This book is for giving the beginning drum set player the basics he or she needs to play drum set in either a big/jazz band setting or a combo setting. It correlates with the books Playing Guitar in a Jazz/Big Band, I Walk the Line: Creating a Bass Line, and Intermediate Jazz Piano Comping: At the Bridge. All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-Along series. An extremely helpful book for drummers, educators and arrangers.