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Fundamentals Of Jazz Drumming Volume 2   Designed to take a player with basic reading skills to an advanced level of jazz drumming. Contains six sections, each with 10 pages of exercises. Includes: Eighth-Note Patterns Between the Snare and Bass Drum; Triplet Patterns Between the Snare and Bass Drum; and more. Can be used alone or with Volume 1.
Bill Evans - 19 Arrangements for Solo Piano   This exceptional songbook presents Bill Evans' most beloved melodies and songs arranged by noted jazz pianist/educator Andy LaVerne, himself a student of Evans. Titles include: Bill's Hit Tune · Children's Play Song · For Nenette (in both C and Db) · Laurie · Letter to Evan · One for Helen · Only Child · Orbit · Peace Piece · Show-Type Tune · Time Remembered · Turn Out the Stars · Very Early · Walkin' Up · Waltz for Debby · Your Story · and more. Features a reminiscence by LaVerne, with performance notes on his adaptations.
Jazz Guitar Solos   Jazz horn players are some of the best improvisors ever. Now guitarists can learn their tricks! This book features 12 solos (progressing in difficulty) from jazz saxophonists and trumpeters transcribed in easy-to-read guitar tab. The CD features each solo played twice, at slow and regular tempo.
Jazz Saxophone Instructional Techniques and Jazz Concert Performance This video by saxophone master Steve Wilkerson features full-length jazz concert segments plus hands-on instruction on: control and phrasing; facial and breathing techniques; developing a big, powerful sound; how to get a jazz vibrato; what kind of mouth piece to use; how to play faster; how to sound like the legendary Stan Getz; and other essential techniques. The enclosed booklet contains the complete music to Steve's popular original compositions Goin' Home, Andrea's Song, Erle's Girl, and Preachin' Tenor. 60 minutes.
Jazz Guitar Christmas   Features fun and challenging arrangements of 13 Christmas favorites. Each song is arranged in both easy and intermediate chord melody style. Songs include: All Through the Night · Angels from the Realm of Glory · Away in a Manger · The Boar's Head Carol · The Coventry Carol · Deck the Hall · Jolly Old St. Nicholas · and more.
The Classic John Klemmer Songbook (Saxophone)   A true music innovator, composer and saxophonist John Klemmer is credited with paving the way for the smooth jazz and new age genres. This unique book/CD pack contains Klemmer's actual recorded tunes from his hit MCA records Touch and Barefoot Ballet. Following the recorded versions are complete rhythm tracks for soloing and improvising. Songs include: Body Pulse · Crystal Fingers · Forest Child · Free Fall Lover · Glass Dolphins · Poem Painter · Rain Dancer · Sleeping Eyes · Talking Hands · Waterwheels · and more, in both concert key for all instruments, and in Bb for saxophone. Includes spoken introductions by Klemmer, a biography, and a foreword by Rheuben Allen, owner of LA's famous Sax Shop.
Jazz Saxophone (Saxophone) Instructional Techniques & Jazz Concert Performance This DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments, plus hands-on instruction on: control; developing a powerful sound; jazz vibrato; mouth piece selection; playing fast; Stan Getz's style; phrasing; breathing techniques and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to four of Steve's fantastic originals! 60 min.
Especially For You Jazz Repertory Transcription Series Stage Band Big Band   (Oddo)
Three Blind Mice Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Fuller)
Shoutin' Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Turrentine)
Samba Larue Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mossman)
Rue Prevail Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Farmer)
Rise To The Occasion Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Willaims)
Reets & I - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Harris)
Ph.D. Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
New York Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Kelo Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Johnson)
For Children Of All Ages - Sextet   3 Horns Plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Episode From A Village Dance   As recorded by James Williams. Written for 3 horns plus rhythm.
What Can I Do For You -Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Third Avenue Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Jordan)
Sweetness Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Fuller)
The Shaw Of Newark - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lewis)
ROLL CALL (quintet)   Hank Mobley's Roll Call album (Blue Note CDP7 46823) featuring Freddie Hubbard and Art Blakey is representative of the exciting hard-bop Blue Note recordings of the 1960s. This chart features an interplay between Latin and swing feels, and between the horns and the rhythm section.
Quittin' Time Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Jordan)
Punjab Of Java Po' Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Proclamation Quintet Sextet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Keezer) (2 or 3 Horns)
Patchouli Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Pierce)
Moonrise   As recorded by Bobby Watson. Written for 2 horns plus rhythm.
Moanin' Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Timmons)
Masaman (Quintet)   This medium swing composition is featured on the Ricky Ford album 'Hard Groovin'' (Muse MCD 5373).
Joy Spring Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown) C
Infra-Rae Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
Hopscotch Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Moore)
Heckle And Jeckle Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Appointment In Milano - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Around Town Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Bert)
B For BB Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
Beauteaus Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Chamber)
Big Girls Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lewis)
C.P. View Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Snidero)
Capetown Ambush Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Confidentiality Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Hargrove)
Dialogue (quintet)   From the Valery Ponomarev recording Means of Identification (Reservoir: RSR 101) this medium easy chart swings hard with the famous Art Blakey shuffle beat. Interplay between the horns is built into the head and the shout chorus creates a great send-off for the soloists.
Dragon Dance Quintet   2 Horns Plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Sandke)
Elements Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Cochrane)
Envoy Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Ponomarev)
Extempore Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Jordan)
5 For Six - Quintet Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Wheeler)
Frankenstein Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Moncur)
Blues Variations Septet   (Schnyder)
Children Septet   4 Hornn plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Walrath)
Isabelle Septet   (Schnyder)
No Mystery Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Walrath)
Secret Cosmos Septet   (Schnyder)
Septet No. 1   (Schnyder)
Septet No. 2   (Schnyder)
Song For My Grandfather - Septet   (Schnyder)
Marvelous Marvin Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Sheller)
A La Mode Sextet - Alamode   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Fuller)
ALTER EGO (sextet)   From the James Williams CD Alter Ego (Sunnyside 1007) this beautiful arrangement features lush harmonies and a moderate tempo. The recording features a front line of Flute, Soprano Sax, and Guitar; however a more traditional instrumentation works effectively as well.
Appointment In Milano Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Boa Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Hope)
Capetown Ambush Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Certain Attitude, A - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
The Changing Of The Guard - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
The Coaster - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Moncur)
Compulsion Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Davis,M)
Doublemint Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Sulieman)
Dreams So Real Ammouliani - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Enigma Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Johnson)
Weird-O Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
E.T.A. Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Ms. B.C. Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
What Do You Say Dr. J - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
The Soulful Mr. Timmons - Sextet Septet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams) (3 or 4 Horns)
M And M Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
Midnight Dreams Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Snidero)
Minor's Holiday Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Monaco Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Monk In Wonderland Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Moncur)
Monk's Dream Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Monk)
The Nasty - Sax Quartet   (Jackson)
New York Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
No Question About It Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
North Of The Border Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Rosnes)
Olive Refractions Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Simmons)
Once Forgotten Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Open Sesame   As recorded by Superblue. Written for 5 horns plus rhythm.
OverDrive Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Johnson)
P.D. On Great Jones Street Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lewis)
The Perpetrator - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mossman)
Progress Report Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
Reunion Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Cochrane)
Round Midnight Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Monk)
Seventh Avenue Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5)(Lewis)
Skippy Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Monk)
Street Silnger Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brooks)
Take Your Pick (Octet)   In this medium up-tempo swing chart, the unison melodic phrase is completed by the full ensemble which then builds to the solo section. The solo changes are well suited for less experienced players. Recorded by the group Superblue on Superblue 2 (Blue Note: CDP 92997 2).
Think Of One - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Monk)
Time Off Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Fuller)
Trane's Strain Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Fuller)
Una Mas Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Waltz For Monk Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Wayne's World Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
Woodworks Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
All Over Again Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Hargrove)
And Then Again Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Beggars & Swallowtails - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Sandke)
Blue Bossa Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Boperation Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Navarro/McGhee)
Brainstormin' Septet   4 Horns Plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Keezer)
Ryrdflight Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lynch)
Cette Chose Quintet    
Chandek's Den Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lynch)
Cherry Pickens Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mossman)
Chippin' In Septet   4 Horns Plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Lynch)
Conservation Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Country Corn Flakes Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Crepuscule with Nellie (Sextet)   3 horns plus rhythm - Grade 4-5. Does not include a guitar part. (Monk)
Daahoud Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown) C
Dark Before The Dawn Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mathews)
Down Through The Years - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Jordan)
The Eternal Triangle - Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Stitt)
Forty Acres And A Mule - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
The Human Impersonator - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Freeway Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Moore)
The Hand Of Love Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Chambers)
Infra-Rae Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley)
The Insane Asylum - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown)
Intensive Care Unit I.C.U.- Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
The Inventor (For Dad) Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)
Ishtar Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Snidero)
Jodi Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Davis)
Joy Spring Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Brown/arr. Montrose)
K.D. Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Porcelli)
Kay Pea Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Jackson)
Kelo Sextet   3 Horns Plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Johnson/arr.Monk)
Little Chico Quintet Sextet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Rouse) (2 or 3 Horns)
The Lord's Calypso - Septet   4 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Walrath)
Lotus Blossom Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Low Tide Octet   5 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5)(Hope)
Jabbo's Revenge Quartet    
To See Her Face Quartet    
Greenhouse Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Porcelli)
Morning Star Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Grant)
Oscar For Oscar, An - Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
So Nice Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Hope)
Whistle Stop Quintet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Dorham)
Chant For Bu, A Quintet Sextet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Bass) (2 or 3 Horns)
One For Trane Quintet Sextet   2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Bass) (2 or 3 Horns)
Black Scholars Sextet   3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Williams)
Monk on the Moon (Septet)   Recorded on Jack Walrath's Master of Suspense (Blue Note CDP 7 46905 2), this tonally advanced Monk tribute begins with individual lines for each player that fit together into a quirky statement of the melody. A unique composition for the mature combo.
Daahoud   As originally recorded by Clifford Brown. Written for four horns plus rhythm.
Budini (Sextet)   Up-tempo swing tune as recorded by T.S. Monk on his album 'The Charm' (Blue Note 89575-2).
Uranus (Septet)   Medium tempo swinger recorded by Don Sickler on his album 'Night Watch' (Uptown UPCD 27.39).
Night Watch (Octet)   Title track from Don Sickler's album 'Night Watch' (Uptown UPCD 27.39).
Guitar Studies - Scales   Here at last is the long awaited, definitive jazz guitar scale method by music legend Chuck Wayne. With a career that includes recordings with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Woody Herman, George Shearing, and Tony Bennett, Chuck Wayne's approach to the guitar and improvisation has paved the way for a generation of guitarists. This book presents an in-depth analysis of his own highly influential developments in technique and jazz theory. Dozens of examples and exercises are featured that Chuck Wayne has found invaluable in his own teaching.
Get Back In Sextet    
One Down Septet    
Little Man Sextet    
HILL'S EDGE (septet)   This exciting up-tempo composition in the bebop tradition features Trumpet and Alto on the melody with the other horns playing accompaniment figures. From Don Sickler's album Night Watch (Uptown UPCD 27.39) this is an excellent showpiece for a mature and aggressive combo.
