How To Play Better Jazz & Swing Solos w/ Exercises

[@Stclairm1]

I've been playing big band jazz for almost a year, and yes, fills and solos are a struggle for me. The struggle is real. I'm not happy with a lot of what I'm doing, the band has no issues with me, but I know I can do better. I think the real issue is me only playing those two hours a week with the band. The drums are in our practice space. I might have to make time to get in there by myself and put some work in. There's never enough time when you're just running from song to song. We have a few hundred......I've been a rock/country drummer most of my life and never really played in a band since I was in the Navy in 1992 while deployed. I appreciate your videos!!!

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Being a Jazz drummer from the very start I still like this video and so will you who are into Jazz.

[@PeterKeyJeffery]

Totally brilliant…a revelation….no further need to remember specific licks…this was one of bests but only just discovered it. Thanks, Peter

[@EnvyWhiskers]

That swing sounded so good in the beginning

[@michaeleagle2]

those 6 strokes make any else hear Fool in the Rain sped up a bit... this is exactly what I was looking for.... Thank man!!!

[@АлексМАрк-г2у]

спасибо тебе / мне 62 года и когда в молодости пытался играть на барабанах все приходилось снимать на слух с аудиозаписей/ сейчас опять захотелось вспомнить молодость и твои видео-уроки очень помогают как надо заниматься/ еще раз спасибо

[@elijahfaith7480]

Wow Rob! I love the way that set sounds..im a pool glad to hear that set again! You surprised me...never thought you go back to your roots brutha!!! That set is my favorite...miss the wood hoops though..lol..i bought me a stage custom Yamaha birch set and added the wood hoops all around..10..12..16..18...and 22 with my d.w maple with wood hoops..i love it!!..you inspire me everyday!!!!🤠🤠🤠🤘🏽🤘🏽👍👍🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🥁🥁🥁🥁 ohh I'm buying some shirts too!!!! Luv ya !! Keep them vids coming!!! Love them all!!!

[@Johan-yv6rk]

So musch fun. Work with you everyday. You’re a hero. Thank you.

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Rob from 3:10 hmm, hmm that is again some world class placement! I can listen to this whole day!

[@ronnieburton9593]

Hay Robb who is your favorite top 5 funk drummers I'm so curious to know. Thanks.

[@spaceface3122]

Straight chillin in the pocket. Not easy with jazz. Dude.. one of the best cymbal choices and uses.. Using the sustain and cut at perfect times.

[@phaedraforcet4808]

Wow his drum set sounds awesome.

[@diegozucca5687]

You are so cool, you play so cool! It's really a pleasure to look at your contents, we learn a lot in a direct way. Great, really great!

[@ronnieburton9593]

Hi Robb how are you doing brutha. You truly are a master keep sharing your talent with the world.

[@constantkiffer7924]

Great help. Thanks Rob !👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[@Rockin_Ross]

Love it! Now I’ve got something new to try.

[@MrTwister3356]

Great lesson as always Rob!....P.S....hope you've secured your tickets for the Si-Phi clinic at Cosmo's on Saturday!...✌

[@alexpattle96]

Great vid Rob! Very useful

[@garysmith3173]

Excellent informative video.🥁😘

[@wendelljones7723]

Yeah nicely done Beatdown, this is definitely one I will watch over and over! I struggle with jazz patterns

[@jimbarcelona1078]

I still watch some of the older videos you have made and work on many of them still ,and for all the years i have watched you, and the great information i have recieved from you, Thank you Rob ,I really mean that sincerely.

[@JimBrooksDrums]

Fantastic. Thank you for all these lesson. Will be getting a hoodie come pay day.

[@GraceUnstoppable]

I love your teachings. You are a good teacher

[@spookytooth69]

Sir. You are amazing.

[@johnallen2339]

Thanks!

[@Oscar-bp8ye]

Great vid rob. Perfect timing to! I’m working on my swing solos now. Thanks for all the great content.

[@alexlopez9960]

Hola y gracias por tu enseñanza y la ayuda que nos das en la batería estoy aprendiendo mucho y he mejorado mucho a tocar la batería que Dios te bendiga mucho amén

[@timcline2799]

Beautiful playing Woww Ty!!

[@georgevtorres960]

Great video Rob

[@gsdota]

Rob, you are an elite level teacher, seriously. I'm so curious to know if you had/have a teacher? The way you teach is as if your understanding surpasses the instrument it self

[@carlosalbertoluna4911]

Please

[@gavinb3073]

Cool

[@paks27]

Unparallelel 👍🏼😊👌🏼

[@leondrawbridge6586]

great work as usual. thank you brother.

[@GiorgiosApostolou]

Hell good video.. Taught a lot of great things here THANKYOU

[@jimbarcelona1078]

I like this very much and it worked ,as always,Thank you Rob!

[@jovanuzelac]

Great video quality and its sticking from others in coloration,its a bit darker and it’s really awesome.Keep making great content,incredible lesson..!!

[@gothic8]

AND DA ALBUM IS BADDD ASSSS!

[@lealatitud]

Great great video, love this pedagogy that let us Freedom with basic, As I Côme from Boxing and Wing chun, that vibes very deeply in my soul, working hard your fills and break since once year and it starts to sound a bit good je m’éclates avec cette pluie d’hivers au fond de la Bretagne my best regards from France Druma Sifu 🤙🏼

[@jaylevert2312]

Rob, you are in my lane on this one. A great lesson on the straight-ahead "Jazz" rhythm "feel" and mindset. I especially appreciated how you broke it down into drumming stroke fundamentals. Good job.

