The Art of Bop Drumming by John Riley, Progressive Independence by Ron Spagnardi and The Jazz Drumming System by Mike Michalcow. There are also three great jazz instructional products that will help take your jazz playing to the next level. There are many, many great jazz records and jazz drummers that you will want to check out eventually so here are three albums to get you started on your journey: Milestones by Miles Davis, Monk’s Dream by Thelonius Monk and Moanin’ by Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers. Frequent exposure will help your ears adjust to the “language” of jazz and it will slowly absorb into your subconsciousness. The only way to truly learn a style is by immersing yourself in it and the best way to do that is by listening to the music often. So, now you’ve got the basics of jazz drumming down it’s time to go and get the earphones on. Can you compliment what’s happening in the music? Play along with a metronome as before and also along to some jazz records – you will hear what all the other musicians are doing and pick up some tasty ideas. Mix and match the patterns to create interesting little motifs – play something with the snare then repeat it on the bass – sing a melody in your head then try to comp it. Play four bars of time followed by four bars of comping with a variety of patterns on the snare and bass. The next exercise will help you to develop that freedom along with your jazz sensibility.
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Once you are comfortable and have a good sound with the comping examples, you will want to learn how to improvise with them. When it’s grooving repeat the exercise comping with the bass drum. Play each bar at least thirty two times before moving on to the next. Try to keep the ride/hi-hat groove consistent throughout. Watch the video then practice these patterns to a click at a slow to moderate tempo. The video and the transcription demonstrate basic eighth note comping ideas. It requires good interdependence between your limbs, a good ear and responsiveness to what’s going on around you. It helps to enhance the feel of the music and create a dynamic conversation between you and the other players.Ĭomping involves playing little patterns on the snare and bass drum which support and drive the music. This means to accompany and compliment the music with your drumming. You can visit his website to find out more about his work, and check his NEW personal drum book “The Sound of Jazz Drumming – creativity and development in melodic phrasing” on you are comfortable with the basic jazz pattern the next step is to work on comping.
He is regularly hired on a freelance basis to correct and transcribe jazz solos for drummers around the globe. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Dramaobtaining a 1st class BMus (Jazz) degree in 2013 and earned an MMus degree in Jazz Performance/Composition/Arranging from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2014. Valse Hot (Jazz in 3/4 Time) The transcriberĭaniel Harding Israelsen is a London-based drummer teaching and performing in the UK. Sweet Clifford (Brown & Roach Incorporated) Parisian Thoroughfare (Clifford Brown & Max Roach) Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Basin Street)
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Just One Of Those Things (The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Session) I Get A Kick Out Of You (Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings, alt. I Get A Kick Out Of You (Brown & Roach Incorporated) Here’s the list of the pieces included in the book that features a solo by Roach.įlossie Lou (Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings) The book consists of 15 transcribed drum solos as played by Max Roach in the period 1954 – 1957.
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