SOMETHING FOR KENNY (octet)   From the Don Sickler album Night Watch (Uptown UPCD 27.39), this is a great introduction to some of the more diverse directions that jazz composers have taken since the 1950s. Written with Flamenco-tinged Latin phrases alternating with modern swing, this is easy to listen to and fun to play.
Guitar Studies - Chords   This definitive jazz guitar chord method by music legend Chuck Wayne shows guitarists how to arrive at each voicing and how to vary it, using Chuck's unique systematic approach. He covers: basic triads to open voiced harmony; generic and specific voicings; cross-reference recognition of equal tonalities; pick and fingers technique; and much more. A must for any serious guitar student!
Ronnies A Dynamite Lady Septet    
On The Real Side Octet    
On The Real Side (octet) Full Score    
Barfly Octet    
Dealer Takes Four Sextet    
Cheesecake (quintet)    
Sunburst (sextet)    
Had Tadd In Mind (septet)    
Maiden Voyage (octet)    
Maiden Voyage (octet) Full Score    
Harmony for a New Millennium An Introduction to Metatonal Music This book by versatile trumpet player and composer Randy Sandke is divided into three parts. In Part One, he identifies and organizes all four-note chords which lie beyond the tonal system and cannot be represented by conventional chord systems. Part Two deals with deriving melodic material from these metatonal chords, and in Part Three, Sandke shows how he has used these ideas in his own music, with example pieces included for symphony orchestra and jazz quintet. A fresh, creative approach to improvisation ... Highly recommended. - Michael Brecker
Quintet Set 3   (Includes: Cheesecake; Moonrise; Dialogue; Gone But Not Forgotten; Masaman; Roll Call)
Sextet Set 1 (Easy)   Scored for 3 horns with flexible instrumentation plus rhythm section, this set of combo arrangements features written out piano voicings and bass lines as well as drum part suggestions and horn backgrounds for solos. Includes: Sonny's Mood (Sonny Clark), Grant's Tune (Grant Green), Nice and Easy (Johnny Griffin), In Walked Horace (J.J. Johnson), Al's Mist (Al Grey) and The Clan (Curtis Fuller).
Sextet Set 3 (20th Anniversary Blakey)   (Includes: Soulful Mr. Timmons; Ms. B.C.; A Bittadose; Little Man; What Do You Say Dr. J.; E.T.A.)
Sextet Set 4 (Bobby Watson)   (Includes: Karita; As Quiet As It's Kept; Love Remains; A Wheel Within a Wheel; Beatitudes; Ode for Aaron)
Jazz Phrasing A Workshop for the Jazz Vocalist A great supplement to Second Floor Music's Sing Jazz! book (00740213/$14.95), Jazz Phrasing is a perfect workbook for all jazz vocalists. It covers: Specific Rhythm Phrasing - interpreting 8th notes, specific rhythm figures; Open Phrasing - exploring tempos and styles, working with ballads; Tips on Performance - choosing a tempo and counting off, telling the song's story, working with your ensemble; and more. The accompanying CD lets you: compare transcriptions to recorded examples, listen to vocal and instrumental examples, sing along with the rhythm section, create backgrounds and analyze arrangements.
Hear It and Sing It! Exploring Modal Jazz This great book/CD pack is an effective and fun way to improve your vocal technique and internalize the basic scales used in jazz. Designed for jazz singers, students of improvisation or ear training, choir directors and teachers of vocal jazz, it's an enjoyable way to learn the modes thoroughly and discover their possibilities. The CD includes vocal warm-ups suitable for all levels, exercises in each mode of the major scale, rhythm section tracks without vocals for improvisation, and more. The book includes transcriptions of the warm-ups, a brief history of modal jazz, theory basics, the modes of the major scale, scat syllables, transcriptions of the modal workouts, and more.
The Best Of Billie Holiday   A collection of 15 songs made famous by Billie Holiday, including: God Bless' The Child * Fine and Mellow * Strange Fruit. Also includes biography and partial discography.
Beginning Jazz Improvisation   Starting with the basics, the student becomes actively involved in creating improvised melodies based on blues progression, walking bass, boogie-woogie and other patterns.
Easy Jazz Christmas Duets (Book)   1. Silent Night 2. Jingle Bells 3. Angels We Have Heard On High 4. Deck The Halls 5. We Three Kings
The Elements of Jazz   Covers syncopation, antic-ipation, blue notes, non-legato touch, 7th chords, walking bass, grace notes, ostinato (riffs), block chords, quartal jazz and other elements. Packed with solos utilizing these elements and techniques, plus four duets.
Further Experiences With The Elements Of Jazz   This volume carries forward in a very gradual manner, jazz essentials for the early intermediate student, leading to improvisation.
Jack & Jill Jazz   Brings the feeling of jazz to children's songs and nursery rhymes - beginning rhythms and chorals for the pianist starting jazz.
Jazz-Flavored Scale Patterns & Exercises - Piano   Jazz-Flavored Scale Patterns & Exercises All major, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales are presented in a jazz framework, utilizing an extraordinary range of jazz rhythms.
Jazz-Flavored Sequential Patterns & Passages - Piano   The employment of sequences for finger dexterity, and as a compositional technique. Short jazz pieces in every major and minor key.
Jazz Interpretations Of Popular American Folk Songs   A number of well-known folk songs adapted with an authentic jazz flavor.
Jazz Keyboard Harmony   The definitive, comprehensive chord workbook in jazz improvisation. Covers chord substitution, voice leading, interpretation of chord symbols. Complete theoretical information. Brings improvising ability to all pianists. Intermediate level. Suggested realizations provided in appendix. 108 pages.
The Easy Piano Jazz Rhythm Primer   Take Ten for Jazz is coordinated with an introduction to keyboard jazz that prepares students for improvising jazz at the piano.
Jazz Suite For Piano Intermediate Level Piano Solo    
Jazz Tetrachord Approach To Keyboard Jazz Improvisation   A workbook which utilizes selected jazz tones and a wide variety of rhythmic patterns in a manner that makes the student's jazz expressions sound authentic.
Jazz Up Your Christmas   12 Christmas carols in a fresh perspective. Full arrangements may be played as a concert suite.
Learning To Improvise Jazz Accompaniments   Devoted to the development of improvisational skills in the jazz idiom. Explains the functions and creation of accompaniments to given melodic lines. Gives the pianist a comfortable feeling for improvising.
Modes And Their Use In Jazz   This unique book provides pianists (and all instrumentalists) with a comprehensive view of diatonic modes - Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian - the way that they may be identified in all keys, developing a working knowledge in non-jazz and jazz contexts. Complete jazz pieces in the various modes. Many modal exercises.
More Jack & Jill Jazz   Early intermediate arrangements of more children's songs for enjoyment in building easy repertoire.
The Rhythms Of Keyboard Jazz   Complete, original piano repertoire materials illustrating virtually all types of categories of jazz rhythms. Graded easy to advanced.
Travel The Keyboard Jazz Highway   Supplementary jazz pieces of the early intermediate level, each featuring a musical point - 'Rest Area' uses rest in music, 'Detours Ahead' deals with modulations, 'Two Way Street' and 'Divided Highway' are duets, etc.
Easy Jazz with I-IV-V & Their 7th Chords   Take Ten More for Jazz is coordinated with easy-to-play, authentically jazzy harmonization by Lee Evans of originals and standards, using I-IV-V and their 7th chords. Chord exercises. Several major and minor keys employed.
Jazzmatazz   Jazzy piano solos for the early intermediate level 1. Jazz It Up! 2. Jazzmatazz 3. Cool Dude 4. Boogie Woogie 5. Loco Motive 6. Big Tease 7. Bach To Trinidad 8. Blues Stomp 9. Latin From Manhattan 10. Gee Whiz! 11. Skateboard
Composing At The Piano - Early Intermediate Level By Lee Evans and Martha Baker More sequentially organized lessons combining music notation with instruction in additional basic, compositional techniques... ostinato, pedal point, altered forms of repetition and sequence, and 12-bar blues.
Take Ten More for Jazz   To assist teachers in using the various Lee Evans materials, Dr. Evans and Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation asked Dr. Martha Baker to prepare teachers' manuals for the core books in the series. Dr. Baker is an expert in piano pedagogy and is Professor of Keyboard Studies at California State University, Fullerton. Take Ten For Jazz includes 33 ten-minute lesson plans so that each week, in the course of the regular lesson, teachers can take 'ten' for the study of jazz. Take Ten More For Jazz continues this same approach for four additional books.
Jazz Pizzazz   11 Scintillating easy-play piano solos for the beginning student, with optional teacher's jazzy duet accompaniments. Titles include: Jazz Pizzazz * Jelly Roll * East Rag * Boogie Break * and more.
Intermediate Jazz Piano Comping - 'At The Bridge'   This book is meant to pick up where 'Jazz Piano Comping: From The Top' left off. It provides authentic piano voicings for jazz piano accompaniments. All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-a-long Series.
Playing Guitar In A Jazz/Big Band   This book is for giving the beginning jazz guitar player the basics he or she needs to play guitar in a big band setting. All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long series. An extremely helpful book for guitarists, educators, and arrangers.
Groove Master (Drum) Playing Drum Set in a Jazz Rhythm Section This book is for giving the beginning drum set player the basics he or she needs to play drum set in either a big/jazz band setting or a combo setting. It correlates with the books Playing Guitar in a Jazz/Big Band, I Walk the Line: Creating a Bass Line, and Intermediate Jazz Piano Comping: At the Bridge. All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-Along series. An extremely helpful book for drummers, educators and arrangers.
Jazz Piano Comping From The Top   Introduces jazz piano playing from the very beginning! From chord symbols to comping, this book will get any player started and let them make sense of the jazz language.
Basic Workout Drills for Creative Jazz Improv   Covers all the basic musical tools to aid in mastering improvisation. Denis DiBlasio presents helpful ideas he has learned from great players and teachers. This book will move students far forward in their efforts toward mastering the art of practicing. Includes a play-along cassette.
Take the Lead Alto Sax A basic guide for each of the lead players in a jazz ensemble. Each book covers all the facets of lead playing for that particular section, including section phrasing, balance style, rehearsal techniques, mouthpieces, vibrato, special exercises, equipment, and many other helpful suggestions.
Take the Lead Trumpet A basic guide for each of the lead players in a jazz ensemble. Each book covers all the facets of lead playing for that particular section, including section phrasing, balance style, rehearsal techniques, mouthpieces, vibrato, special exercises, equipment, and many other helpful suggestions.
Take the Lead Trombone A basic guide for each of the lead players in a jazz ensemble. Each book covers all the facets of lead playing for that particular section, including section phrasing, balance style, rehearsal techniques, mouthpieces, vibrato, special exercises, equipment, and many other helpful suggestions.
