Jazz Drumming
Jazz Drumming
John Riley introduces you to the style-defining instrument: the Ride Cymbal. You'll expand your comping vocabulary and John teaches you how to approach different soloing situations. Pay attention how John demonstrates his course concepts with his world class trio. The extensive sheet material provided with the courses will help you follow along with the exercises and solos. Additional Play-Alongs allow you to practice various jazz standards as well as soloing situations.
Courses
Introduction To Jazz Drumming
John Riley
Various Artists
In "Introduction To Jazz Drumming" John Riley, one of the most respected drum educators of the past thirty years, presents basic knowledge about jazz drumming for medium advanced players. Learn to play the jazz ride cymbal pattern, get familiar with ... »
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49:40
Jazz Comping
John Riley
Various Artists
Comping is a mixture of the expressions “to accompany” and “to complement”. In jazz drumming comping describes the rhythms drummers add to the swing pattern in order to support melody lines or improvised solos. In this course you learn how to ... »
145 0 43:09
Jazz Soloing
John Riley
Various Artists
Drum solos take place in various contexts. In this course John discusses the most common soloing formats. One of the traditional solo forms in Jazz is trading fours or eights, where the musicians exchange four or eight bars of soloing with the ... »
103 1 32:26
Jazz Ensemble Playing
John Riley
Various Artists
One of the challenges of playing in a jazz ensemble is to provide a comfortable steady flow for your fellow musicians, while at the same time maintaining the form of the song. In this course you deal with different aspects of playing in an ensemble. ... »
63 0 26:52