And there is, of all things, a Cleveland school of kettle drum players. One of the best ... struggling to build an audience for orchestral music. The Cleveland school had its start with Cloyd ...

while whoever arranged the percussion came up with a smart way of working in some kettle drums that give the fill ins a delicious level of oomph. The instrumentation is actually pretty rudimentary ...

a form of Surinamese Creole folk music that originated in 1863 after the abolition of slavery. It’s layered with all types of local percussion, including the skratjie, which is a large kettle ...