Maiden Voyage:intro Dir Introducing Jazz Improvisation Conductor   This book is written to give directors and beginning improvisers a place to start. It includes all the material needed to start on a jazz improvisation journey.
Maiden Voyage:intro Eb Introducing Jazz Improvisation E Flat   This book is written to give directors and beginning improvisers a place to start. It includes all the material needed to start on a jazz improvisation journey.
Maiden Voyage:intro Bb Introducing Jazz Improvisation B Flat   This book is written to give directors and beginning improvisers a place to start. It includes all the material needed to start on a jazz improvisation journey.
Maiden Voyage:intro Bass Clefintroducing Jazz Improvisation   This book is written to give directors and beginning improvisers a place to start. It includes all the material needed to start on a jazz improvisation journey.
Minor Blues Tunes in All Twelve Keys   The minor blues are a part of every great jazz musician's repertoire. This book will help you learn how to play the minor blues. Features 12 original tunes, four-measure excerpts in all keys, scale systems that can be used on the minor blues in all keys, and miscellaneous jazz lines and exercises in all keys.
Concepts for Improvisation A Comprehensive Guide for Performing and Teaching   Improv fundamentals for teachers and students, covering the blues, modes, scales, progressions and more, plus chapters on phrasing melodies, the swing concept, phraseology in modern jazz, chord nomenclature, and solo development.
Jazz Etudes Over Classic Jazz Changes   More than 100 original practice choruses! Terrific material to add to every jazz musician's daily routine.
Jazz Flute Etudes   These etudes by Marc Adler will delight both classical and jazz musicians. Marc is an accomplished flutist and composer in both the jazz and classical arenas and is also an experienced educator. These twelve etudes explore each of the twelve keys but at the same time step out into contemporary sounds characteristic of modern jazz and 20th-century classical music, such as whole tone and diminished scales, and colorful chord progressions. Jazz flutists will enjoy his original jazz licks and may want to add some of them to their vocabulary of patterns. Classical flutists will appreciate the challenge of sight-reading these tightly woven compositions while savoring their improvisatory character.
Major Blues Tunes in All Twelve Keys   This book contains 12 standard blues tunes with solos in all keys. Includes four-measure excerpts in all keys and jazz lines and exercises in all keys.
Basic Blues Etudes in All Twelve Keys   Covers twelve blues etudes, four-measure excerpts in all keys, and jazz lines and exercises in all keys.
30 Cool Ways to Play the Blues (Flute / Guitar / Piano / C Instruments / Bass Clef Instruments)   Includes 30 terrific tracks representing various styles and forms of the blues. Advice on scale choices and a scale syllabus make this a valuable educational tool for the novice and a just plain fun workout for the more advanced player. Note: the C edition works for Bass Clef instruments.
30 Cool Ways to Play the Blues (Bb Instruments)   Includes 30 terrific tracks representing various styles and forms of the blues. Advice on scale choices and a scale syllabus make this a valuable educational tool for the novice and a just plain fun workout for the more advanced player. Note: the C edition works for Bass Clef instruments.
30 Cool Ways to Play the Blues (Eb Instruments)   Includes 30 terrific tracks representing various styles and forms of the blues. Advice on scale choices and a scale syllabus make this a valuable educational tool for the novice and a just plain fun workout for the more advanced player. Note: the C edition works for Bass Clef instruments.
Jazz Harmony on the Guitar   This approach to studying jazz harmony provides an appropriate sound in a jazz setting early in guitarists' development and gives them a foundation in both linear and structural harmonic concepts, preparing them for more advanced theoretical concepts. Other applications for this book/CD pack include voicings for percussionists developing four mallet technique on vibes, and material for band directors who want to use the guitar to its fullest potential, and for arrangers writing for the guitar.
Jazz Figures for Individual and Group Practice (Multi-Instrument)   This book makes the teaching of improvisation as time-efficient for a group of twenty as it is for a single student. An innovative layout and terrific instructional material make this book a superior jazz tool.
Expansions - 2nd Edition (Multi-Instrument)   The second edition of this bestseller comes highly endorsed from the pros and is published at a new lower price! It continues to be a must-have for students of improvisation, demonstrating developing new material for jazz-fusion.
Connecting Jazz Theory   This text suggests a more connected process for expanding the jazz vocabulary. Improvisational devices are presented as derived from diatonic scales, the harmonic and melodic basis of mainstream jazz. Michael Brecker highly recommends this book, calling it useful and insightful...for all musicians who wish to expand their harmonic range and improvisational abilities. Also endorsed by James Moody and David Liebman.
Advanced Blues Etudes in All Twelve Keys   Includes 12 advanced blues etudes, four-measure excerpts in all keys, jazz lines and exercises in all keys, and more.
Comprehensive Technique for Jazz Musicians For All Instruments An incredible presentation of the most practical exercises an aspiring jazz student could want. All are logically interwoven with fine real world examples from jazz to classical. This book is an essential anthology of technical, compositional and theoretical exercises, with lots of musical examples.
Velocity Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Musician (Treble Clef Instruments)   This helpful study guide for all treble clef instruments includes 25 exercises (20-32 measures long, typically based on phrases 2-4 measures in length) to help players increase their speed, plus seven etudes based on famous jazz chord progressions.
Jazz Exercises and Etudes for the Alto Saxophonist (Alto Sax)   The exercises in this new book from Houston Publishing are designed to help the alto saxophonist develop more jazz technique and more control in the altissimo register. Includes jazz etudes on common chord progressions.
Jazz Theory Resources Volume 1 Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I (00030458, $39.95) includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II (00030459, $29.95) includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included.
Jazz Theory Resources Volume 2 Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I (00030458, $39.95) includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II (00030459, $29.95) includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included.
Linear Expressions - Pat Martino   Legendary guitarist Pat Martino shares his personal formula for chord conversions with you. This uniquely simple system allows you to think melody, not theory. Amply illustrated with some of Pat's favorite lines.
Jazz - Pat Martino   Pat Martino reveals his favorite single-note passages: improvising over ii-V-I and other common progressions; melodic minor, Dorian, chromatic, and other scales; passing tones, tritone substitution, and dominant seventh arpeggios; and more.
191. Jazz Love Songs   35 songs, including: All the Things You Are · Falling in Love with Love · A Fine Romance · I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) · Isn't It Romantic? · My Funny Valentine · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes · There's a Small Hotel · and more.
283. Best Jazz Standards Ever   Over 70 of the best, including: All of You · April in Paris · Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Body and Soul · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Isn't It Romantic? · Misty · Mona Lisa · Satin Doll · Tangerine · When I Fall in Love · and more.
322. Dixieland   23 Dixie delights, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Mississippi Mud · Some of These Days · Sugar Blues · more.
404. The 20th Century: Jazz Standards   58 of the century's finest, including: Bewitched · Body and Soul · Brazil · Caravan · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Harlem Nocturne · In the Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · It Might As Well Be Spring · Misty · My Funny Valentine · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Take the A Train · and more.
133. Early Jazz Standards   25 top hits from the beginnings of jazz, in our large, easy-to-play notation: After You've Gone · Avalon · Chicago · Limehouse Blues · My Melancholy Baby · St. Louis Blues · Sugar Blues · Tiger Rag · Till the Clouds Roll By · Whispering · The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise · more!
254. Bossa Nova   18 super bossa novas in our world-famous notation featuring large notes with the note name in the note head. Includes: Blue Bossa · A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha De Carnaval) · Desafinado · The Girl from Ipanema · How Insensitive (Insensatez) · The Look of Love · Samba De Orfeu · So Nice (Summer Samba) · Triste · Watch What Happens · Wave · and more.
061. Jazz Standards   Over 40 of the finest jazz songs ever, featuring: All of You · April in Paris · Autumn in New York · Body and Soul · Caravan · In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning · Mona Lisa · Mood Indigo · Satin Doll · Tangerine · The Very Thought of You · more.
Jazz Classics- Easy Piano   37 classics, including: Bewitched · Body And Soul · Easy To Love · Isn't It Romantic? · Mona Lisa · My Funny Valentine · Stella By Starlight · The Very Thought Of You · When I Fall In Love · and more.
Music of Duke Ellington   18 Ellington greats arranged for easy piano. Includes: Caravan · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Satin Doll · Sophisticated Lady · Take the A Train · and more.
Wes Montgomery   Wes Montgomery was unquestionably the most significant jazz guitarist to emerge during the 1960's. During the 70's and 80's he had, like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt before him, become a major influence on other guitar players. Elements of his style are discernable in many of today's finest players. Although many musicians acknowledge that Wes was one of the finest guitar players of the 20th Century, there has been until now a lack of detailed biographical and analytical material. Through this book, guitarists and jazz guitar enthusiasts everywhere will fully understand and appreciate Wes' achievements, so often narrowly categorized as the development of octave playing. Wes Montgomery by Adrian Ingram has over 70 photographs and illustrations, many previously unpublished.
Jazz Keyboard Basics   The groundwork you need to start playing jazz. Includes chapters on: Basic jazz chord voicings applied to comping, solo and melody playing; Voicings for II-V-I progres- sions written out for all major and minor keys; over 300 music examples to play and analyze.
Jazz Sketches Int. Piano Solos in Various Jazz Styles HLSPL Composer Showcase Elegant, clever, authentically-styled original compositions characterize this third excellent collection of jazz piano solos for the intermediate performer by Bill Boyd. Bill's suave ease in writing original jazz for the advancing student performer is evident in each of these captivating solos. Various meters, keys, tempos; Reading range: full keyboard; 8 pieces: The Bass Man Walketh; Home Fried Potatoes; Move It!; Oh So Blue; Perpetual Motion; Ragtime Blue; Sound Advice; Swingin' Easy. Perf. time: less than 1 minute to 2 minutes.
Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz/Rock Keyboardist   An exciting new book on the theory and studies of the Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz-Rock keyboardist. It covers the basics of how to build pentatonic scales, a comprehensive practice routine, and a jazz vocabulary.
A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano Exploring Harmony A serious and thorough discussion of harmony for the literate pianist, this book by Professor Dominic Alldis of the Royal Academy of Music in London addresses accompaniment models, basic jazz theory, polychords, reharmonization, upper structure triads, block chords, pentatonic harmony, and many more subjects, drawing harmonic parallels from classical composers. Alldis includes key excerpts from the greatest jazz standards to illustrate his points.
Exploring Jazz Scales For Keyboard By Bill Boyd Scales provide the basis for jazz improvisation and fill-ins. The scales presented in this book produce idiomatic sounds associated with many jazz styles. Boyd explores the jazz scales and examines their potential, giving the player more improvisation resources. Each chapter includes charts with the scales written in all keys with suggested fingerings and a list of chords which complement each scale. Music examples apply the scales to jazz chord progressions and compositions. Upon completion, the student will gain new insights into the practical application of jazz scales and will be able to enhance performance.