[@joshpritchard5333]

11:48 That always happens to me, you go to hit something but you are in your pocket face so you are not looking, and you miss it. lol

[@shaharbenyatahmusic]

Man you are awesome! Your content is so relevant all the time! For beginners intermediate and for advanced level. Keep up the good work

[@OmarDrumsTJ]

I always like your videos man, but this is gold ! Thanks for that man I appreciate them and enjoyed them very much

[@mikeshvienna4841]

nailed it! thanx for the great lesson, RLF exercise is so simple but effective!

[@cbenson67]

Rob - great instructional and really learned so much. Thanks for doing what you do, it is very much appreciated.

[@spaceface3122]

Big congrats on the coming up of yourself. I see you rocking that new Yamaha. You deserve it man, you've put in a lot of hard work and dedication over the years. Good luck on the road ahead.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

spaceface3122 Thanks man. This ain’t new, though. This is my Stage Custom Birch kit. 👌🏽I’ve had it for a couple years now. Main jobber

[@spaceface3122]

@@RobBeatdownBrown I knew I was probably wrong. Either way. Sounding better all the time, regardless of kit!!

[@gildevanalves3813]

Thank you man!!

[@seaneliel]

Awesome video! You just opened my mind up to a whole new level!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Sean Sicat Mission accomplished 🤘🏽

[@GediSpock]

Cheers Rob. 👌

[@harpaliya4309]

kerennn brow, from indonesia, nice nice

[@gothic8]

I love my Yamaha Maple Custom for jazz. Nice move ! Weezzzz gonna change your name to Drum Gangsta! Great lesson on as always.

[@bluesvalentin]

Thank you Rob!

[@theroman1009]

First! Hello from South Africa

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Wuddup, South Africa 🇿🇦✌🏽Shout our from Canada 🇨🇦

[@barrylisle6007]

hey, just wanted let you know you're knocking it out of the park, Rob...love the channel. picked up a Groove Responsibly pullover!!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

NOICE 🤘🏽 Thanks for supporting, man 🙂

[@jl5596]

Thanks

[@tommyp7547]

That was so good I may need to get a shirt!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Tommy P DO dat! 🤘🏽🙂

[@tommyp7547]

Just ordered Groove Responsibly t shirt. Thanks Beatdown!

[@joshuajohnwood849]

What splash is that you're using? A really good listen. Thanks

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Josh Wood 8” Paiste Signature 👌🏽

[@germaindespres-reiller8442]

An awesome video like always!!! I was very curious about the Hi-Hat you are using? I moving towards full paiste slowly so I'd really like to know the one you are using :) Thanks!

[@shethinksimunique]

Bro youre such an amazing teacher and player. I appreciate what you do dawg. It keeps me itching to get back at the kit and do the damn thing. Keep up the awesome man 👊👊💪💪💪

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Antonio Robinson Thanks man 🙂👊🏽

[@cyberceil]

Rob, what is that track your playing over. Please.

[@KRtheMC]

Killin em!

[@drumfun1210]

Great stuff Rob! I want to order a shirt. How do they fit? Are they true to size?

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Adam H Thanks, man. The shirts are a nice fit. Good quality stuff from Hanes or American Apparel depending on if you go with a classic or premium Tee. I always get a size up cuz I likes my tees a bit loose. That’s an XL I’m rockin in the vid.

[@kitmarlowe2889]

Will this work for blues, too?

[@justingriffin3885]

Awesome lesson as usual, Rob. Quick question: what do you do when the rhythmic template is not entirely clear? I've been trying to solo to the Hancock tune Maiden Voyage, and it feels like the template could be 8th notes, 16th notes, or triplets. So it's hard for me to tell where "home base" is.

[@kwasemodo]

You're my guru

[@Rafah_Iwata]

Sup Rob ! All good dude ? Hope so. I'd like to suggest a content for a video! How to learn a music. Sometimes we have a complex drum and I'd loved to understand how you learn those kinds of tracks. Do you separate in groups, listen and then try to replicate, read tabs, watch Rob Brown videos... Cheers from Brazil, dude !

[@zacdrake]

First of all, I love all of your vids!!! I'm not a "jazz" drummer, but I love jazz and the swing! This is def some stuff I can play around with in my spare time. Secondly, I WANT that shirt you are wearing and I don't see it listed in your catalog.. what up with that?

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Zac Drake It’s definitely there, man. It’s one of my top sellers! Make sure you’re scrolling through all the pages. There’s a lot of items up in there.

[@zacdrake]

@@RobBeatdownBrown Yay!!! I found it!! I didn't see the "more button'! Will be ordering shortly! Thanks!!!!!

[@loganbogdan5591]

pls tell me what cymbals u have

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Logan Bogdan All Paiste. 17 & 19 Signature Dark Energy crashes, 22” Masters Swish, 22” 602 Modern Essentials ride, 15” Dark Energy hats, 8” Signature splash and a cheap stack with a 10” PST-X splash on top

[@Andrew3154]

Hey!

[@ronaldgenendlis6423]

Wow. Cymbals are great. What are they sir???

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Ronald Genendlis All Paiste. 17 & 19 Signature Dark Energy crashes, 22” Masters Swish, 22” 602 Modern Essentials ride, 15” Dark Energy hats, 8” Signature splash and a cheap stack with a 10” PST-X splash on top

[@ronaldgenendlis6423]

The kit sounds great. Man oh man!!

[@MercenaryBurrito]

So its cool if i refer to you as beatdown brown when i tell my brother to watch your videos right

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

mercenary burrito Hail yeeah 🙂🤘🏽

[@robinbhairam7508]

19 Minutes ago I thought I was half reasonable … 😂

[@gothic8]

What in hell......! A new kit?

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Daryll Jefferson Nah. That’s my Stage Custom Birch. I’ve had it for a couple years now

[@lightfootmusick]

go an getchou an ice cream

[@BADD400]

Great video Rob