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Zildjian develops the new 22-inch K Dark Medium Ride with Cindy Blackman |
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Written by Mike Stahl
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Friday, 26 January 2007 |
The Avedis Zildjian Company, cymbal innovators since 1623, announces the results of their latest collaboration with one of today's top drummers. Designed in conjunction with Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz, jazz artist), the 22-inch K Dark Medium Ride is capable of performing in large rock arenas and small jazz gigs with equal effectiveness.
 The new 22-inch K Dark Medium Ride features a large bell for excellent projection, and special hammering and lathing to open up the cymbal for broad tonal complexities and a darker, warmer sound. Exclusive "Pin" lathing enhances the "crashability" and gives the cymbal an appearance reminiscent of the 1960s era K Zildjians.
On designing the new ride with Zildjian, Cindy commented, "When I approached Zildjian with the idea for the K Dark Medium Ride, I wanted to create a multi-use cymbal that would work in any musical situation; Enough clarity and wash to cut through the heavy guitar sounds of the Lenny Kravitz band, a big, full and exciting crash, and enough stick definition to drive the music. I also wanted a cymbal that I could shade and color, and a cymbal possessing the dark, pretty overtones, and finesse associated with the K Zildjian sound to use with my own band. I feel that this cymbal portrays all of the qualities I was looking for."
Cindy came to Zildjian to personally test the first batch of cymbals. She and R&D/Quality Manager, Paul Francis spent the day making sure they were exactly how Cindy had specified.
A certificate of authenticity accompanies every cymbal notating the number of each cymbal as it was made.
Check out the new K Dark Medium Ride and all of Zildjian's other new cymbals here.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 January 2007 )
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