Exploring Basic Blues for Keyboard   Introduces a blues scale system that produces idiomatic sounds characteristic of early blues, Dixieland, boogie, swing and rock. Instruction begins with one-measure phrases followed by a step-by-step approach to twelve-measure improvisation.
Great Jazz Standards   20 songs, including: April in Paris · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · How High the Moon · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · When I Fall in Love · and more.
The Definitive Jazz Collection   A once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 of the greatest jazz songs ever compiled into one volume. Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' · All the Things You Are · Birdland · Body and Soul · A Foggy Day · Girl From Ipanema · Here's That Rainy Day · The Lady Is a Tramp · Love for Sale · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy · Midnight Sun · Moonlight in Vermont · Night and Day · Skylark · Stormy Weather · Sweet Georgia Brown.
The Real Little Ultimate Jazz Fake Book C Edition 625 songs spanning nine decades of music! Includes music from all jazz genres: traditional, swing, bebop, Latin, modern, standards, and more! Songs: All the Things You Are · Bag's Groove · Basin Street Blues · Desafinado · Donna Lee · The Girl from Ipanema · I Concentrate On You · Little Boat · A Night in Tunisia · Ornithology · 'Round Midnight · Solar · Song for My Father · Take the A Train · Tuxedo Junction · Waltz for Debby · and many more!
The Real Little Ultimate Jazz Fake Book Bb Edition 625 songs spanning nine decades of music! Includes music from all jazz genres: traditional, swing, bebop, Latin, modern, standards, and more! Songs: All the Things You Are · Bag's Groove · Basin Street Blues · Desafinado · Donna Lee · The Girl from Ipanema · I Concentrate On You · Little Boat · A Night in Tunisia · Ornithology · 'Round Midnight · Solar · Song for My Father · Take the A Train · Tuxedo Junction · Waltz for Debby · and many more!
The Swing Era - 1936-1947   A great fake book with 200 songs, including: April in Paris · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · Bewitched · Candy · Caravan · Cherokee · Darn That Dream · A Fine Romance · Heart and Soul · I'll Be Seeing You · I'll Walk Alone · I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm · It's Only a Paper Moon · Marie · Moonlight in Vermont · My Funny Valentine · The Nearness of You · Pennies from Heaven · Prelude to a Kiss · Sentimental Journey · Stompin' at the Savoy · Stormy Weather · A String of Pearls · Take the A Train · Tuxedo Junction · You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To · more!
Ragtime & Early Jazz - 1900-1935   This great fake book features 200 songs, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · All of Me · Autumn in New York · Basin Street Blues · Blue Skies · Body and Soul · Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man · Cocktails for Two · Everybody Loves My Baby · Falling in Love with Love · Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You · Have You Met Miss Jones? · How Deep Is the Ocean · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just a Gigolo · Mood Indigo · Moonglow · My Blue Heaven · My Romance · Ol' Man River · Puttin' On the Ritz · Remember · Solitude · St. Louis Blues · When I Take My Sugar to Tea · When My Baby Smiles at Me · Why Was I Born? · You Made Me Love You · You Took Advantage of Me · You're My Everything · more!
Jazz of the '50s   This great fake book in the Hal Leonard Jazz Bible series includes 200 of the best jazz tunes from the 1950s. Features large size music notation, a chord glossary, artist & title indexes, and common usage chords. Songs highlights: Alice in Wonderland · Autumn Leaves · Beyond the Sea · Born to Be Blue · Cry Me a River · I Wanna Be Loved · I'm Late · If I Should Lose You · In Walked Bud · Lady Bird · Lazy Afternoon · Lost in the Stars · My One and Only Love · Picnic · Stella by Starlight · Stolen Moments · Tenderly · Unchained Melody · When Sunny Gets Blue · Young at Heart · many more! For piano, guitar, electronic keyboard and all C instruments.
The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book C Edition This must-own collection includes more than 625 songs spanning all jazz styles from more than 9 decades - from traditional to swing to modern jazz, carefully chosen chords with common practice chord substitutions, lyrics to accomodate vocalists, easy-to-read music, and composer and performer indexes. Songs include: Maple Leaf Rag * Basin Street Blues * A Night In Tunisia * Lullaby Of Birdland * The Girl From Ipanema * Bag's Groove * I Can't Get Started * All The Things You Are * and many more!
The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book Bb Edition The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book includes: · More than 625 songs important to every jazz library · Carefully chosen chords with some common practice chord substitutions · Lyrics to accommodate vocalists · Easy-to-read music typography · Composer and performer indexes. The selection of songs in The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book is a result of an exhaustive effort to represent the many styles of music that make up that beloved idiom we call jazz. The styles found in this collection include: traditional, swing, bebop, Latin/bossa nova, hard bop/modern jazz and Tin Pan Alley standards/show tunes. More than 625 songs including: Ain't Misbehavin' · All the Things You Are · Au Privave · Autumn Leaves · Bag's Groove · Basin Street Blues · Bewitched · Birdland · Body and Soul · Cherokee · Cry Me a River · Darn That Dream · Desafinado · Django · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · A Foggy Day · The Girl from Ipanema · Here's That Rainy Day · I Can't Get Started · I Concentrate on You · Little Boat · Love for Sale · Love Walked
The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book Eb Edition The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book includes: · More than 625 songs important to every jazz library · Carefully chosen chords with some common practice chord substitutions · Lyrics to accommodate vocalists · Easy-to-read music typography · Composer and performer indexes. The selection of songs in The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book is a result of an exhaustive effort to represent the many styles of music that make up that beloved idiom we call jazz. The styles found in this collection include: traditional, swing, bebop, Latin/bossa nova, hard bop/modern jazz and Tin Pan Alley standards/show tunes. More than 625 songs including: Ain't Misbehavin' · All the Things You Are · Au Privave · Autumn Leaves · Bag's Groove · Basin Street Blues · Bewitched · Birdland · Body and Soul · Cherokee · Cry Me a River · Darn That Dream · Desafinado · Django · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · A Foggy Day · The Girl from Ipanema · Here's That Rainy Day · I Can't Get Started · I Concentrate on You · Little Boat · Love for Sale · Love Walked
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Fake Book - C Edition   A unique, comprehensive collection of jazz material in a wide range of styles, with no song duplication from The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book. Includes: · Over 500 songs in all jazz styles, including standards, bebop, Latin, fusion, etc. · A great deal original material associated with major artists · Hard-to-find modern jazz repertoire · A significant number of songs which have never · Lyrics for all selections · Easy-to-read music typography · A songwriter index for reference Selections represent a diverse list of major jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Dave Brubeck, Billy Childs, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, AL DiMeola, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Peter Erskine, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Green, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Coleman Stern, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller, Weather Report, and many more jazz greats. Over 500 songs, including: Agua de Beber · Aisha · Aja · Alfie ·
Jazz Standards   99 classics, including: All the things You Are · Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Cry Me a River · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · A Fine Romance · I Can't Get Started With You · I've Got You Under My Skin · The Lady Is a Tramp · Manhattan · Misty · My Funny Valentine · Old Devil Moon · Prelude to a Kiss · Route 66 · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes · There's a Small Hotel · When Sunny Gets Blue · You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To · and more.
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Fake Book - Bb Edition   This unique, comprehensive collection features jazz material in a wide range of styles, with no song duplication from The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book! Includes: · Over 500 songs in all jazz styles, including standards, bebop, Latin and fusion · Original material associated with major artists · Hard-to-find modern jazz repertoire · Many never-before-printed songs · Lyrics for all selections that have them · Easy-to-read music typography · A songwriter index Includes major jazz artists such as: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Dave Brubeck, Billy Childs, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Al DiMeola, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Peter Erskine, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Green, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Dick Hyman, Al Jarreau, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thad Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Joe Lovano, Chuck Magione, Pat Metheny, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Jelly Roll Morton, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, Charlie
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book Eb Edition This unique, comprehensive collection features jazz material in a wide range of styles, with no song duplication from The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book! Includes: · Over 500 songs in all jazz styles, including standards, bebop, Latin and fusion · Original material associated with major artists · Hard-to-find modern jazz repertoire · Many never-before-printed songs · Lyrics for all selections that have them · Easy-to-read music typography · A songwriter index. Includes major jazz artists such as: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Dave Brubeck, Billy Childs, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Al DiMeola, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Peter Erskine, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Green, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Dick Hyman, Al Jarreau, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thad Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Joe Lovano, Chuck Magione, Pat Metheny, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Jelly Roll Morton, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, Charlie
The Hal Leonard Real Little Jazz Book - C Edition   This petite 6 inch. x 9 inch. edition of our bestselling jazz fake book features 500 classic standards: Agua De Beber · Autumn in New York · Bésame Mucho · Black Coffee · Brazil · Change of Season · Epistrophy · Feels So Good · Filthy McNasty · Georgia on My Mind · Giant Steps · I Wished on the Moon · Jitterbug Waltz · Manteca · Night Train · Norwegian Wood · The Shadow of Your Smile · Tangerine · Topsy · Wave · When Sunny Gets Blue · Windows · hundreds more!
Miles Davis Real Book Lead Sheets for 57 Compositions Miles Davis gave the jazz world innumerable musical innovations and his supporting musicians provided a virtual who's who of the modern jazz era. The Miles Davis Real Book contains highly accurate, easy-to-read, musician-friendly lead sheets for nearly 60 of his most famous original compositions, including: All Blues · Bitches Brew · Blue in Green · Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) · Budo · Eighty One · Flamenco Sketches · Four · Freddie Freeloader · Half Nelson · Miles · Milestones · Nardis · The Serpent's Tooth · Seven Steps to Heaven · Sippin' at Bells · So What · Solar · Somethin' Else · Theme · Tune Up · Vierd Blues · and dozens more top tunes. The book also features plastic-comb binding for durability and ease of use. Essential for every jazz fan! 8.5 inch. x 11 inch.
The Latin Real Book C Edition This is the only professional-level Latin fake book ever published! It features nearly 600 pages of the best in contemporary and classic Latin jazz, salsa and Brazilian music, with detailed transcriptions - exactly as recorded - to help bands play in authentic Latin styles. Many tunes include bass lines for each section, piano montunos, and horn counter-lines. Includes a bilingual foreword and vocabulary listing, song lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese and/or English, a rhythm section appendix, sources for the recordings, and convenient spiral binding. Outstanding artists represented include: Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, Puerto Rico All-Stars, Tito Puente, Irakere, Los Van Van, Ivan Lins, Tom Jobim, Toninho Horta, João Bosco, Milton Nascimento, Airto, Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Daniel Ponce, Seis Del Solar, Chick Corea, Arsenio Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, Perez Prado, Orquesta Sensacion, and many more! Includes 177 songs: Afro Blue · Alonzo · Amantes · Amor · Armando's Rumba · Bacchanal · Brasileiro ·
The Latin Real Book Bb Edition This is the only professional-level Latin fake book ever published! It features nearly 600 pages of the best in contemporary and classic salsa, Latin jazz and Brazilian music, with detailed arrangements, exactly as recorded, to help bands play in authentic Latin styles. Many tunes include bass lines for each section, piano montunos, and horn counter-lines. Includes a bilingual preface, song lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese and/or English, a drum and percussion appendix, and convenient spiral binding. Outstanding artists represented include: Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, Puerto Rico All-Stars, Tito Puente, Irakere, Los Van Van, Ivan Lins, Tom Jobim, Joao Bosco, Milton Nascimento, Airto, Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Daniel Ponce, Seis Del Solar, Chick Corea, Arsenio Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, Perez Prado, Orquesta Sensacion, and many more!
