Publications

Larson Music Publishing has a catalog of books on drum set playing, solo & ensemble pieces and collections, and jazz arrangements. Contact us for pricing and availability: johnlarsondrums@gmail.com

"Ba Doom Ching"

Ba Doom Ching has been the feature topic os sessions at the Illinois Music Educators annual IMEC convention as well as the Jazz Education Network (JEN) conference. It provides the step by step mechanics of interpreting jazz drum charts and setting up the ensemble figures that are key to an outstanding performance.

"Fill-In The Gap"

Fill-In The Gap gives the younger jazz drummer the tools to create working fills and solos for the jazz style. These tools are especially valuable when having to prepare "trading four" sections of an audition. Giving musical structure to the fills is what tis book is all about.

"The Feel Of Swing"

The Feel of Swing is about just what the title says - how to play swing time with great "feel." Students will learn to smooth out their time patterns, build left hand comping in their time and also incorporate the bass drum and ride cymbal into swingin' time that te band can groove to.

Find Your Groove

Find Your groove is about learning the fundamentals of straight 8th time playing from the square one. This book progressively introduces coordination of the limbs for rock and funk time patterns while also teaching a method of fill creation that is portable to any straight eighth note feel.