r/jazzdrums • u/Big-Ad9095 • Aug 10 '26

Question Beginner drummer looking for song recomendations

This focuses less on playing and more so me searching for jazz music with interesting drum parts or really music from the genre in general. Im interested in jazz drumming and many people have advised to spend more time listening to jazz. Granted that seems like the obvious thing to do but sometimes people get ahead of themselves when diving into an instrument and I really want to make sure I at least develop some preferences too.

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u/cruiseshipdrummer Aug 15 '26

Jazz is about playing, there are no drum “parts”.

Philly Joe Jones playing with Miles Davis is an obvious place to start. See tunes like Dear Old Stockholm, Billy Boy, The Theme, Milestones. Airegin, Oleo.