What are you favourite brushes for jazz/latin. I have an old pair of Atlas brushes right now, and I might just be underestimating them, but I think they sound bad and too wiry.

I’m studying at Leeds Consarvatoire and i’m in my first year studying jazz performance. I play the drums.

For my January assessment i need to transcribe and play along to a drum solo of my choice. What are some of your guys’ favourite drum solos / what do you think would be best for me to play??!

Thanks for your help!!

Hello! I guess this has been asked before but im curious, what is your 3 favorite jazz albums for inspitation? I wanna listen to something I haven't heard.

It changes all the time but at the moment mine are:

1. Paul motian trio - i have the room above her.
2. Pat metheny - question and answer.
3. John coltrane - a love supreme.

I've been struggling recently with trying to get a splash on the hats on 2&4 or 1&3, but it's been tricky just getting the technique right... i've been trying to get some cooler sounds out of my latin grooves - one tune is Mental Phrasing, Roy Hargrove, which i think would sound sick with that splash thing! not sure if there's a quicker way to learn this than just try over and over again haha but i could do with some help!

Trying to get a snare. Dont know anything. What can you recommend to get me started on the snare journey? Tried the erskine one i liked it but would like to hear your opinions. I play mainly jazz but i like a tighter sound, not too tight though. Thanks

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Hi, It is a 20" Medium Ride, no mention of Traditionnal on it (maybe a old pre serie).

It is signed by Agop's both sons, post split so post 1996. Looking for the manufacturing year. Thanks for any info.

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Looking for any other recordings of Airto on brushes/any live vids of RTF playing You’re Everything. Thanks

Hello,

My son is a freshman in high school. He played drums in jazz band for 2 years in middle school. He was told that he was playing on all 3 songs they are working on but now another kid wants to play on A Night in Tunisia which is the song my son wants to play the most. So now it has become a bit of a competition between the two of them. Do you have any advice as to how to approach this? Would he be better off keeping it simple? Any advice for him would be appreciated.

I (26) am a full time musician. I study music, I teach music i am involved in various band projects. Music has become far too big a part of my life. Even my ex partner is a musician. So, i feel a bit burned out and I had a flash of inspiration today: i need a hobby, that has nothing to do with music, to feel better in life. The best thing would be something that keeps me busy in the long term and where you can improve (like in music, haha). Please help!

EDIT: maybe a more straight forward question is, of the many method books and resources out there, were there any particular latin percussion books / series that might help demistify the source from which jazz drummers take latin style grooves?

Hope this is an appropriate question.

I'm a jazz pianist and arranger working my way towards being a rhythm section generalist and have been playing drums in a big band context for about 2 years now.

I'm seeking advice on how to go about developing my ear for identifying latin style grooves.

Through my time playing in combos and big bands, I understand the surface level concepts which differentiate the various "latin" grooves that are encountered in jazz, like how there are son and rhumba claves and that the bass drum emphasizes different beats of the bar depending on the style, and so on. So I can kind of tell if a tune is more afro-brazilian (samba, bossa nova, partido alto...) or afro-cuban (mambo, salsa...) and if its like a hal leonard arrangement, its easier to identify what the clave is (and its usually labeled anyways.)

Are there any resources people found useful in developing their ear / arranging / comping chops specifically for latin drumming?

Additionally, when it comes to comping on drums or playing auxiliary percussion, what do people recommend I do to learn how to diverge from the basic clave? (i.e. understanding that the basic groove is a son 2-3 but where does one add more or less notes and why?)

I used to play drums for a few years. Started in a highly school punk rock band and eventually got pretty proficient at rock n roll and bar bands. I stopped playing for about a year but lately I've been getting into swing music and easy listening - Sinatra, and even some old swing jazz tunes like Louis Armstrong and Ella.

Listening made me realize I never quite went deep into swing. I've reassembled my basement kit and spent the day just trying to get re-acquainted with the ride cymbal. I looked up some basic techniques and spent the day working on figuring out feathering, the ride pattern, and the backbeat on the high hat. Needlessly to say, I'm rusty and humbled.

I'm looking for some nice basic swing music to play too. I do enjoy lessons, but I've always learned best by playing along to music in-between practicing rudiments. I'm trying to keep it low tempo. So far I've been keeping time, poorly, to

Sinatra's Come Fly with Me / Fly Me to the Moon

Ella Fitzgerald's Smooth Sailing

As well as Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock, which I remember an old music teacher pointing me towards in my high school days.

Besides that I'm just focusing on not getting frustrated with tackling this new venture with my drumming. I've never felt like such a novice haha. It's a totally different style than what I was used too.

I am a left handed drummer. I can play open handed on a right kit and crossed on a lefty kit. My left hand which is my trad hand always is on the ride or the hihat. I know it’s not supposed to be that way. Should I play matched? Should I stick with how I’m playing know? Or should I use my right hand as my trad hand? TIA

I'm looking for a sizzle flat ride to put on my left side, something 18"-19" maybe. Would love a little bit of crashability.

I've been listening a lot to the Ahmad Jamal Trio's Live at the Pershing and am blown away by the delicate "chik" sound of Venel's hihat. If anyone has any tips on how to at least attempt this sound please comment.

I realise it may be a mix of recording set-up, technique and cymbal/cymbal set-up, and I know his general playing was masterfully sublime and light. But no matter what hats I use, the "chik" is either very solid, or - if I release the hat back up quickly - very washy.

This could take a lot of practice and talent to emulate but I'd like to try.

Any tips on what hats he uses might also be useful. am assuming light and dry? There is no logo on the vids I have seen (typical perhaps for that era).

Thanks

Check out a youtube video from JP Bouvet on the "down-up" method. It has been a great tool for improvisation. I even subscribed to his website and there's a ton of great content. They recently uploaded a jazz course featuring John Riley!

Hey folks, so I'm completely new to jazz drumming. I've never played the drums before but, I grew an interest in it recently and the drumming aspect of jazz got me captivated! So, I started on journey on becoming a Jazz drummer a couple of weeks ago by taking jazz drumming lessons.

What advice do you folks have on how to improve and do you have any mindset advice as well? I'll be asking this question to my drumming instructor tomorrow as well.

Thanks

What songs would you doods suggest to a complete novice?

as explained in the title, I am looking for info and sound files about this cymbal. Istanbul top flat ride 18 both signatures (Mehmet and Agop), the logos are black (not green). weight 2164 gr. I find nothing in the Internet (not with top flat ride, and not with this heavy weight...). All the flat rides on the internet are much lighter (1500 gr...)

I have one to purchase but the seller is not in a position to send any good soundfile...

thanks for any help, link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCdTvwMuss

I am a lefty drummer. Jazz Band instructor said flat out he won’t allow me to play in the jazz band because I’m a lefty and if I wanted to play in his jazz band “learn to play righty”. What should I do?