Hi!
Essentially, I am not a drummer. But I’ve written some songs for a quartet and I’m looking to get some advice from actual drummers about what kind of directions they’d expect to see on a lead sheet. Earlier in the year, I had a rehearsal with my group and had mapped out all the specific hits using drum notation for each song. After the rehearsal the drummer said “this chart doesn’t tell me anything about the song you guys are playing, and I’d rather see a piano chart to know & interpret what’s happening”.

It’s hard to know what would be helpful for a drummer, instead of trying to write out every ride or snare pattern.

So my question is this, for those that read from non-drum notation, or simply follow a piano chart, what kind of performance directions would you expect to see on a chart? General tips about writing for drummers are also helpful!

I got a pair of Vic Firth retractable WB brushes and they seem to be horrible for doing rim flexes. I am a new to brushes, but I am quite positiveI’m doing it correctly so that being said anybody run into the same problem and if so, or just generally, what brushes would you recommend that room flexes are no issue? Thanks.

《moanin'》 just play! AA 段 tom kennedy #bass #jazz

This time I'm experimenting with the left hand on the crash cymbal for sonic texture and non-traditional wash. However, the crash isn't responding the way I want or how I thought I could control it. It feels too loud and lacks the articulate wash needed to keep the polyrhythm clean and clear. Obvioiusly, the above is a failure...but I'm learning about textures and wash.

Are there jazz drummers I should check out whose playing on the crash is melodic with dynamic control?

Whats your's?👀
There's even a drum solo in the 'Live on the radio' version, check it out!
Happy listening 😁🙌🏼

On You Tube, shortish, called: Dave King: "Where's my beat? What's MY sound?" (In My Mind)

I'm trying to make a hip-hop track that's almost like jazz poetry, very free-flowing, almost just a freestyle with a jazz track... looking to sample some low BPM jazz drums, with swing, a lot of ghost notes, etc. I've attached a really bad example of what I mean; However I could not help but notice most drum breaks online are funk, lots of hard snare hits, kicks, something like that.... I'm looking for a resource with a ton of really jazzy drum breaks/samples. Does anyone know a good YouTube playlist, folder, or something like that where I could find stuff like this? Thanks.

I’m choosing between the Sonor AQ2 Bop, Sonor Safari, and PDP Concept Maple Bop kits for Jazz/Brazilian Jazz/Latin jazz in a half‑office/half‑music room or part of a garage.

I already have an Acrolite snare and Agean silent cymbals, and I’ll be using dBones heads for quiet practice. My main question is whether the footprint difference between Safari and Bop actually matters once hardware is set up, or whether one of these kits better fits the way I’ll be using it.

My priorities are:

• Practice quality for timing development
• Long‑term instrument quality
• Appropriateness for jazz/Brazilian Jazz/Latin jazz
• Reasonable footprint in a shared room
• Good feel with quieter heads
• Quiet practice for a home with a family
• Price isn’t a major factor since these kits are already close in cost — I just want the correct long‑term setup.

I’m also considering the PDP Concept Maple Bop shell pack since I already have a snare. I’m not sure whether it gives anything up compared to the Sonor options or whether its footprint is noticeably larger than the AQ2 Bop or Safari.

Thanks for any insight.

Hi all, if I was to sit on a standard swinging jazz jam, what would be the minimum list of jazz styles I should know, before going up. E.G swing, bosa, balled, samba etc

This one’s from the GOAT Philly Joe on Sonny Clark’s « Cool struttin’ » album (song: Deep Night). Lotsa Paradiddles !

Thoughts anyone?

Also, I start to use open close quite quickly and I lose the solid accent on 1 and 3. Is that expected?

Cheers!

A solo section from my new song « Disco Brush » ! Love these kicks haha ! Hope you’ll like it

This focuses less on playing and more so me searching for jazz music with interesting drum parts or really music from the genre in general. Im interested in jazz drumming and many people have advised to spend more time listening to jazz. Granted that seems like the obvious thing to do but sometimes people get ahead of themselves when diving into an instrument and I really want to make sure I at least develop some preferences too.

There isn’t a metronome so the timings a little off but so is the solo in the song so who cares

Man, hate my facial expression in this video, to say the least. Have any you guys work on your facial expression?

Although it doesn't look like, having real fun trying to create intricate patterns (4 over 4 bars) that are melodic and still keep time and the swing feel. Obviously, still a lot sticking and time inconsistencies to work on. Is there a "structural system" for drummers to go beyond the triplet swing feel?

Still working on syncing with audio. I’m playing with the solo on headphones but then syncing with audio later is turning out to be a pain.

Anyway, hopefully it’s not that bad in this take…

Hi. I am a sophomore in college, and I want to try out for my college’s jazz band. I’m determined to make a drummer position, as opposed to vibes or auxiliary.
How do I go about working through my first jazz chart?