The Latin Real Book Eb Edition This is the only professional-level Latin fake book ever published! It features nearly 600 pages of the best in contemporary and classic salsa, Latin jazz and Brazilian music, with detailed arrangements, exactly as recorded, to help bands play in authentic Latin styles. Many tunes include bass lines for each section, piano montunos, and horn counter-lines. Includes a bilingual preface, song lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese and/or English, a drum and percussion appendix, and convenient spiral binding. Outstanding artists represented include: Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, Puerto Rico All-Stars, Tito Puente, Irakere, Los Van Van, Ivan Lins, Tom Jobim, Joao Bosco, Milton Nascimento, Airto, Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Daniel Ponce, Seis Del Solar, Chick Corea, Arsenio Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, Perez Prado, Orquesta Sensacion, and many more!
Latin Fake Book C Edition Over 500 Latin songs in many styles for all C Instruments, including mambos, sambas, cha cha chás, bossa novas, boleros, guarachas, rhumbas, tangos, salsa, Latin jazz, Latin pop and rock, and traditional Latin standards. Songs include: Acércate Más (Come Closer to Me) · Adiós · Adiós Muchachos · Água De Beber · Aguas De Marco · Alla En El Rancho Grande · Amapola · Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor) · Anema E Core · Antigua · Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes) · Babalú · Bésame Mucho · Brazil · Cachita · Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White · Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma · Cuanto Le Gusta · The Cup of Life · A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha De Carnaval) · Desafinado · Dindi · El Triste · Ella · Flamingo · Frenesí · The Girl from Ipanema · Granada · Guantanamera · How Insensitive · It's Impossible (Somos Novios) · Kiss of Fire · La Barca · La Cucaracha · La Fiesta · Livin' La Vida Loca · Malagueña · Mambo Jambo · Mambo No. 5 · Mambo No. 8 · Manteca · Maria Elena · Más Que Nada · Meditation · Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) · One Not
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book C Edition A magnificent compilation of over 240 standards of jazz repertoire in easy-to-read authentic hand-written jazz engravings. This unique collection also features not only the original harmony, but also an alternate harmonization reflecting common practice by many jazz artists, so players can choose to use the traditional version, a hipper version, or a combination of the two! Songs include: Ain't Misbehavin' · Angel Eyes · Bein' Green · Blue Skies · Brazil · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Crazy He Calls Me · Darn That Dream · Desafinado (Off Key) · Early Autumn · Easy Living · Fever · For Every Man There's a Woman · Girl Talk · Good Morning Heartache · Here's That Rainy Day · How Little We Know · I Can't Give You Anything but Love · I Didn't Know What Time It Was · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · I Remember You · I'll Be Around · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I've Heard That Song Before · Imagination · It Could Happen to You · It's Easy to Remember · June in January · Lazy Afternoon · Midnight Sun · My Blu
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Classics Fake Book - C Edition   Following the success of The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book comes The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Classics Fake Book. This collection features the same great hand-written-style engravings, alternate harmonizations, and nearly 380 more classic jazz hits, including: Airegin · All Blues · Bag's Groove · Billie's Blues · Birdland · Blue in Green · Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) · Budo · The Champ · Chelsea Bridge · Con Alma · Django · Epistrophy · Fine and Mellow · Freddie Freeloader · Giant Steps · In Walked Bud · Israel · Jeru · Lemon Drop · Lester Left Town · Line for Lyons · Maiden Voyage · Miles · Nardis · Nuages · On Green Dolphin Street · Parisian Thoroughfare · Passion Flower · Peel Me a Grape · Red Clay · Robbin's Nest · Ruby, My Dear · Seven Come Eleven · Sidewinder · So What · Song for Helen · Take Five · Time Remembered · Trouble Is a Man · Turn Out the Stars · Waltz for Debby · Watermelon Man · Work Song · You Better Go Now · and more. The table of contents lists all of the songs and the artists who p
Big Band Swing   Lots of huge hits in a little book! Includes 112 swinging favorites: Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive · Ain't Misbehavin' · Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · Blue Skies · Body and Soul · Caravan · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree · Heart and Soul · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm · In the Mood · Jump, Jive an' Wail · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Sentimental Journey · Stella by Starlight · Stormy Weather · Tangerine · Tuxedo Junction · The Very Thought of You · What's New? · and more! Includes a Guitar Chord Guide.
Real Jazz Standards Fake Book (Alto Sax)   A magnificent compilation of over 240 standards of jazz repertoire in easy-to-read authentic hand-written jazz engravings. This unique collection also features not only the original harmony, but also an alternate harmonization reflecting common practice by many jazz artists, so players can choose to use the traditional version, a hipper version, or a combination of the two! Songs include: Ain't Misbehavin' · Angel Eyes · Bein' Green · Blue Skies · Brazil · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Crazy He Calls Me · Darn That Dream · Desafinado (Off Key) · Early Autumn · Easy Living · Fever · For Every Man There's a Woman · Girl Talk · Good Morning Heartache · Here's That Rainy Day · How Little We Know · I Can't Give You Anything but Love · I Didn't Know What Time It Was · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · I Remember You · I'll Be Around · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I've Heard That Song Before · Imagination · It Could Happen to You · It's Easy to Remember · June in January · Lazy Afternoon · Midnight Sun · My Blu
The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book (Tenor Saxophone / Trumpet / Bb Instruments) B Flat Edition This magnificent compilation contains the melody lines, lyrics and chords for more than 240 jazz standards in authentic, easy-to-read, hand-written engravings. This unique collection features not only the original harmony, but also an alternate harmonization reflecting common practice by many jazz artists, so musicians can choose to play the traditional version of the song, a hipper version, or a combination of the two! Tunes include: Ain't Misbehavin' · Bein' Green · Blue Skies · Body and Soul · Brazil · Cheek to Cheek · Crazy He Calls Me · Desafinado · Fever · From This Moment On · Girl Talk · God Bless' the Child · Good Morning Heartache · Here's That Rainy Day · How Deep Is the Ocean · I Can't Give You Anything but Love · I Could Write a Book · I Didn't Know What Time It Was · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · I Remember You · I'll Be Seeing You · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I've Heard That Song Before · Imagination · It Could Happen to You · It's Easy to Remember · June in January · Just in Time ·
Easy Jazz Standards   14 superb easy solos including: 'Angel Eyes,' 'No Moon At All,' 'Here's That Rainy Day,' and more.
More Easy Jazz Standards   12 easy solos including: Early Autumn · A Foggy Day · I'm Beginning To See The Light · and more.
The Real Little Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book C Edition The mini version of our popular 9 inch. x 12 inch. fake book, perfect for carrying to gigs or lessons! Over 240 songs, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · Alice in Wonderland · Angel Eyes · Autumn in New York · Autumn Leaves · Bewitched · Blue Skies · Body and Soul · Caravan · Cast Your Fate to the Wind · Cheek to Cheek · Come Rain or Come Shine · Cry Me a River · Desafinado · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) · Georgia on My Mind · God Bless' the Child · I Can't Give You Anything but Love · I Could Write a Book · In a Sentimental Mood · In the Mood · It's Only a Paper Moon · Lazybones · Let's Face the Music and Dance · Lullaby of the Leaves · Lush Life · Mood Indigo · My Funny Valentine · Polka Dots and Moonbeams · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Speak Low · Tangerine · What's New? · You Are Too Beautiful · and more. Features our popular hand-written notation as well as alternate harmonizations which have been prepared by Rob Duboff. Use the original, t
The Real Book - Volume 1 Sixth Edition For All C Instruments The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! Includes 400 songs: All Blues · Au Privave · Autumn Leaves · Black Orpheus · Bluesette · Body and Soul · Bright Size Life · Con Alma · Dolphin
Lee Evans Arranges Jazz Giants   10 great tunes, including: Opus One · In The Mood · Stompin' At The Savoy · The Girl From Ipanema · more.
Lee Evans Arranges Jazz Greats   10 classic melodies, including: God Bless The Child · Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars · Misty · Satin Doll · more.
Jazz Delights Intermediate Level Composer Showcase Enticing original jazz solos from master jazz composer, Bill Boyd! This collection of intermediate-level solos is a sure winner with students of all ages. Written in a variety of styles, each piece highlights a certain mood with striking harmonic color and rhythmic grace. Many great tunes, excellent recital material! 11 Solos: Blue Waltz · Satin Latin · Three for Jazz · A Chording to Charlie · Ballad for Amy · Rock Shock · Latin Logic · Waltz for Amy · Hang Out · In a Latin Mood · Nothin' Could Be Finer Than Minor.
Jazz Fest Intermediate Piano Solo Composer Showcase Another great collection of 10 jazz piano solos by beloved composer Bill Boyd. Like his first book for intermediate students, Jazz Delights, this second solo collection explores a wide variety of jazz styles from blues to swing, in tunes that are sophisticated and yet immediately available to students eager to embrace jazz performance. Bill's original solos lay out essential style elements in a non-threatening way, and provide students with ample opportunity to develop finesse through enticing melodies and subtle harmonies. A delightful collection of pieces, sure to please any age. Keys: full range; Reading: full range of keyboard; syncopation; 2 - 4 page solos; 40 pages.
Jazz Piano 1 - Intermediate   1. Lover, Come Back to Me 2. Secret Love 3. Misty 4. You and the Night and the Music 5. Bye Bye Blackbird 6. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 7. It's Only a Paper Moon 8. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Jazz Piano Trio 2 - Advanced   1. Sometimes I'm Happy 2. What's New 3. Sweet Georgia Brown 4. Alone Together 5. April in Paris 6. I Want to Be Happy
Jazz Piano 1 - Intermediate   Includes 8 songs: Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You're Grand) · Bye Bye Blackbird · Lover, Come Back to Me · Misty · It's a Sin to Tell a Lie · It's Only a Paper Moon · Secret Love · You and the Night and the Music.
Jazz Piano 2 - Intermediate   This intermediate-level book/disk pack includes 8 jazz standards: All of You · How High the Moon · I Love You · I've Got You Under My Skin · The Lady Is a Tramp · My Funny Valentine · On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) · You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To.
Jazz Piano Trio 2 (DOC - XG) Features advanced arrangements of six classics: Alone Together · April in Paris · I Want to Be Happy · Sometimes I'm Happy · Sweet Georgia Brown · What's New?.
