Art of Bop Drumming (Manhattan Music Publications)

This book has quickly become indispensable for me and a core part of my regular practise routine. There is so much content and always something new to learn or study.

Great on background to jazz drumming. Bought it for a zoom course and it was the key text of the course. Very practical in building the foundations and gradually adding difficulty. This is the kind of drumming text that I will return to a lot over time.

I bought this for my son, who is in his final year of a BA in professional musicianship- drums/percussion. It had been recommended to him by one of his tutors- a professional drummer/percussionist. My son has only been using it for a few weeks, but says it has great jazz pieces and ideas to play around with for backing and solos. I can't say much more than that, but thought the fact that a professional had recommended it, would help prospective buyers. Delivery was excellent too.

Nice mix of history context and how to. A good addition to any drummers library! Would I buy again - Yes.

This is a treasure trove of information and exercises to break into and grow my jazz drumming style. After looking a many books this is the one that both, gave me the best access to the style and looks like it will run and run to accompany me into the future.

One of the best in my opinion to learn jazz even for beginners

For me this was a brilliant buy. I'm always looking at ways to improve and expand as a drummer, and learning different styles is one way i like to do that. So i was recommend this by a friend when he heard i wanted to try and develop my Jazz technique...and i'm so glad he did! Very helpful book. It takes you through the stages step by step, making it very easy to understand and so very easy to improve at your own pace. Would definitely recommend to anyone into Jazz drumming, beginner through to advanced

Greatly benefits your jazz drumming playing style in an entertaining package, make sure you’ve got a CD player.

Great book

John Riley ...tres bon pedagogue !! IL a analysé differents style de drumming et explique clairement le moyen pour y arriver .

Ainda não tive oportunidade de começar realmente a estudar o método, mas acho que os exercícios da página 17 já vai valer preço do método para grande parte dos bateristas. E isso segue para os exercícios seguintes. E não é um método muito caro..... Podem comprar!

I love this book and CD. I've been working on it for months. The comping exercises are very interesting and musical. They become increasingly complex, and if you use them as recommended by the author, you'll have lots to keep you productively learning for a while. The recordings are also very enjoyable to listen and play along to. For some of the faster recordings, I lowered the tempo and then increased them little by little until I could play along. For those who don't read music, I think that you could ease your way into it with this book. The earlier exercises are pretty basic and usually only include one limb. For example, since the bass drum, hi-hat, and ride cymbal stay the same in the first two comping exercises, they are not written in, so you can focus on the snare drum. Later, comping and solos include more limbs, but by then you are ready. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in getting into jazz or even just incorporating aspects of jazz in whatever other styles they play.

Manuale completo e ben strutturato per lo studio mirato del jazz, che costruisce delle basi utili anche per stili diversi. Interessanti i cenni storici riguardo la cultura del jazz e dei principali batteristi del settore. Un libro cult che resta comunque sempre abbastanza attuale. Lo consiglio a chi già possiede i rudimenti di questo stile (tecnici e di lettura), per uno studio più approfondito e dettagliato. Utilizzabile comunque anche da principianti.