As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

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 ...