The Art of Bop Drumming (Book & CD) (Manhattan Music Publications) by John Riley Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Art of Bop Drumming (Book & CD) (Manhattan Music Publications)
Book Review: Indispensable, crucial, essential!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Like Jazz? Don't like Jazz? It doesn't matter. Whether you like to swing or not, this book WILL make you a better drummer and musician. The triplet feel is almost its own dimension in drumming and every drummer should master it. Although it is targeted for bebop jazz (basically faster swing feel as far as a drummer is concerned), this book will give you plenty of exercises and ideas you can incorporate in any genre. The exercises are great for independence and time-keeping, and offer very, very good fill and solo ideas.
As for aspiring jazz drummers, there is absolutely no question, GET this book. Any jazz professor at the university level would approve and it is used widely in music schools such as Berklee and Indiana University Music School (I graduated from IU).
The lessons on brushes are crucial and if you have never placed your hand on a brush, here is where you should start looking.
The accompanying CD is great as well and helps you to master a good swing time, listen to exercises being played, listen to compositions and play along tunes with a bassist or with a whole rhythm section.
Book Review: A Great Place to Start!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book after playing professional jazz gigs for 4 years. It is authentic and a great place to start for beginning to intermediate jazz drummers. The CD is a nice accompaniment.Book Review: Grooves
Summary: 5 Stars
This rather thin-in-size book packs a tremendous amount of practical instruction. It is intended as a thorough course in bop drumming for serious students, and will realistically take many months simply to work through at a basic level (and, as with any high-level skill, many years to actually master). It is suitable for beginning drummers who at least know the rudiments and basic technique (and who have familiarity with jazz in general), but would also be appropriate for experienced drummers wanting to learn the specifics of bop drumming. The book begins with basic time-keeping on the ride cymbal and progresses through comping and tailoring accompaniments. There is a detailed section on brushwork. While the focus naturally is on rhythm, there are also many useful pointers on tone, dynamics, composition and such. The accompanying CD is well put together and, in addition to including examples, also includes "music minus one" type tracks to play along with. The writing style is lucid and the explanations are clear. The author understands that playing drums is a lot of fun, and he seems to aim to provide a highly disciplined approach that manages to avoid taking the fun out of things -- no mean feat. This book is the next best thing to actual lessons with a great teacher.Book Review: The Best Jazz Drum Book Yet
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is awesome for the beginner. I started with the first comping ideas and found myself progressing faster than all of the years of trying to play jazz. To play jazz, one must understand its theory, and this book brings it. If you are interested in drums, and jazz drums, you gotta get this book and learn how to comp! In the CD, the author plays all the ideas in the book, which helps you to learn how to read and how each exercise should sound. Shish, Boom, Bang. Amazing!!Book Review: Must have for Jazzers
Summary: 5 Stars
The best intro book for jazz drumming. John Riley introduces the style, complete with information on cymbals, tuning and equipment. Regardless of experience, you will quickly pick up the skills to go as far as you want as a bop drummer. Independence, comping, brushes, solos, charts...it's all here and presented clearly. The attached cd is good to help you hear what the lessons sound like and to provide several tunes minus drums to play along with.