Description

The ultimate guide to bop drumming—a style that serves as both a pivotal moment and a foundational element in the evolution of modern music. This extensive book, accompanied by an audio presentation, addresses time playing, comping, soloing, brush techniques, essential jazz concepts, and includes charts, all presented in an engaging combination of text, music, and relevant quotations.

Songs / Content

• TIME PLAYING
• The Ride Cymbal
• Phrasing
• The Jazz Drum Sound
• The Bass Drum & Hi-hat
• Cymbals
• Practicing
• COMPING
• Interdependence
• Comp Example 1
• Pacing
• Rhythmic Transposition
• Comp Example 2
• Comping with the Bass Drum
• Comp Example 3
• Comp Example 4
• Accompanying a Soloist
• Listening/Song Structure
• Awareness
• SOLOING
• Solo Structure
• One-bar Phrases
• Developing Musical Phrases
• Three-beat Phrases
• Developing Longer Solos
• Question and Answer Solo
• BRUSHES
• Basic Pattern
• Ballad Patterns
• Uptempo Patterns
• The "Figure 8"
• "3 Against 2" Feel
• Brush Patterns in 3/4
• MORE JAZZ ESSENTIALS
• The Shuffle
• Playing in "2"
• 3/4 Waltz
• Samba
• 12/8 Feel
• Mambo
• Uptempo Playing
• CHARTS
• School Days (medium)
• Last Week (shuffle and "2" feel)
• What Is This Thing Called? (medium-up)
• October (ballad)
• Satch and Diz (3/4, 4/4)
• Out in the Open (uptempo)
• APPENDIX
• Recommended Listening
• General Discography
• Books & Videos