100% Pure Traditional Jazz Drum Loops!

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing! Jazz Essentials I offers an extensive collection of drum loops for traditional jazz styles. The royalty-free collection features more than 400 recorded phrases, with loops in authentic jazz drum styes from a cool and relaxed 100 bpm to a blistering bop at 325 bpm. This drum sample collection is all about traditional feels and phrasings, a truly focused set of grooves for discriminating jazz purists everywhere.

Quickly build authentic drum tracks that feel and sound like a live drummer playing a real song – that’s how this library was recorded. We captured the human swing as well as the warmth of vintage drums and cymbals to deliver a veritable toolbox of acoustic jazz grooves.

But, Jazz Essentials includes much more than the standard sample libraries. We’ve included a matching set of multi-velocity drum samples from the kit used in recording the loops. We’ve included a matching set of cymbal samples to allow greater flexibility in drum track construction. And, on top of this, we’ve included the source tracks.

So, whether you want to construct your next jazz songwriting project with the loops and samples or you just want to match licks comping with the full source tracks, the rhythmic possibilities of Jazz Essentials are limitless. It will quickly become an indispensable songwriting tool for any jazz musician.

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Jazz Essentials I Features

• Traditional Jazz Drumming: This sample library features authentic and traditional jazz drumming using vintage drums and cymbals. The drum performances were performed for traditional acoustic jazz ensemble styles.
• More than Just Loops: In addition to hundreds of ready-made loops, the disc features stick counts, intro figures, endings and more. The complete source tracks are also included for greater use (try comping and trading off to sharpen your skills). Jazz Essentials is more than the “typical” loop CD found everywhere else.
• Wide Range of Tempos: 100, 120, 170, 250, 295, 325 bpm loop sets with variations at each tempo.
• Superior Rhythmic Realism: 4, 8, 16, and 32 bar segments that convey the authentic phrasing and sound that is uniquely jazz.
• High-End Production: Recorded in a World-Class Recording Studio, home to numerous platinum and GRAMMY® Award Winning albums.
• Cohesive Drum Mix: All loops and samples are from a single recording session (all grooves, fills, etc. are sonically-matched).
• Fully-Sampled Drum and Cymbal Samples: The sample kit section includes multi-velocity samples of all the drums and cymbals recorded. Build grooves from scratch or use them to augment any of the 400 loops.

Jazz Essentials I Stats

• 412 (582 MB) original, license-free jazz drum loops
• 120 (117 MB) multi-velocity drum, cymbal samples
• Available in 16/44 ACIDized WAV, APPLE LOOPS and REX2 formats. ALL ACIDized WAV, APPLE, and REX2 formats included with digital download.