Jazz Drumming Courses, Drum Practice Apps & Drumless Tracks

Join thousands of drummers in 40 countries playing Jazz with better time, stronger grooves, greater coordination, and more confidence. Learn to play Jazz drums with real freedom, real flow, and with real musicians.

“I want to express my gratitude for what you do. For me (and I’m sure others), I see my flow coming through. Your courses are practical and direct. I am really enjoying playing with your tracks and apps. Overall it is a great experience. Thanks!” -Richard D.

“Finally, someone who gets how we need to practice to learn this style!  Play alongs with real players, real tunes, no clicks and very long arrangements.  Great stuff!” -John S.

“The drum practice apps give me a lot of confidence and security. Before that, I had serious doubts about my sense of rhythm and timing…I am very happy and motivated to play with the Groove Check and the other apps.” -Ferdinand H.

“I appreciate your diligent, well-played and recorded backing tracks for drums by great musicians!”

-John Cushon

Drum instructor, drummer for Oleta Adams, recording artist and producer

Learn, Practice & Play Jazz Drums

Want to become a more musical, confident Jazz drummer and actually enjoy practicing? My Jazz drumming lessons, interactive drum practice apps, and drumless backing tracks are designed to help you turn what you practice into skills you can use when playing real music.

If you’re just getting started with Jazz drums or you’ve been playing for years, you’ll find practical tools here to improve your time, groove, coordination, comping, brushwork, soloing, creativity, and ability to play naturally with other musicians.

Jazz Drumming Lessons

Learn Jazz drumming step by step with lessons that make complicated concepts easier to understand and actually use.

You’ll work on essential Jazz grooves, ride cymbal phrasing, comping, independence, brushes, soloing, fills, Brazilian and Latin drumming, creativity, and much more.

The goal isn’t just to learn more exercises. It’s to help you feel comfortable behind the drums, have more ideas, and enjoy making music with other musicians.

Interactive Drum Practice Apps

My interactive drum practice apps make practicing feel more like playing music and give you specific ways to work on the skills that matter most.

Use Groove Check to strengthen your pocket, Comping Coach to develop more musical comping, Solo Trainer Music to build creative and confident solos, Solo Trainer Metronome to strengthen your internal pulse, and Tempo Tracker to improve your time.

They work right in your browser on your phone, tablet, or computer and can be used with acoustic or electronic drums.

Drumless Backing Tracks

Backing tracks for drums—also called drumless tracks, minus-drums tracks, or play-along tracks—let you practice with real music instead of always practicing alone with a metronome.

Playing with drumless tracks can help you develop stronger time, better feel, and a deeper understanding of how your drumming fits with the rest of the band.

You can practice Jazz grooves and different styles, work on song form and transitions, experiment with fills and comping, trade fours and eights, improvise solos, and develop your own musical ideas.

Most importantly, drumless tracks help bridge the gap between practicing drums and actually playing music.

Put It All Together

The lessons show you what and how to practice. The interactive apps help you develop specific drumming skills. The drumless tracks give you a place to put those skills into real musical situations.

Learn it. Practice it. Play it.

That’s what everything in my store is designed to help you do—so you can spend less time wondering what to practice and more time enjoying the drums.

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