The groove, feel, pulse, beat, pocket—whatever it is called—is the essence of the feeling of the music being played. Musical genre has its own concept and texture—almost a personality. (In classical ...

The main elements that form the rhythmic structure of a jazz track are the bass and drums. The basic drum kit used for jazz is the same as for any other kind of acoustic music, most basically ...

In a previous tutorial, we showed you how to program a jazz drumming comp - ie, the main supporting groove in a track that rolls along under the other instrumentation as the other members of the band ...

Tommy Igoe had a good thing going in New York City. The widely respected jazz drummer and his powerhouse big band regularly attracted a full house of devoted fans to Friday nights at Birdland, one of ...

He was probably best known for his long tenure with Miles Davis, who praised his ability to “keep the groove going forever.” By Hank Shteamer Al Foster, a drummer who worked with some of the most ...