Listening suggestions:
Mel Lewis is my role model for jazz shuffles.
Check out the sample of Groove Merchant at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music
Art Blakey is another jazz drummer with a relentless shuffle.
Check out "Blues March" at:
http://www.buy.com/prod/Moanin_Bonus.../60295586.html
The challenge isn't playing the notes. It's playing them in such a way that compels the people around you to bob their heads.