Here's an outline of topics your teacher can cover with you depending on your level of ability.

• The concept of swing and the origins of jazz drumming
• "Triplets" and constructing the jazz feel
• The jazz ride cymbal pattern
• Timekeeping and the role of the drummer in jazz
• 2 + 4 on the hihat
• Bass drum technique
• Syncopation between the snare drum and ride cymbal

• 4 -way Independence/ co-ordination between hands and feet
• Snare drum rudiments (such as press rolls, measured rolls, ratamacues, flams, paradiddles and how to apply them to the drum set
• Solos and trading "fours" and "eights"
• Song forms in jazz
• Reading charts and music
• Brush technique - when to play brushes and how
• Tempi - slow, medium, fast, and in between
• Dynamics - when to play loud, and when to play softly
• * Afro-Cuban and Brazilian drumming styles for the jazz player - incorporating clave playing with appropriate patterns for each style

• Different drumming styles in jazz:
  • Dixieland
  • Swing
  • Bebop
  • Free Jazz
  • Fusion
  • Contemporary
• Transcribing solos and studying the playing of the great drummers. Leading exponents of different styles including:
  • Baby Dodds
  • Sid Catlett
  • Jo Jones
  • Max Roach
  • Ed Blackwell
  • Tony Williams
  • Jack de Johnette
  • ...and many others, right up to present day greats
• Accompanying soloists - listening to the other musicians and the role of the snare drum in accompaniment
• Achieving different timbres, textures and colors with the drum set
• Odd meter playing / song forms incorporating different rhythmic feels
• Development of solos using thematic ideas
• Recording techniques for the jazz drummer - drum tuning, miking, and how to play in the studio