{"id":95142,"date":"2014-09-03T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=95142"},"modified":"2019-03-25T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:54:30","slug":"drums-west-jim-hensons-animated-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/09\/drums-west-jim-hensons-animated-tribute.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>Drums West<\/i>: Jim Henson\u2019s Animated Tribute to Jazz Drummer Chico Hamilton (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RysUNvQZTE?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>Judg\u00ading by behind-the-scenes footage of a beard\u00adless&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henson.com\/aboutus.php\">Jim Hen\u00adson<\/a>&nbsp;ani\u00admat\u00ading \u201cDrums West,\u201d a 1961 homage to jazz drum\u00admer&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drummerworld.com\/drummers\/Chico_Hamilton.html\">Chico Hamil\u00adton<\/a>, one good sneeze and the par\u00adty would\u2019ve been over.<\/p>\n<p>Ani\u00adma\u00adtion is always a painstak\u00ading propo\u00adsi\u00adtion, but the hun\u00addreds of tiny paper scraps Hen\u00adson was con\u00adtend\u00ading with in an extreme\u00adly cramped work\u00ading space seem down\u00adright oppres\u00adsive com\u00adpared to the expan\u00adsive visu\u00adals to which they gave rise.<\/p>\n<p>The fin\u00adished piece\u2019s con\u00adstruc\u00adtion paper fire\u00adworks are every\u00adthing&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/doors.stanford.edu\/~sr\/itunes\/new-itunes-visualizer\/\">iTunes Visu\u00adal\u00adiz\u00ader func\u00adtion&nbsp;<\/a>strives to be. Speak\u00ading for myself, I can\u2019t envi\u00adsion any com\u00adput\u00ader-gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded abstrac\u00adtion open\u00ading a mag\u00adic por\u00adtal that sud\u00adden\u00adly allowed even a philis\u00adtine like me to appre\u00adci\u00adate a brush solo steeped in 50\u2019s\u2011era West Coast cool.<\/p>\n<p>Sure\u00adly&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/muppet.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dr._Teeth_and_the_Electric_Mayhem\">Dr. Teeth<\/a>&nbsp;would be down.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">mak\u00ading&nbsp;a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. 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Thanks!<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/09\/watch-the-surreal-1960s-films-and-commercials-of-jim-henson.html\">Watch The Sur\u00adre\u00adal 1960s Films and Com\u00admer\u00adcials of Jim Hen\u00adson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/12\/jim_henson_teaches_you_how_to_make_puppets_in_vintage_footage_from_1969.html\">Jim Hen\u00adson Teach\u00ades You How to Make Pup\u00adpets in Vin\u00adtage Footage From 1969<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/08\/jim_hensons_animated_film_ilimbo_the_organized_mindi_presented_by_johnny_carson_1974_.html\">Jim Henson\u2019s Ani\u00admat\u00aded Film, Lim\u00adbo, the Orga\u00adnized Mind, Pre\u00adsent\u00aded by John\u00adny Car\u00adson (1974)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ayunhalliday.com\/\">Ayun Hal\u00adl\u00adi\u00adday<\/a>&nbsp;is an author, home\u00adschool\u00ader, and Chief Pri\u00adma\u00adtol\u00ado\u00adgist of the East Vil\u00adlage Inky zine. Fol\u00adlow her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyunHalliday\">@AyunHalliday<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RysUNvQZTE?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Judg\u00ading by behind-the-scenes footage of a beard\u00adless&nbsp;Jim Hen\u00adson&nbsp;ani\u00admat\u00ading \u201cDrums West,\u201d a 1961 homage to jazz drum\u00admer&nbsp;Chico Hamil\u00adton, one good sneeze and the par\u00adty would\u2019ve been over. 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