Jazz Prelims Five-Finger Piano Solos in Various Jazz Styles HLSPL Composer Showcase Bill Boyd works his usual magic with these simple, yet truly jazzy little solos for the young beginner. Each piece has a catchy title and feels good to play. The jazz flavor Bill creates in each solo is a classic hallmark of his creative genius - easy-to-play pieces that give beginning performers a real taste of jazz style and flair. Various meters, tempos; C Major; alternating hands melodies; fixed position; Reading range: middle of the keyboard range; Treble and bass staff lines and spaces; 12 pieces: Bass Guitar Blues; Bass Guitar Rock; Blues Parade; Follow The Leader; Imitation; Jazz Time; Love Theme For A TV Series; A Minor Effort; Smooth Groove; Take A Rest; Tick Tock The Jazz Clock; Triple Play. Perf. Time: less than 1 minute for each solo.
Exploring Traditional Scales And Chords For Jazz Keyboard By Bill Boyd Scales and chord tones provide the basis for jazz improvisation and fill-ins. This book presents traditional scales and chords within the framework of a chord progression. Charts are included with the scales written in all keys and a list of chords which complement each scale. Over 160 music examples apply the scales and chord tones to jazz chord progressions. The keyboard player will gain new insights into the practical application of scales and chord tones to improvisation.
The Professional Pianist's Fake Book   A fake book compiled specifically for the professional pianist featuring 120 classic jazz standards arranged in fake book/melody line format, with enhanced chord changes done by Lee Evans himself. This unique book also includes a special section on interpreting chord symbols. Song highlights include: A Fine Romance · Ain't Misbehavin' · Amazing Grace · Cabaret · Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? · Falling In Love With Love · Funny Girl · The Girl From Ipanema · It's De-Lovely · Misty · Nice Work If You Can Get It · Stompin' At The Savoy · You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To · and more.
Topics In Jazz And Musical Creativity For The Classical Pianist   A collection of articles written by Lee Evans. Contents: * Understanding Chord Symbols * Jazz Improvisation Part 1 - Easy Melodic Improvisation Techniques Part 2 - Jazz Accompaniment Techniques Part 3 - Chord Improvisation * Jazzing It Up In Style (Guidelines for Keyboard Jazz Performance) * Popular Music In Music Education * Student Compositions (based on the Learn to Compose and Notate Series)
Intermediate Jazz Chord Voicing For Keyboard By Bill Boyd This book is a logical follow-up to An Introduction To Jazz Chord Voicing For Keyboard. It continues to explore contemporary chord voicings and their application to melody and accompaniment playing with a jazz group. All chord voicings and the II V I chord progression are written out in all keys. The appendices from both books combined are virtually an encyclopedia of chord voicings. Chapter assignments require experimentation with actual jazz tunes taken from sheet music or fake books. Practical experiences in comping and solo playing are included.
Jazz Piano Method By Jean Robur Here is a highly original instruction book for beginners. From the start students using this book will learn about theory by studying 'non-classic' styles of music such as pop, rock, latin, jazz, etc. Such an approach is the perfect answer to the growing trend among beginners of all ages to reject traditional approaches to music in favor of quickly learning to play their favorite tunes in their favorite styles of piano.
Jazz Bits (And Pieces) Original Piano Solos in Various Jazz Styles Composer Showcase Early Intermediate Level Bill Boyd's masterful craftsmanship is readily apparent in these 11 pieces. Slightly easier than his intermediate-level books, Jazz Delights and Jazz Fest, this solo collection for the early-intermediate pianist explores a variety of jazz styles from blues to swing. Bill's original solos lay out essential style elements in pieces that fit a developing pianist's technique easily, providing students with ample opportunity to develop finesse through enticing melodies and subtle harmonies. An imaginative collection of pieces, sure to please any age. Keys: full range; Reading: full range of keyboard; syncopation; 2 - 4 page solos; 24 pages.
Jazz Standards   All The Things You Are · Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man · A Foggy Day · God Bless The Child · How High The Moon · Just In Time · Love Is Here To Stay · My Funny Valentine · So Nice · Tuxedo Junction · Watch What Happens.
Think Jazz! A Jazz Piano Method - Early Intermediate Level Bill Boyd, master composer of original jazz for young students, created this thorough, inventive method especially for young students. Teachers and students with little or no prior knowledge of jazz idioms will find this book easy to follow, and will enjoy the great original songs that form the core of this informative book. It's a great introduction to jazz for the early intermediate-level student. Includes units on: Jazz Rhythms & Accompaniments · Basic Improvisation · Ragtime · '50s Rock · Playing from a Fake Book · Blues · Rock and Stride Bass · Boogie Woogie · and more.
Jazz Starters Elementary Level Composer Showcase An outstanding introduction to jazz and blues for beginning students of any age! Bill Boyd's trademark, stunning ability to translate real jazz style into easy, fun solos for the elementary pianist is readily apparent in each and every piece in this collection. These original, easy-to-play jazzy solos, use basic 5-finger patterns, at times shifting up to IV, V and back to the Tonic in a 12-bar blues pattern. Uses rhythms in quarter and half notes, simple meters, and basic keys. 10 Solos: B.B.'s Boogie · Blue Rock · Blues Prelude · Chill Out! · A Little Latin · Minor Is Finer · Rockin' the Boat · Stompin' · Swing-A-Ling.
Jazz Starters II Late Elementary Level Composer Showcase A second collection of great original jazz pieces written in an easy-going, lighthearted style. Easy-to-learn solos in 5-finger positions that shift up and back within a basic blues pattern. Uses eighth notes, swing eighths, simple and 6/8 meters. Short, authentically-styled easy jazz for the late-elementary student. A real favorite for all ages. 11 Solos: Dixieland Jam · Hand-to-Hand Combat · Major Song · Minor Song · Primetime Blues · A Rather Racous Rock · The Rock Exchange · Six Ate Beets · Soft Shoe Shuffle · Sweet Swing · Why Not?
Jazz Starters III Late Elementary Level Composer Showcase More great-sounding jazz solos in a variety of styles from the master of easy jazz, Bill Boyd. This collection builds on the technical and stylistic foundation of Jazz Starters II. The original solos in this book are a bit more sophisticated, yet still easily learned, providing late-elementary students of all ages many hours of delightful fun! 12 Solos: Back Porch Swing · Boogie Rock · The Dixieland Tuba · Hickory Dickory Rock · Jazz Theme and Variation · Minor Blue · Ragtime Waltz · Too Blue · Too Cool to Fool · Two-Four-Six-Eight · Woogie Boogie.
The Aspiring Jazz Pianist CD/Pkg   by Debbie Denke There is no joy like that of expressing yourself through musical improvisation. This book/CD pack will show you how to arrange and improvise to popular and jazz tunes in your own style, using a clear, step-by-step method developed over many years by successful jazz pianist and teacher Debbie Denke. It can be used for personal instruction or as a classroom text. The CD features both solo piano demonstrations and bass and drum accompaniments that let you practice playing with a rhythm section.
Jazz Chord Progressions   by Bill Boyd This book contains the chord progressions found in most jazz standards. Each progression is written with chord voicings which are indigenous to the style. The book is divided into two sections. The first section uses chord voicings with the root as the bottom note. This voicing is appropriate when playing with a jazz group where there is no bass player. Chord voicings with the third or seventh of the chord as the bottom note are the basis for section two. This voicing is useful when a bass player is present to provide the root movement. The same progressions appear in both sections. The study of this material will help prepare the player for fake book reading and comping with a group.
Jazz Piano Concepts & Techniques   This book provides a step-by-step approach to learning basic piano realizations of jazz and pop tunes from lead sheets. Systems for voicing chords are presented from the most elementary to the advanced along with methods for practicing each system. Both the non-jazz and the advanced jazz player will benefit from the focus on: chords, chord voicings, harmony, melody and accompaniment, and styles.
Accompanying the Jazz/Pop Vocalist A Practical Guide for Pianists The relationship between singer and accompanist is not always an easy one, but when it clicks, it's highly rewarding for both parties - and the audience. In this book/CD pack, author and pianist Gene Rizzo reveals the secrets to getting on a singer's accompanist A list, covering topics including: exploring song forms, intros and endings, writing a lead sheet, accompanying different vocal styles, descriptive accompaniment, tempo rubato, transposition and more. The book includes two complete songs, and the CD contains both full-version tracks and tracks with the piano part deleted for play-along practice. Appropriate for both solo piano accompanists and players who are part of a combo.
Jazz Piano - Level 1 The Complete Method Level 1 What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provides the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, gospel, ragtime, free jazz and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches and l
Jazz Piano - Level 2 Level 2 What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches an
Jazz Piano - Level 3 Level 3 What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches an
Jazz Piano - Level 4 Level 4 What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches an
Jazz Piano - Level 5 Level 5 What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches an
Jazz Piano from Scratch A How-To Guide for Students and Teachers Jazz Piano from Scratch is a complete step-by-step guide to playing jazz with confidence and style. Designed for the absolute beginner, it breaks down the process into simple yet fun activities, with many musical examples to illustrate the points made. The accompanying CD provides examples, activities and some great trio playing to use as a backdrop to the student's own work. Together with a range of other supporting materials - pieces, scales, quick studies, aural tests and more - this book/CD pack provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz.
Bebop Jazz Piano Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series In this book in the Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series, author John Valerio provides essential, detailed information for bebop and jazz pianists on the following topics: chords and voicings, harmony and chord progressions, scales and tonality, common melodic figures and patterns, comping, characteristic tunes, the styles of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and much more. The accompanying CD features many of the examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band. Also included are combo performances of five of the tunes featured at the end of the book.
Lee Evans Arranges Holiday Jazz   Features 11 jazzy Christmas tunes arranged at the intermediate level in Lee Evans' inimitable style. Includes: Caroling, Caroling · The Christmas Song · The Christmas Waltz · Feliz Navidad · Frosty the Snow Man · (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays · I'll Be Home for Christmas · Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! · A Marshmallow World · My Favorite Things · Silver Bells.
Christmas Jazz   Exciting new arrangements of over 10 songs, including: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day · Jingle Bells · Jolly Old St. Nicholas · O Christmas Tree · Silent Night · Up on the Housetop · and more.
The Best of Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solo 20 pieces from this popular jazz composer, including titles featured in the Tony Award-winning musical Jelly's Last Jam. Includes: Billy Goat Stomp · Jelly Roll Blues · London Blues · Queen of Spades · Shreveport Stomp · and more.
Jazz Favorites   15 songs, including: April In Paris · Body And Soul · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Have You Met Miss Jones? · My Favorite Things · A Night In Tunisia · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady · and more.
Jazz Standards   15 all-time favorite songs, including: All The Things You Are * Bluesette * I'll Remember April * Mood Indigo * Satin Doll * and more.
