Par CURTIS MIKE. The eight pieces are all well crafted, with underlying jazz roots, butemploying more sophisticated compositional techniques...Throughout,there is great, engaging counterpoint, a down-home bluesy feel that issometimes missing in more composed-out jazz pieces, and a harmonicand melodic freedom that is rare among published jazz material...Any ofthese duos would also work well on a re…

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5) chords, tritone substitutions, and a variety of progressions using all of the above. Bob Mintzer has written out…

An Introduction To Jazz Improvisation. Par RAE JAMES. Improvisation, Jamming or Busking is something that does not come naturally to everyone but, with the help of James Rae's 'Jazz Zone”, it can be learned! James has lived and breathed this style all his musical life and, in this book, he offers this wealth of experience to all players, even those of very modest technical ability. Written out e…

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5) chords, tritone substitutions, and a variety of progressions using all of the above. Bob Mintzer has written out…

For all instrumentalists and vocalists. Recordings contain 30 extended tracks of recorded background. Great primer for learning basic skills in Major and Minor keys. Advanced players will want to work on double-timing, playing outside and side-slipping in all keys at comfortable tempos. This set will help you gain confidence. It's designed to help any musician no matter what their level of a…

E-Flat Edition. Par NIEHAUS. Intermediate level. These hip, swinging etudes in the swing/bop style are a great source for blues and bebop licks and fun to play! Lennie wrote these specifically to be played with the tracks from Jameys Vol. 42 'Blues In All Keys. ' There is onecomplete solo (etude) for each of the 12 keys and 12 tracks. This book of solos is also great jazz sight reading material, s…

Easy Charts Play-Along 7 is the latest volume in the successful series of Schott Music which enables young up-and-coming musicians to play the latest hits. The 12 selected songs include Adele's comeback hit Hello and the soulful ballad Photograph by Ed Sheeran, among others. All arrangements are available in C, Bb and Eb transpositions and can therefore by played by various instruments like flute,…

Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control, looping, buttons to turn each instrument on or off, lead sheet with follow-along marker and melody performed by a saxophone or trumpet on the head in and head out. The full stereo tracks can …

Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control, looping, buttons to turn each instrument on or off, lead sheet with follow-along marker and melody performed by a saxophone or trumpet on the head in and head out. The full stereo tracks can …

Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control - looping - buttons to turn each instrument on or off - lead sheet with follow-along marker - and melody performed by a Saxophone or Trumpet on the 'head in? and 'head out.? The full stereo tr…

8 Easy To Intermediate Play-Alongs Of Well-Known Pieces From Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall And Brittany. Martin Tourish is an accordionist, composer and musicologist from Co. Donegal, now based in Dublin. Celtic music is in his blood, for his ancestors were noted collectors of dance music manuscripts dating back to the 19th century. With many recordings to his credit, he now offers his expert…

Solo transcriptions can be an interesting document of a person's style but are also so personal and idiosyncratic that one can get frustrated in trying to play them without mistakes. This book contains a series of studies to extend the playing and reading techniques, to illustrate harmonic and melodic shapes and possibilities, bolster endurance, and most of all train the ear to hear moving often i…