Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels and improvise dynamic fills and solos taught in the tradition of Alan Dawsonand other Berklee luminaries of drum education.This approach to jazz drumming presents a unique blend of four-way coordination comping vocabulary and soloing/improvisation concepts infused with world rhythms. It willhelp you to develop a deep practical understanding of how to play jazz drums and to develop your own personal sound and style.

Enrich your drumming with world rhythms and sounds. World music presents many learning opportunities and challenges especially for drums and percussion. Learning grooves from Africa Latin America South America and otherregions will make you a more complete musician and give you more ideas for creating your own sound and solos.Many jazz greats have been inspired by world traditions: Miles Davis John Coltrane Herbie Hancock JohnMcLaughlin and so many others. Follow in their footsteps and discover how to use these elements to inspire your own music.You will learn to:Incorporate world instruments into a standard drum kit.Coordinatestick foot hand techniques to enrich your palette of articulationsPlay dozens of world groovesTake inspiration from world grooves for your own improvisationsPerform advanced concepts such as odd time signatures andmetric modulationBe prepared for many creative musical situations through knowledge of more styles and greater mastery of drumming fundamentalsThe accompanying CD includes groove examples and play-along tracks of MarkWalker's original music featuring guest artists including Paquito D'Rivera!Mark Walker is a multiple-Grammy Award winning artist who is currently a member of Oregon and the Paquito d'Rivera Quintet. He is an associateprofessor of percussion at Berklee College of Music.

Grooves Fundamentals and Musicianship-Become a well-rounded drummer with sound technique solid time and expressive musicianship by mastering these eight essentials:Ergonomics; Pop/Rock/R&B Grooves; Shuffles; Slow Grooves; African-Based Grooves;Jazz/Swing Grooves; Musicianship Skills; and Rudiments.Master drummer and educator Ron Savage presents this time-tested approach to developing core drumming technique - efficiently and completely.By mastering these eightessentials you will be able to play in any type of rhythm section - rock funk jazz swing hip-hop and others.These exercises and explanations will help you to fulfil the essential roles of timekeeper backbone andheartbeat with rock-solid beats and sound technique.

These studies provide comprehensive insight and practice into many different aspects of drumming. They will help you to master a broad range of techniques and integrate them into your playing so that you can achieve greater depthin your grooves and general precision in all your drumming. This book is a valuable aid if you play drum set in any style orchestral percussion or in any other drum/percussion context.