The Drummies 2014 Best Drumming Book runner up, this book was written with both beginner and advanced drummers in mind, and is meant to enhance the technical skills of the drummer through melodic breaks

With this book and its online audio examples, students will learn to develop their own sound, perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels, and improvise dynamic fills and solos. Additionally,

Peter Retzlaff and Ian Froman provide an overview of jazz playing from early small group jazz right up through post-bop and ECM styles. Retzlaff's section contains a complete approach to ride cymbal

Playing in a big band is one of the most complex and nuanced jobs that a drummer faces. Garey Williams' book Drummer's Guide to Big Band sets out a highly organized game plan for tackling the

Essential Drum Fills is a collection of fills that renowned drummer Peter Erskine has enjoyed hearing and/or playing over the years.  The book includes over 500 drum fills in a variety of

Being able to play a fast or complex rhythm is pointless if it doesn't have a good feel. Groove Studies will help intermediate players focus on applying the skills and concepts they have already

While many of the 500 patterns in this book can be applied to just about any musical style, the author has grouped the fills into the specific genres in which they would likely appear. Styles include rock,

Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum set method that uses traditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazz ensemble as the vehicle to study beats,

This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drum set, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a

Jazz Drumming is designed to help today's rock, pop, and R&B drummer learn the jazz idiom quickly and efficiently. It is an inclusive and in-depth study of how to authentically perform