Duke Ellington   26 piano solo arrangements of Ellington classics, including: Caravan · The Creole Love Call · Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · I'm Beginning to See the Light · In a Sentimental Mood · The Mooch · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Satin Doll · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady · Take the A Train · and more.
Jazz Classics Piano Solo   16 great arrangements, featuring: Bluesette · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · The Girl From Ipanema · It's The Talk Of The Tow n· Lush Life · Route 66 · Star Dust · Take The 'A' Train · and more.
Duke Ellington - Jazz Piano   17 classic tunes in authentic Ellington style. New piano solo arrangements by Stephen Duro based on the original big band recordings, complete with chord symbols. Songs include: Caravan · In a Sentimental Mood · Prelude to a Kiss · Satin Doll · Take the A Train · and more.
Oscar Peterson Note-for-Note Transcriptions of Classic Recordings! This fabulous book/CD pack features transcriptions of 18 piano solos by the legendary Oscar Peterson, taken directly from the original recordings. The solos are divided into two groups: eight Oscar Peterson Classic Originals (Chicago Blues · Hymn to Freedom · Nightingale · Night Time · and more) and ten selections in Oscar Peterson Plays the Blues (Blues Etude · Greasy Blues · Oscar's Boogie · R.B. Blues · Ron's Blues · and more). Includes an intro by the editor complete with performance notes, a welcome letter from Oscar Peterson, and great photos, with Oscar's captions, throughout. The CD contains performances of each transcription played by gifted jazz pianist Miles Black.
Snap to It! Showcase Solos This jazzy solo is sure to bring a smile to your student's face. The piece begins with a solo bass line accompanied by finger snaps in the R.H. The a minor key signature gives this solo a bit of a cool jazz character. Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Level 4 (Early Intermediate); Tempo: Sneaky; facility with scale passages and good rhythmic timing needed for performance; syncopation.
Christmas Jazz Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Composer Showcase Intermediate Level Spice up your Christmas party or seasonal recital with these jazz-inspired arrangements of familiar carols. Superb fare for both teenage and adult pianists. 6 solos: Away in a Manger · Deck the Hall · It Came Upon the Midnight Clear · Jingle Bells · Silent Night · We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Listen Here Songs by Dave Frishberg   A collection of 28 songs from this jazz pianist, composer and entertainer. Includes: Blizzard of Lies · Listen Here · Quality Time · My Attorney, Bernie · My Swan Song · Peel Me a Grape · Van Lingle Mungo · You Are There · Zoot Walks In · and more.
The Beatles For Jazz Piano   11 classic Beatles songs specially arranged in jazz-style for piano solo...complete with guitar chord symbols. Songs include: All My Loving · And I Love Her · The Fool on the Hill · Here, There and Everywhere · Michelle · Yesterday · and more.
The Louis Prima Songbook   15 of this legendary bandleader's best, featuring his huge hit Jump, Jive an' Wail, which has become the unofficial anthem of the 1990s swing revival. Also includes: Baby, Won't You Please Come Home · I've Got the World on a String · I've Got You Under My Skin · Just a Gigolo · Pennies from Heaven · Sing, Sing, Sing · That Old Black Magic · and more.
Miles Davis   New piano solo arrangements of 17 classic tunes by the great Miles Davis: All Blues · Blue in Green · Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) · Dig · Flamenco Sketches · Four · Freddie Freeloader · Half Nelson · Miles · Milestones · Nardis · Seven Steps to Heaven · So What · Solar · Somethin' Else · The Theme · Tune Up.
Jazz Blues Jazz Piano Solos Series This collection presents 17 jazz-blues classics served up for solo piano. Artist represented include Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and other greats. Songs: All Blues · Au Privave · Birk's Works · Blue Monk · Blues in the Closet · C-Jam Blues · Freddie Freeloader · Mr. P.C. · Now's the Time · Straight No Chaser · Tenor Madness · Things Ain't What They Used to Be · and more.
The Best of Diana Krall   Vocalist and pianist Diana Krall has earned much praise as a jazz artist, and has also enjoyed great crossover success; in addition to winning the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, her breakthrough record When I Look in Your Eyes was the first jazz album in 25 years to be nominated for Album of the Year! We are elated to present the first songbook ever featuring Diana Krall's music! It includes P/V/G arrangements of 25 beloved standards: All or Nothing at All · Body and Soul · Cry Me a River · Let's Get Lost · Peel Me a Grape · Straighten Up and Fly Right · This Can't Be Love · and more!
Diana Krall - Live in Paris   All 12 tunes from Diana's lauded live release, featuring great American standards by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen and George & Ira Gershwin, as well as songs from Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell and others! Includes: A Case of You · 'Deed I Do · Devil May Care · East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) · Fly Me to the Moon · I Love Being Here with You · I've Got You Under My Skin · Just the Way You Are · Let's Fall in Love · The Look of Love · Maybe You'll Be There · 'S Wonderful.
Sarah Vaughan - Original Keys for Singers   The All Music Guide calls Vaughan one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century. This collection gathers 25 of her classics arranged in her original keys so today's singers can try and match her performances. Songs include: Black Coffee · But Not for Me · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Darn That Dream · East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) · If You Could See Me Now · It Might As Well Be Spring · Lullaby of Birdland · The Man I Love · My Funny Valentine · The Nearness of You · A Night in Tunisia · Perdido · September Song · Tenderly · and more.
Best of Jane Monheit   Perfect-pitched songstress Jane Monheit burst onto the scene in the 1998 Thelonious Monk Competition, and has since emerged as an international jazz sensation. Her first album (named Best Recording Debut by the Jazz Journalists Association) spent over a year on Billboard's Top Ten Jazz Albums chart, her follow-up debuted at #1, and her third has garnered rave reviews. This superb collection features a biography, great full-page photos, and a dozen delightful tunes: Cheek to Cheek · Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) · Detour Ahead · Haunted Heart · Hit the Road to Dreamland · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · I'm Thru with Love · It Never Entered My Mind · Never Let Me Go · Never Never Land · Once I Walked in the Sun · Something to Live For.
Jamie Cullum - Twenty-Something   Matching folio to the album from the British piano-playing vocalist sensation who mixes jazz and modern pop into his own unique blend. 14 songs, including: Blame It on My Youth · But for Now · I Could Have Danced All Night · I Get a Kick Out of You · Lover, You Should've Come Over · These Are the Days · Twentysomething · What a Diff'rence a Day Made · The Wind Cries Mary · and more.
Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room   All 12 songs from the album by this smooth-singing jazz songstress, including the title track and: Stop This World · Temptation · Almost Blue · I've Changed My Address · Love Me Like a Man · I'm Pulling Through · Black Crow · Narrow Daylight · Abandoned Masquerade · I'm Coming Through · Departure Bay.
Abbey Lincoln Songbook   This compilation pays tribute to this jazz great's long and prosperous career, featuring songs from her albums Devil's Got Your Tongue, You Gotta Pay The Band, and more. Features an introduction and songs such as: Bird Alone · People In Me · When I'm Called Home · The World Is Falling Down · You Gotta Pay The Band · and more. 20 songs in all.
Jazz Favorites Big Note   25 easy jazz standards, including: After You've Gone · Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Bluesette · Here's That Rainy Day · It Might As Well Be Spring · Misty · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes · When Sunny Gets Blue · and more.
Jazz Standards from great songwriters   Features 12 songs by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rodgers, including: All the Things You Are · Bali Ha'i · Blue Skies · Cheek to Cheek · A Fine Romance · My Favorite Things · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes · Yesterdays · more.
Jazz Piano Solos   by Jack Reilly 10 wonderful arrangements, including: Body And Soul * Here's The Rainy Day * I Can't Get Started With You * I Concentrate On You * I Could Write A Book * Tenderly * and more. Also includes three original solos.
Jazz Gems   Terrific collection of 15 of the most well-known classic jazz songs arranged in a piano solo format. Arrangements are written for the intermediate player. Songs include 'Take Five,' 'What's New,' 'The Lady Is A Tramp' and others. A great collection for the jazz piano player.
Jazz Love Songs   41 romantic ballads, including: All the Things You Are · Easy to Love · How Deep Is the Ocean · I Don't Want to Walk Without You · I've Got You Under My Skin · Isn't It Romantic? · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes · There's A Small Hotel · Unchained Melody · and more.
Classic Jazz Standards 56 Jazz Essentials Terrific collection of 56 of the most well-known classic jazz songs arranged in a pvg format. Arrangements range from intermediate to advanced. Songs include: 'Take Five,' 'Midnight Sun', 'What Diff'rence a Day Made,' and others. A great collection for the jazz piano player.
Easy Jazz Standards   Over 30 easy arrangements, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · Bewitched · Cry Me a River · How High the Moon · I Could Write a Book · I'll Remember April · I've Got You Under My Skin · In the Mood · Moonglow · My Funny Valentine · Old Devil Moon · People · The Surrey with the Fringe on Top · and more.
Choice Jazz Standards   29 easy arrangements, including: Angel Eyes · Autumn in New York · Caravan · Cheek to Cheek · On a Slow Boat to China · Take the 'A' Train · The Way You Look Tonight · What's New? · and more.
Jazz Standards for Piano   Jazz Standards for Piano Solo is arranged by Tom Coppola, who has toured with the likes of Peggy Lee and Marvin Gaye, recorded with Herbie Mann and Paul Simon, and wrote, arranged and produced music for Saturday Night Live from 1984-1990.
Jazz Piano Sampler   JAZZ PIANO SAMPLER features original compositions by Dick Hyman, Dave Brubeck, Eubie Blake and more! There are 8 original pieces in all by 8 different composers.
Big Book of Swing   Over 80 swingin' favorites: Air Mail Special · Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar · Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) · Five Guys Named Moe · I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm · In the Mood · Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Mood Indigo · On the Sunny Side of the Street · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Take the A Train · Tuxedo Junction · You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You · and more.
Favorite Jazz Standards   Includes 30 timeless tunes: Alice in Wonderland · Fever · God Bless' the Child · Here's That Rainy Day · I've Got You Under My Skin · The Lady Is A Tramp · Lazy River · Love Me or Leave Me · Makin' Whoopee! · Satin Doll · Skylark · Stormy Weather · Tenderly · more.
Jazz Romance   Easy arrangements of 29 romantic standards: Autumn in New York · Blue Skies · Cheek to Cheek · Georgia on My Mind · Just One More Chance · Love Is Just Around the Corner · My Romance · The Way You Look Tonight · When I Fall in Love · more.
Jazz Favorites   Features easy piano arrangements of 46 great standards: April in Paris · Caravan · Cheek to Cheek · Fever · How Deep Is the Ocean · I'll Remember April · Lazybones · Misty · Mona Lisa · Satin Doll · Stella by Starlight · Tangerine · Yesterdays · You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To · more.
Broadway Jazz   18 favorites in big-note notation: Ain't Misbehavin' * All the Things You Are * Come Rain or Come Shin * How High the Moon * I Love Paris * It's De-Lovely * Old Devil Moon * On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) * This Can't Be Love * more. Also tells which show each song is from.
