Dropping bombs explained

Dropping bombs is a bebop drumming technique developed and popularized by jazz drummer Kenny Clarke in the 1940s in which a drummer plays spontaneous, accented hits on the snare drum or the bass drum.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Whitehead. Kevin. Kenny Clarke, Inventor Of Modern Jazz Drumming, At 100. npr.org. NPR. 22 January 2015.