Jazz Drums Clinic: Elevate Your Drummer To The Next Level

Presented at the Washington Music Educators State Conference in Yakima, Washington, February 18, 2024. The goal of the clinic is to present educators with tools and ideas for graduating their drummers to the next level of performance and musicianship. The presentation covers examples of grooves at three levels of ability; beginning, intermediate, and advanced. See chapters below for specifics.
0:00 Introduction
3:04 Swing: Beginner
6:20 Swing: Intermediate
8:14 Swing: Advanced
13:40 Big Band: Beginner
15:24 Big Band: Intermediate
21:38 Big Band: Advanced
25:00 Shuffle: Beginner
27:01 Shuffle: Intermediate
28:24 Shuffle: Advanced
30:44 Bossa Nova: Beginner
32:29 Bossa Nova: Intermediate
35:03 Bossa Nova: Advanced
38:57 Samba: Beginner
40:00 Samba: Intermediate
41:11 Samba: Advanced
44:02 Fast Swing: Advanced

[@n8w8rem22]

Music from the body is the motion for the drummer ...

[@Traveling_Tree_Dr]

That was wonderful information and such a creative insight!

[@elderlybrothers-lakedistri3650]

Outstanding presentation and insights - thanks so much for posting

[@self8ting]

Awesome, thanks !

[@zackyjacky2078]

Excellent video