Day of Improvisation – Drums

For your Day of Improvisation recording, drummers should submit the following:

  • One etude/excerpt of your choice. This could be a recording of you playing with your school ensemble. Also, feel free to record the Oregon All-State Jazz Band etude. Here is the drum part, and here is the play-along recording.
  • 16 measures of as many of the following grooves (on drum set) as you are comfortable with:
    • medium swing at quarter note = 138
    • Bossa Nova at quarter note = 132
    • Samba at half note = 100
    • Funk at quarter note = 88
    • Up-tempo swing at half note = 108

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Paul Krueger (kruegerp@uoregon.edu).

Submit your recordings by October 1st here: