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 ...

The late guitarist Herb Ellis was known as a master of blues-inflected mainstream swing, and today for Music Education Monday, you can get a video lesson from him in jazz soloing and comping. Ellis, ...

In this video, we transcribe and break down a full chorus of Latin comping rhythms from Horace Silver’s Song for My Father. Learn how syncopated patterns, on-the-beat hits, and rhythmic variety come ...