#viola smith

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(via Viola Smith, Trailblazing Swing Drummer, Dead at 107 | Pitchfork)

The “fastest girl drummer in the world” died of Alzheimer’s complications earlier this week

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Pioneering drummer Viola Smith has died, aged 107.

Viola was a groundbreaking swing, big band and symphonic drummer, often credited as the inspiration for Louie Bellson's use of double-bass drums -  as well as becoming the first female drummer in popular music. Viola died on October 21.

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Viola Smith, a pioneering drummer and original “hep girl” of the swing and big band era, died on Wednesday in Costa Mesa, California. She was 107.

Promoted in the 1930s as the “fastest girl drummer in the world” and credited with blazing a path for women in what had been a male preserve, Smith sat behind a giant drum set that included a double bass drum, an instrument that would years later become a tool for hard-hitting rock drummers.

Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107