The Art of Bop Drumming

Well-known for his creative flexibility and musicianship, John Riley has worked with such jazz mainstays as Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillepsie or Miles Davis. This method icludes solos, patterns, tips, and exercises in time playing, comping, soloing, and brushes. Also included are Jazz essentials and charts. The CD included features exercise examples and play along tunes with Bob Mintzer (tenor saxophone), Phill Markowitz (piano), James Genus (bass), and John Riley (drums).

CONTENIDO:

Time playing
-The ride cymbal
-Phrasing
-The jazz drum sound
-The bass drum & hi-hat
-Cymbals
-Practicing

Comping
-Interdependence
-Comp example 1
-Pacing
-Rhythmic transposition
-Comp example 2
-Comping with the bass drum
-Comp example 3
-Comp example 4
-Accompanying a soloist
-Listening / Song structure
-Awareness

Soloing
-Solo structure
-One-bar phrases
-Developing musical phrases
-Three-beat phrases
-Developing longer solos
-Question and answer solo

Brushes
-Basic pattern
-Ballad patterns
-Uptempo patterns
-The "Figure 8"
-"3 against 2" feel
-Brush patterns in 3/4

More jazz essentials
-The shuffle
-Playing in "2"
-3/4 waltz
-Samba
-12/8 feel
-Mambo
-Uptempo playing

Charts
-School Days (medium)
-Last Week (shuffle and "2" feel)
-What Is This Thing Called? (medium-up)
-October (ballad)
-Satch and Diz (3/4, 4/4)
-Out In The Open (uptempo)

Appendix
-Recommended listening
-General discography
-Books & videos