We took a decidely different approach for the next installment in the Jazz Essentials Series. This collection of jazz drum tracks offers full live takes of essential jazz drumming styles in a wide range of tempos and styles.

You get the full takes, with 100% live jazz drum tracks lasting from 3-12 minutes in performance length. Due to the nature of this genre, we wanted to go with the live feel and not relegate great playing and phrasing to a collection of one, two, or four bar jazz loops. Each track begins with basic timekeeping and continues to build in complexity and intensity - adding complex syncopations and usable jazz phrasings. It's easy to grab a few bars of the phrases you need or use the tracks "as is" to play along and build improvisational skills.

Perfect for playing along or for grabbing just the bars you need. An absolute wealth of traditional jazz drum tracks, played with impeccable taste and time. Without question, an exhaustive resource covering a wide range of popular jazz playing styles and tempos.

Jazz Essentials II offers users nearly 2.1 GB of live jazz drum tracks, divided into three easy-to-use categories:

SESSION A - Traditional Jazz Drums 60-120 BPM

SESSION B - Traditional Jazz Drum 135-200 BPM

SESSION C - Latin Jazz, 3/4 Jazz, Blues/Jazz Swing Drums

We let the tape roll and captured it all - all the swing you crave as well as the warmth of a maple Gretsch drumset to deliver a versatile resource of jazz and jazz-latin drumming and grooves. All tempos offer a dedicated groove section - from basic time-keeping to the "let loose" syncopations of the genre as well as a dedicated fills sections, complete with intros, pick-ups, and endings. And, to round out the disc's versatility, we've included a matching set of multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples from the kit used in recording the loops.

Download File Size:1.56 GB

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