This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drumset, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a fundamental understanding of the jazz language, with an emphasis on musical components, such as melodicism, articulation, phrasing, texture, dynamics, and much more. Whether a beginner or seasoned pro, rock drummer or classical percussionist, the book will enhance every drummer's ability to play more musically.

"These etudes are very musical and have clear melodic phrases that are typical within the jazz style. Students who combine the practice of this material with concentrated listening to the drummers mentioned above will gain much understanding and skill in the art of solo drumming." — Tom Morgan, Percussive Notes, May 2015