Fine, Elliot
Biography
Born: May 07, 1925
Died: May 4, 2012
Country: Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Studies: Minneapolis College of Music
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IN MEMORIAM:
Elliot Fine was a drummer, author, and composer from Minneapolis, Minnesota who started playing drums at age 11. His career ran the gamut from drum corps, burlesque, Dixieland, show band, big band, small group jazz, and pop, to 41 years with the Minnesota Orchestra. Fine taught for many years both privately and on the faculty of the University of Minnesota. Additionally, he was the author of several drum instruction books, including with Marv Dahlgren, the seminal “4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set” and two volumes of “Accent on Accents."
Fine's legacy will live on through the countless number of drummers worldwide he influenced through his teaching. It is a group that includes everyone from masters of the art like Terry Bozzio (Terry Bozzio Official) and David Stanoch to young students alike.
"The drum set is like an orchestra in and of itself. This allows one person to cover many parts using all four limbs to achieve that end." - Elliot Fine[1]
Books for Percussion
Dahlgreen, Marvin; and Elliot Fine. 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set. Miami Fl: Warner Brothers, 1963.
Works for Percussion
Bugaloo Birdie - Percussion Sextet
Milo's March - Percussion Sextet
Smash - Percussion Quintet
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