102 year young Viola Smith

The drummer with the biggest heart, 102yearyoung Viola Smith joins us on Drum Talk TV Watch the interview here: In this interview, you ll see a film of Viola from 1939 playing with Frances Carroll; The Coquettes; she talks about her 17piece drum set, taking lessons from Billy Gladstone and owning one of his snares (He only made 4050), spending time with Krupa, Bellson, Rich Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and others; she and Dan discuss how people use the phrase Female Drummer, she talks about how she became the lucky drummer of an allgirl band in 1925, and what city she has the most cherished memories of, after traveling the world. She s also been playing Zildjian Cymbals forever