Jazz Drum School helps drummers learn how to actually play jazz—step by step, in a clear, practical and musical way.
Created by professional jazz drummer and educator Von Baron, Jazz Drum School brings nearly four decades of professional playing experience and more than 10,000 private drum lessons taught into one complete online learning system for jazz drummers.
Von created Jazz Drum School after seeing the same problem again and again: drummers could learn plenty of patterns and exercises but still struggle when it came time to sit down and play jazz with other musicians.
Jazz Drum School was built to bridge that gap.
Lesson Focus
The lessons focus not only on what to play, but also how, when and why to play it. You’ll learn the techniques and coordination you need while also developing your time, feel, listening, dynamics, creativity and ability to interact naturally with a band.
Whether you’re completely new to jazz or an experienced drummer looking to take your playing further, Jazz Drum School gives you a clear path forward.
Learn the Skills You Actually Need to Play Jazz
Jazz Drum School covers the essential areas of jazz drumming, including swing, ride cymbal technique, hi-hat, comping, brushes, independence, fills, soloing, rudiments, odd meters, Brazilian and Latin jazz drumming, grooves and musical improvisation.
But learning the material is only part of the process.
Play-along tracks, instructor examples and interactive drum practice apps help you put those ideas into action so you can develop skills that work behind a real drum set and with real musicians.
Lessons Built From Real-World Experience
Jazz Drum School isn’t based only on drum books or theory.
Von has spent nearly four decades performing and recording professionally in the United States and Japan, working with internationally recognized musicians including Benny Golson, Stanley Jordan, Eddie Henderson, Geoffrey Keezer, Shelly Berg, Pete Christlieb, Jeff Peterson, Gabe Baltazar, Ohta-San and members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Those thousands of hours on bandstands, in recording studios and teaching students have shaped every part of Jazz Drum School.
The goal is simple: teach you the things that actually matter when you’re playing music with other people.
That means learning when to play and when to leave space. How to support a soloist. How to lock in your time without sounding stiff. How to control your dynamics. How to recover when something doesn’t go as planned. And eventually, how to stop thinking about exercises and simply play music.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Jazz Drum School is designed so you can start wherever you are and progress at your own pace.
You can build your fundamentals from the ground up, focus on a specific area of your playing, or work through more advanced lessons that develop greater coordination, vocabulary, creativity and freedom around the drum set.
Today, Jazz Drum School reaches thousands of drummers in more than 40 countries, with a growing YouTube community of more than 25,000 subscribers.
But the mission hasn’t changed. Jazz Drum School is here to help you spend less time wondering what to practice and more time enjoying the feeling of actually playing jazz.