Custom Guitar Track

What is Beat Jazz? Well, you might call it smooth jazz, jazz-funk, or crossover jazz, and there’s no denying that artists such as Steely Dan, Bobby Caldwell, Al Jarreau, Roy Ayers, Groover Washington Jr, George Benson and The Crusaders all have made an everlasting impression on the modern jazz genre.

There’s also sub-genres such as lo-fi Hip Hop and Acid Jazz, but style-wise, the Beat Jazz Drumming Pack is more of a vibey, sun-soaked mix between our Westcoast and Bumpy packs, but also has a lot in common with our Modern Soul pack. It’s funky, but not too syncopated. Not many flashy fills or polyrhythmic heroics, but some very intricate hihat work. The focus is on well-played grooves with natural a flow that supports and enhances the song instead of getting in the way of it.

These grooves are also highly suitable for certain kinds of Yacht Rock. Think Cristopher Cross, Pages, Steely Dan and you’re in the ballpark.

Beat Jazz MIDI Drum Grooves Details

• 101 premium MIDI drum grooves
• Song format, with easy-to use verse, chorus, pre-chorus, intros etc
• 4, 8 & 16 bar grooves with hihat, ride and tomtom variations
• Recorded in tempos 70, 90 and 110 BPM, all in 4/4 time with quarter note& 16th hihats, plus bumpytriplet-feel variations.
• Tasty fills that don’t get in the way of the song
• The grooves will drop right into Toontrack EZdrummer & Superior Drummer, XLN Audio Addictive Drums, Steven Slate Drums, NI Studio Drummer, NI Abbey Road Series plus mappings for Logic Drummer, Spectre Digital ELE and General MIDI
• Recorded live by Berklee-educated professional drummer Magnus Brandell
• The grooves are of course not quantized (hint: we never quantize stuff)
• Instant download and 100% royalty free
• 30-day full money-back guarantee if you’re not satisfied (for any reason)