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Jim Chapin (James Forbes Chapin) was born on 23 July, 1919 in New York City, U.S., is an American jazz drummer. Discover Jim Chapin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

Popular As James Forbes Chapin
Occupation Drummer, musician, music educator, jazz musician
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 23 July, 1919
Birthday 23 July
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death 4 July, 2009
Died Place Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Parents James Ormsbee Chapin (father)Abigail Forbes (mother)
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Children 10, including Harry, Tom, and Steve

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1919

James Forbes Chapin (July 23, 1919 – July 4, 2009) was an American jazz drummer and the author of books about jazz drumming.

He was the author of several albums (later converted to CDs) on jazz drumming, as well as 2 CDs entitled Jim Chapin: Songs, Solos, Stories (Vols. 1 and 2).

1938

He left Bard College in early 1938 after skipping classes regularly in order to obey a massive compulsion to batter a set of drums that a classmate had left set up in the gymnasium.

He was a student of Sanford A. Moeller, a rudimentalist who popularized the Moeller method.

1939

Within two years, Chapin was playing opposite Krupa at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

1940

From the 1940s through the 1960s, Chapin performed and toured with a variety of bands, including Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra and groups led by the likes of Mike Riley, Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey and Tony Pastor.

In the early 1940s, Chapin began working on a drum instruction book that was published in 1948 as Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer, Volume I, Coordinated Independence as Applied to Jazz and Be-Bop. This book has been known as "the definitive study on coordinated independence" for jazz drummers.

After the release of the book, he carried a pair of drumsticks in his back pocket at all times in case he was called upon to demonstrate a difficult passage and prove that every pattern in the book could be played.

The book became known among drummers as The Chapin Book

1970

He also performed on occasion with his sons, Tom, Steve and Harry Chapin who was on a career high as one of the more notable singer-songwriters of the 1970s and a founding member of the World Hunger Year.

And he led his own bands well into his 80s.

Chapin continued traveling around the world teaching and presenting seminars, including teaching Peter Criss, after he left the group Kiss in the early '80s.

He was a fixture at music trade shows and percussion conventions.

1971

In 1971, Chapin published Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer, Volume II, Independence: The Open End.

In the preface, he acknowledged that he could not play every pattern in the book.

1992

Some of his techniques were captured on an instructional video released in 1992 called Speed, Power, Control, Endurance.

In this video, he spent the entire time using a practice pad to demonstrate the methods of his instructor, Sanford Moeller.

1994

In 1994, Chapin received two honors for his contributions to music and education: the American Eagle Award, presented by the National Music Council in Washington and a lifetime achievement award from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

1995

And in 1995, he was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.

He was the father of ten children, including musicians Harry, Tom (not to be confused with Thomas Chapin) and Steve Chapin, who are also the children of Elspeth Hart, the daughter of Kenneth Burke.

He was the grandfather of Jen Chapin and two of the three members of the Chapin Sisters group.

He was the direct descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin.

2009

Jim Chapin died on July 4, 2009, in Florida a few weeks shy of 90 years old.

2011

He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2011.

Chapin was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Abigail Forbes and painter James Ormsbee Chapin.

He did not begin playing the drums until he was 18 years old, after being inspired by legendary drummer Gene Krupa.