I contacted Jingya Zhou, one of my “music friends” who is a jazz drummer in ASU. She told me that she thinks there are 3 main characteristics of jazz drumming. The first is jazz drummer is the core of a jazz band. So jazz drummer must have a good sense of rhythm, or the band will not be able to maintain the same speed to performance. What’s more, she said it is important to practice with brushes as well as sticks. Because brushes have special characteristics and technical requirements that need to be practised separately. At last, she said that a jazz drum is a serious instrument. Because the drummer requires a strong sense of responsibility. If drummer makes one mistake of a beat, it will become an irreparable failure.