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.

This very special concert performance features The Peter Erskine Trio with pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson. Erskine himself is recognised throughout the musical world as a rhythm tour-de-force havingworked with talents as diverse as Joni Mitchell Micheal Brecker Weather Report and Steely Dan. The performance filmed in 1993 in Salzau Germany captures an inspired trio at their very best.

Jazz drumming great Danny Gottlieb provides an easy to follow step by step starting point for the jazz drum student. Whether you are a beginner or a drummer looking to add additional skills and development this DVD and exercisesheet will provide inspiration and information to cover the basics.

Artist Transcriptions-Featuring Bill Evans (Piano) Chuck Israels (Bass) and Larry Bunker Paul Motian and Arnold Wise (Drums). Straight-from-the-record transcriptions of eight more favorites as performed by these jazz all-stars: Come Rain or Come Shine · How My Heart Sings · Isn't It Romantic? · Israel · Re: Person I Knew · Show-Type Tune (Tune for a Lyric) · Stella by Starlight · 34 Skidoo.

The fun and exciting way to learn the drums-â??Ã?òFeel good\' jazzy pieces with a free play along backing track CD.

Drum Play Along-Performed by Hal Smith drumsAccompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-StarsMany people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well asJoseph 'King' Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a child of the Crescent City as is Harry Connick and Wynton Marsalis. The wholeMarsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of manystreet parades and steamboat gigs and asked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of the great hornmen of thiscity which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band on your own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans. Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; and two compact discs featuringcomplete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

How to Apply Your Vocabulary to the Drum Kit in a Musical Fashion-Jazz Drumming is designed to help today's rock pop and R&B drummer learn the jazz idiom quickly and efficiently. It is an inclusive and in-depth study of how to authentically perform alongside a rhythm section within jazz's popular styles and forms. This package includes a set of detailed charts and each composition focuses on a particular musical form drumset sound solo concept and comping approach. Genre relevant drumset-based rudimental voicings solo transcriptions and simple brush patterns are also presented. After completing this study the reader will be able to perform within a jazz ensemble – and sound like they belongthere!

Performed by Tom Collier drums Accompaniment: Canadian All-Star Stage Band Conductor: Paul Miner Here's the finest band that Canada fielded in 1970 and Music Minus One was fortunate denough to bring them to a studio for these performances from their extensive library. We asked guest drummer Tom Collier to further deliniate the drum role for you players and offer his work in an up-front recording of the score. Not to be missed. Includes a high-quality music book featuring solo parts for each tune; and two compact discs featuring a complete digital stereo reference recording plus recordings of the accompaniments minus you the soloist.

Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have beenthought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective method of dealing with the mastery of drum set coordination by breaking it down into four sections: 1) Ride Cymbal - Right hand; 2) Snare Drum - Lefthand; 3) Bass Drum - Right foot; 4) Hi-hat - Left foot. The author clearly states his goals in writing this book: 'It is my sincere wish that the materials presented in [this] text will be of considerable help indeveloping musical approach to the coordination skills demanded of today's drummer.' -John Pickering

Music Minus One Drums Deluxe 2-CD Set-From the 1920s to the 1950s the great Eddie Condon and his band created a truly unique style of traditional jazz characterized by a succession of instrumental solos and abrupt transitions of dynamics the result was one which reverberates to this day in the world of jazz music. Now you can participate in this incredible style and the sophisticated music of the Condon Gang with this fabulous all-digital MMO release. Includes a stellar lineup of professionals giving you guidance and a fabulous ensemble with which to perform! Contains a custom-engraved music score featuring drum charts with drum legend and a concert lead sheet for each song printed on high-quality ivorypaper and a digital stereo compact disc containing complete versions of each song and a second compact disc featuring accompaniments minus soloist plus -20% slow-tempo versions of five up-tempo songs. Performed by Hal Smith drum Songs include: Monday Date The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else Strut Miss Lizzie Georgia Grind Skeleton Jangle A Kiss to Build a Dream On I Know That You Know I Must Have That Man Jazz Me Blues.

Big Band Play-Along Volume 4-Easy-to-read authentic big band parts for ten terrific jazz tunes with a professionally recorded play-along CD that lets instrumentalists perform as part of a big band.

The Alfred Jazz EASY Play-Along series for Rhythm Section goes beyond the other play-alongs. The rhythm section book has written out parts for piano, bass, and drumset to show comping suggestions. In addition, each of the nine jazz standards includes the melody and a sample written-out jazz solo for you to listen to, play, and practice. The included MP3 disk has a demo track and a play-along track for each tune for piano, bass, and drums. The demo track, featuring a pro rhythm section with a horn player, is a learning tool for the melody, piano comping, bass lines, drum parts, and improvisation. The play-along track allows each player to practice with the rhythm section as individuals with their part removed from the mix. In addition, the rhythm section parts in the book can be used as small group arrangements. Each jazz standard has specific improvisation tips and suggestions. The written out comping examples and melody along with the written out sample solos are all invaluable assets that makes learning how to improvise easier. Nine great tunes=great jazz! Titles: After You've Gone * Blues March * Lazy Bird * Lester Leaps In * Mr. PC * Road Song * Scrapple From the Apple * St. James Infirmary * Summertime. - See more at: http://www.fabermusicstore.com/Easy-Standards-Play-Along-2-Rhythm-CD-36090.aspx#sthash.66bVow8j.dpuf