Audio, Video, and Knowledge Base of John Rozum

Berks Jazz Festival, 2022 Yokum Institute with the band I assembled to play charts written by arrangers that wrote for the Buddy Rich band. Two different camera angles were used to give a general overview & an up-close shot of the musicians performing.

Knowledge Base

This is a thoughtfully curated resource of rudimental exercises for drumline and drum set application.
Beginner
Eight on a Hand
Variations
  • Precede this line with an 8th-note rock beat.
  • Take taps around the drum set utilizing toms and cymbals.
  • Experiment with expression.
  • Keep steady time with bass and hi-hat.
  • Place one measure on a single pitch.
  • Utilize two pitches in the same measure.
  • Utilize three pitches in the same measure.
  • Utilize four pitches in the same measure.
Intermediate
Single/Double/Triple Paradiddles
Variations
  • Precede the paradiddle exercise with a paradiddle rock beat. (Place the right hand on the hi-hat and the left hand on the snare. Play paradiddles between the hands and have the bass drum play at the same time as the hi-hat. Don't forget to place an accent on counts 2 and 4 with the left hand on the snare drum.)
  • Take accents to toms.
  • Take accents to cymbals with bass drum support.
  • Take doubles to toms.
  • Split doubles on toms.
  • Place single taps on toms and doubles on the snare.
  • Place accents on the snare and single and double taps on toms.
  • Place accents on cymbals, single taps on toms, and doubles on snare.
  • Place accents on cymbals, single taps on snare, and doubles on toms.
Advanced
Duple Sequencing
Variations
  • Precede each line with 2 measures of a 16th note rock beat.
  • Place double beats (diddles) on 1 tom.
  • Place combinations of 2 or more diddles on different toms.
  • Split diddles on two toms in descending arrangement of pitch (high to low).
  • Keep single taps on toms while placing diddles on snare drum.
  • Place diddles on snare and single taps on cymbals (reverse procedure).
  • Place diddles on tom and single taps on cymbals (reverse procedure).
  • Combine and make use of all combinations.
Night Blood was written by Bill Cunliffe and performed by the Buddy Rich Band. Soloists were Clay Sattazahn & Dan Cherry on bone & Andy Mohler on alto along with a short drum fill. Videography was by Mike Peterson who took this at the Yokum Institute in West Lawn during the Berks Jazz Fest in 2022

Night Blood

Clay Sattazan - Bone 1Dan Cherry - Bone 2Andy Mohler - Alto 1& myself on Drums

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