASO Performances
Selected Recordings Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1967-1995) Jack Bell, Principal Percussionist Symphony #5, Mahler/Telarc 1995 Harry Janos, Kodaly/Telarc 1995 Dances of Galanta, Kodaly/Telarc 1995 The Bells, Rachmaninoff/Telarc 1995 Harmonium, John Adams/Telarc 1995 Javelin and Run, Torke/Decca 1995 Peter and the Wolf, Prokoviev/Telarc 1993 The Carnival of the Animals, Xylophone soloist, Saint-Saens/Telarc 1993 Great Opera Choruses/Telarc: 1993… Read more
Wilcoxen Solo 150
The Pacer Demonstration
Performed at Various Speeds Read more
Harold Firestone
Life Harold Edward Firestone was born October 27, 1907. He was adopted by Frank and Minerva Firestone. Frank worked as a pattern maker for the New York Central Railroad and Minerva was a housewife. Harold grew up in Elkhart, Indiana. Mr. Frank Firestone took his seventeen-year old son to the grand opening of the Lerner… Read more
Picture This
A Life in Pictures A gallery presenting my life in photos, from my childhood to present day. Read more
Rolf Legbandt
Rolf Legbandt was born Aug. 26, 1930, in Chicago, Ill., to mother, Helene Dora Klara Herzner Legbandt, and father, Alfred Heinrich Legbandt. Mother Helene emigrated from Hamburg, Germany, and father Alfred emigrated from Kiel, Germany. Rolf graduated high school from Pasadena Junior College, Calif., in 1948 and in July joined the Marine Corps, hoping to… Read more
Learning to be Creative
Learning: to be Creative In the next few moments, I will try to rekindle you – by attempting to help you understand a little more about yourself and how to learn creatively. Had I studied the topics of Learning and Creativity extensively before presenting this lecture, you would be offered many sophisticated definitions and interpretations.… Read more