Helpful Jazz Exercises for Drummers!

Click a timecode to skip to that section! 0:00 Introduction 1:43 What do I play when I’m keeping time? 2:20 Key Jazz recordings (Tain, Elvin and Jack) 3:18 Why advanced independence is valuable even if you don’t play busy 4:03 Right-Hand lead 5:00 Right Foot lead 5:33 Left-Foot lead 6:22 How to practice all the “lead“ exercises 7:00 Left hand buzzing (aka one-motion drop) 8:14 Coming up with left-hand buzz phrases 9:23 Dynamics among all limbs = musical phrases! 9:58 Tricky bar breakdown 11:11 Fusion-sty