Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the
drum set, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in
jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era
jazz fusion and 1980s-era
Latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over several periods, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Stylistically, this aspect of performance was shaped by its starting place, New Orleans, as well as numerous other regions of the world, including other parts of the
United States, the
Caribbean, and
Africa.