Beginner Jazz Drum Beats

Learn everything you need from scratch to play swinging Jazz drum beats.  Beginner Jazz drum beats essentials to learn Jazz on the drums. Save yourself 30% too!

This course pack is a one-time payment for lifetime access to all 8 courses on this page + Drum Lab.

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Beginner Jazz drum beats lessons to start playing Jazz on the drums from day one! 

Beginner Jazz Drums Complete Course Pack

  • Instructor: Von Baron
  • Level: Beginner to Intermediate
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This Beginner Jazz Drums Complete Course Pack gives you everything you need to start your Jazz drumming journey with confidence. You’ll learn how to choose the right drum gear, set up your kit for comfort and efficiency, and master the essential techniques that form the foundation of Jazz drumming.

These beginner Jazz drum beats lessons cover Swing Jazz drum beats, fills, comping, brush playing, and improving your independence—helping you play with better feel and control. As you progress, you’ll also explore odd meters, funk-inspired swing grooves, and over 120 drumless backing tracks to sharpen your skills in real musical situations.

With step-by-step guidance and practical exercises, this course pack takes you from a complete beginner to an intermediate level, preparing you for the next stages of your Jazz drumming journey.

Learn with a relaxed, step-by-step method at your own pace. Track your progress and see how much you have accomplished! Example below is from the Brushes Mastery Course.
Course overview
Build a strong Jazz drumming foundation with the Beginner Jazz Drums Complete Course Pack.

It covers gear setup, Swing Jazz drum beats, fills, comping, brushwork, independence, odd meters, and drumless backing tracks and tons more.

All the beginner Jazz drum beats lessons to help you grow from a beginner to an intermediate drummer.

  • Drum Lessons Video: 40 hours
  • Drum Lessons: 160
  • Instructor Playing Examples: 25
  • PDF Downloads: 65 Pages
  • Drum Practice Tracks: 120+
  • Drum Lab Monthly Drum Class
  • Lessons In 10+ Languages:
    English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português, Suomi, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, 日本語, हिन्दी
After just a few weeks, Jazz Drum School (Beginner Jazz Drums Complete Course Pack) has helped me a lot in bringing my drumming skills into a more musical context. I now have a better sense of what to play and why. Von Baron is incredibly helpful and answers all kinds of questions. Amazing! I’m excited for everything that’s yet to come!
Roland W.

Want to learn beginner Jazz drum beats?

This course pack includes my suggested lessons for beginner Jazz drummers.

#1 Beginner Drum Kit Setup

When you start to learn to play Jazz drums, you might not know what kind of drum gear to buy or how to set it up. This course will help you take the stress out these first important steps.

In here, you'll get my recommendations for drum kits, cymbals, drum heads, sticks, brushes, drum thrones, drum rugs, drum bags and a lot more. 

You'll also learn how I set up my drum kit to make your drumming more fluid and help you avoid injury. 

#2 Intro To Jazz Drumming

This course is a must for all beginner drummers learning Jazz.  In here, you'll learn crucial beginner Jazz drum beats and Jazz drumming techniques. You'll also learn essential Jazz drumming skills that will form the foundation for your drumming future. 

Improve your drum set independence, play Swing beginner Jazz drum beats and fills, trade fours and more. These are some of the most important lessons you need to learn to play Jazz drums. 

#3 Jazz Drum Comping

This is the next course I recommend. Here, you'll learn how to "comp" on the drums. The word "comp" is short for "accompanying." It's when we use our drums to communicate with rhythm to the other musicians in the band. 

In here, you'll learn the next level of independence exercises to learn to play Jazz drums. You'll also improve your listening and know when to play and what to play in real music situations. 

This course will take you from beginner jazz drum beats up through intermediate level Jazz drumming. A great choice for your drumming now and later. 

#4 Brushes Mastery Course

As you learn to play Jazz drums, you'll discover that brushes are as important as sticks for your playing.  Brushes give us another texture, tone and color option that blends beautifully with ballads to Bossas. 

My Brushes Mastery Course takes you from Jazz drumming techniques for beginners, like how to hold your brushes and the different sounds you can make, all the way up to using them in dozens of styles of music, playing fills and soloing. 

You'll be able to use this course from beginner Jazz drum beats through advanced level drumming with brushes.  A super choice for your Jazz drumming now and down the road. 

The first two sections of the course are great for beginners and will give you all the Jazz drumming basics you need to play swinging Jazz drum beats with your brushes in no time.  

#5 Backing Tracks For Drums

Now that you've got some real drumming technical skill under your belt, you'll want to practice with more music to hone your Jazz drumming skills. 

With over 120 drumless backing tracks, you'll be able to practice your new abilities and use the tracks for future course practicing too. 

#6 Odd Meter Jazz Drumming

In Jazz drumming we often get asked to play songs in 3/4 and 5/4 meters. When starting out, most of the songs we play are in 4/4 (4 beats to a measure) but it's good to be prepared for odd meters too.

As you progress and learn to play Jazz drums you'll start to encounter songs in 3/4 (3 beats to a measure) and 5/4 (5 beats to a measure). 

Don't worry if this all sounds confusing. In here, you'll replace your confusion with confidence. You'll be able to play both Swing Jazz drum beats and drum fills in 3/4 and 5/4.  

This course will help you with beginner Jazz drum beats up through intermediate level drumming. An excellent choice to expand your drumming skills now and in the future. 

#7 Jazz Funk Drumming

Believe it or not, swinging your Funk beats is an important skill in Jazz drumming. Almost every gig I play involves this drumming feel at some point. 

In here, you'll learn how to take any Funk groove and swing it like Hip-Hop. Learn how to get this unique feel, 5 grooves for both hi-hat and ride cymbal and some cool drum fills. 

#8 Secrets of Jazz Drumming

This course takes you into the minds of the great Jazz drummers. Learn over 100 tips for what pro Jazz drummers think and play in real music situations. 

Jazz drumming is more than just technique or playing beginner Jazz drum beats, it's about playing music. From cleaning up your drumming sound, trading fours, playing with the soloist to a whole lot more, this course covers a lot of ground. 

Knowing these essential concepts will not only help you learn to play Jazz drums, you'll also get more opportunities to play. This course will take you all the way to advanced level drumming. Definitely a great investment in your drumming future. 

Bonus - Drum Lab

Got questions about your courses and Jazz drumming? Join my free monthly Drum Lab live stream class. 

Just by purchasing any course or course pack, you are automatically enrolled into Drum Lab. Instructions for connecting to the class can be found on the Drum Lab course page
8 + Drum Lab
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30%
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$120
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Jazz Drums Total Lessons Pack

Step-by-step online Jazz drumming lessons for all skill levels. Learn from beginner to playing in a band—50% off!

(Includes all the courses in this course pack)

Need a little more help to learn beginner Jazz drum beats?

Send me a direct message in the School and ask your questions in my monthly Drum Lab class. Just some of the perks for joining Jazz Drum School! 

Von Baron

Jazz drummer, educator, composer

About YOUR TEACHER

Performing regularly on stage and in the recording studio for 35+ years, Von Baron is one of the busiest drummers in Japan. 

Playing with Stanley Jordan, Benny Golson, Eddie Henderson, Geoff Keezer and many others gave Von the opportunity to hone his Jazz drumming skills. 

It's with this real world experience, Von created this course to give you a solid foundation for your Jazz drumming.
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