The Basics
- Beginning Jazz Setup
- Always Start Practice Sessions with Rudiments and/or Snare
- Jazz Academy: Drumming Fundamentals with Michael Carvin
- Using the Drum Kit as a Melodic Instrument
- Big Band SetUps and Fills
- How to Develop Triplet Independence on the Drums
- Greg Hutchinson: Fundamentals of Jazz Drumming
- Rob ‘Beatdown’ Brown: Intro to Comping
Shuffle
- Basic Shuffle Groove
- An Introduction to the Shuffle
- 6 Shuffle Grooves You Should Know
- Funk Shuffle (16-note Shuffle)
- Learning Shuffle Grooves with Keith Carlock: Texas Shuffle, Chicago Shuffle, Jazz Shuffle, Purdie Shuffle
- A Steve Gadd Shuffle that I Learned from Dave Weckl
- The Purdie Shuffle
- Jazz Academy: Introduction to Drums – The Shuffle
Funk (and Rock) … Mostly Funk Grooves
Tricks and Sticks
Drum Solos
- How to Develop a Motivic Drum Solo
- Using the Drumkit as a Melodic Instrument
- 11 Great Jazz Drum Solos
- 10 Drum Solos Every Jazz Drummer Must Know! + transcriptions
- Buddy Rich
- Dave Weckl “Steroids”
- Steve Gadd (Java Jazz Festival 2018)
- Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd & Vinnie Colaiuta: Full drum transcription
- Brian Blade: Joshua Redman: Drum Solo & Jazz Crimes