Dixieland   Includes 24 Dixie delights: After You've Gone · Alexander's Ragtime Band · Basin Street Blues · Dinah · Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans · Kansas City Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Mississippi Mud · St. Louis Blues · more!
Jazz Standards from Broadway   30 jazz favorites: All the Things You Are · Bewitched · Come Rain or Come Shine · If I Were a Bell · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Makin' Whoopee! · Mood Indigo · My Funny Valentine · Old Devil Moon · Satin Doll · Small World · Sophisticated Lady · more.
Broadway Jazz Standards   34 super songs from the stage: All the Things You Are · Bewitched · Come Rain or Come Shine · I Could Write a Book · Just in Time · The Lady Is a Tramp · Mood Indigo · My Funny Valentine · Old Devil Moon · Satin Doll · Small World · more.
Jazz Standards from the Movies   24 jazzy big-screen favorites: Call Me Irresponsible · The Glory of Love · It Might as Well Be Spring · It's Only a Paper Moon · Long Ago (And Far Away) · Moon River · Stormy Weather · Tangerine · The Way You Look Tonight · more.
Jump Swing Fever   Features 21 beboppin', heart-stoppin' swingers, such as: Bandstand Boogie · Brazil · Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop · In the Mood · Opus One · Take the A Train · Zoot Suit Riot · more!
Jump, Jive, Wail & Swing   47 swingin' hits: Bandstand Boogie · Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy · In the Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Java Jive · Jump, Jive an' Wail · Rag Mop · Satin Doll · Steppin' Out with My Baby · Stompin' at the Savoy · Take the A Train · Zoot Suit Riot · more!
The Lighter Side of Jazz   Piano solo arrangements of 24 of the most-requested jazz tunes of all time: Desafinado · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · How Insensitive · I'm Beginning to See the Light · Satin Doll · Take Five · Take the A Train · more.
Jazz at Christmas   Elegant jazz arrangements of 14 traditional carols, including: Deck the Hall · The First Noel · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · Good King Wenceslas · The Holly and the Ivy · It Came upon the Midnight Clear · We Three Kings of Orient Are · more.
Early Jazz Classics   Seven songs: Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home · The Entertainer · Indiana · Rock-A-Bye Your Baby · St. Louis Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · When the Saint Go Marching In.
Jump, Jive an' Wail & 20 Other Hot Swingin' Tunes   This hip collection features easy arrangements of 21 swing favorites: Alright, Okay, You Win · Bandstand Boogie · Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line · Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) · In the Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Java Jive · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Take the A Train · Zoot Suit Riot · more!
Jazz Vocal Standards Transcriptions of Landmark Arrangements This outstanding collection assembles and transcribes for piano and voice 18 of the finest recordings in the world of singing. Featured are such legends as: Louis Armstrong (Ain't Misbehavin'), Ray Charles (Georgia on My Mind), Nat King Cole (Route 66), Blossom Dearie (Peel Me a Grape), Ella Fitzgerald (Midnight Sun), Billie Holiday (Crazy He Calls Me), Shirley Horn (Wild Is the Wind), Frank Sinatra (I've Got You Under My Skin), Sarah Vaughan (An Occasional Man), and many more. Includes a discography, and notes on each selection.
The 20th Century: Jazz Standards   72 jazz standards that set the tone for the 20th century, including: All or Nothing at All · Autumn in New York · Body and Soul · Brazil · Caravan · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Harlem Nocturne · How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · In the Mood · It Had to Be You · Manhattan · Misty · Route 66 · Satin Doll · Skylark · Slightly Out of Tune (Desafinado) · Star Dust · Stella by Starlight · Take the A Train · and more!
Bebop Jazz   18 classics from jazz masters of the '40s and '50s, such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Tunes include: Anthropology · Au Privave · Billie's Bounce · Doxy · Half Nelson · In Walked Bud · Lady Bird · Lemon Drop · Manteca · Oleo · Ruby, My Dear · Well You Needn't · Woodyn' You · and more.
Cool Jazz   18 tunes from the '50s and '60s jazz cats who invented cool, including: All Blues (Miles Davis, George Benson) · A Ballad (Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz) · Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz) · Django (Modern Jazz Quartet, Vince Guaraldi) · Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk) · Killer Joe (Art Farmer, Benny Golson) · Nardis (Bill Evans, Joe Henderson) · So What (Miles Davis, Chet Baker) · Take Five (Dave Brubeck, George Benson) · and more.
Hard Bop   16 jazz classics from the '50s and '60s, including: Airegin (Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis) · The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith) · Giant Steps (John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan) · I Remember Clifford (Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie) · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderley, Joe Zawinul) · Song for My Father (Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver) · This Here (Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderly) · and more.
Memorable Jazz Standards   24 elegant favorites in innovative arrangements for solo piano: Autumn in New York · Autumn Leaves · Body and Soul · Cheek to Cheek · Have You Met Miss Jones? · How Deep Is the Ocean · Isn't It Romantic? · It Might as Well Be Spring · Like Someone in Love · My Funny Valentine · The Nearness of You · Satin Doll · Stella by Starlight · The Very Thought of You · When I Fall in Love · more.
Pop Goes Jazz 13 Stylish Arrangements by Jazz Pianist/Arranger Earl Rose This collection features 13 stylish arrangements of standards, pop songs and Disney hits by Emmy Award-winning pianist and composer Earl Rose. Includes: Autumn Light · Beauty and the Beast · Bella Notte (This Is the Night) · Can You Feel the Love Tonight · A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes · Go the Distance · I Got the Sun in the Morning · I've Never Been in Love Before · Just the Way You Are · Stella by Starlight · They Say It's Wonderful · Under the Sea · Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.
Smooth Jazz   16 contemporary favorites: Bali Run (Fourplay) · Cast Your Fate to the Wind (David Benoit) · Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington, Jr.) · Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra) · Mountain Dance (Dave Grusin) · Rio De Janeiro Blue (Randy Crawford) · She Likes to Watch (Rippingtons) · Songbird (Kenny G) · This Masquerade (George Benson) · We're in This Love Together (Al Jarreau) · and more.
Jingle Jazz   This excellent collection features 17 Christmas standards arranged with a touch of cool by Phillip Keveren. Includes: Caroling, Caroling · The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) · (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays · I'll Be Home for Christmas · Jingle Bells · Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! · Merry Christmas, Darling · The Most Wonderful Time of the Year · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · Silver Bells · We Wish You a Merry Christmas · and more.
Jazz Standards Budget Books A jam-packed value-priced collection of over 80 jazz classics for only $12.95! Includes: Alfie · Alright, Okay, You Win · Always in My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon) · Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Blue Skies · Body and Soul · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Fever · Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) · Good Morning Heartache · Harlem Nocturne · I'll Be Seeing You · In the Mood · Isn't It Romantic? · Lazy Afternoon · Lover · Manhattan · Mona Lisa · Stella by Starlight · When Sunny Gets Blue · and more.
Jazz Classics 50 Favorites from the Bebop Era and Beyond This piano solo collection gathers 50 influential jazz favorites, including: Airegin · All Blues · Au Privave · Blue Bossa · Blue in Green · Confirmation · Dat Dere · Doxy · Epistrophy · Footprints · Freddie Freeloader · Giant Steps · In Walked Bud · Israel · Killer Joe · Manteca · Nardis · Ornithology · 'Round Midnight · St. Thomas · Scrapple from the Apple · Sidewinder · Song for My Father · Take Five · Waltz for Debby · Well You Needn't · Woodyn' You · and more.
The Path to Jazz Improvisation More Than 30 Lessons for All Instrumentalists This fascinating jazz instruction book for all instrumentalists offers an innovative, scholarly approach to the art of improvisation. It includes in-depth analysis and lessons about: cycle of fifths; diatonic cycle; overtone series; pentatonic scale; harmonic minor scale; melodic minor scale; polytonal order of keys (P.O.O.K.); blues and bebop scales; Ionian, Dorian and other modes; Byzantine and Arabian scales; and much more! A must for all musicians who want to hone their improv chops.
Jazz Piano Voicings An Essential Resource for Aspiring Jazz Musicians The jazz idiom can often appear mysterious and difficult for musicians who were trained to play other types of music. Long-time performer and educator Rob Mullins helps players enter the jazz world by providing voicings that will help the player develop skills in the jazz genre and start sounding professional right away - without years of study! Includes a Numeric Voicing Chart, chord indexes in all 12 keys, info about what range of the instrument you can play chords in, and a beginning approach to bass lines.
Great Jazz Standards Easy Piano CD Play-Along Volume 1 Each volume in the Easy Piano CD Play-Along series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements, and includes matching custom arrangements in easy piano format. With these book/CD packs you can: · Play the easy piano arrangements along with the orchestrations · Play the easy piano arrangements as solos, without the CD · Listen to complete performances of each song · Sing along with the recordings This pack features 10 beloved jazz tunes: Bewitched · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · How Deep Is the Ocean · I'm Beginning to See the Light · It Might as Well Be Spring · My Funny Valentine · Satin Doll · Stardust · That Old Black Magic.
Jazz Note-for-Note Keyboard Transcriptions Authentic note-for-note transcriptions of 25 jazz favorites: Ain't Misbehavin' · April in Paris · Autumn in New York · Autumn Leaves · Body and Soul · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Darn That Dream · Freddie Freeloader · Giant Steps · My Foolish Heart · My Funny Valentine · Satin Doll · Song for My Father · Stella by Starlight · and more.
A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano Improvisation   This keyboard instruction book is designed for the person who was trained classically but wants to expand into the very exciting - yet very different - world of jazz improvisation. Author Dominic Alldis provides clear explanations and musical examples of: pentatonic improvisation; the blues; rock piano; rhythmic placement; scale theory; major, minor and pentatonic scale theory applications; melodic syntax; the language of bebop; left-hand accompaniment; walking bass lines; thematic development; performance tips; and more. Also available by Dominic Alldis: A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano - Exploring Harmony 00220017/$19.95
Jazz Saxophone (Saxophone) An In-Depth Look at the Styles of the Tenor Masters This book/CD pack is solely devoted to providing you with a complete overview of the techniques and styles popularized by the greatest jazz tenor saxophonists of all time. All the best are here: from the cool bebop excursions of Dexter Gordon, to the stellar musings of John Coltrane, with more than a dozen master players examined in between. Includes lessons, music, historical analysis and rare photos, plus a CD with 16 full-band tracks!
Smooth Jazz   Easy arrangements of 18 terrific songs by such primary proponents of the smooth jazz genre as Fourplay, Chuck Mangione, Kenny G, Grover Washington, Jr., Spyro Gyra, David Sanborn, Al Jarreau, The Rippingtons, and others. Includes: Bali Run · Just the Two of Us · Morning Dance · She Likes to Watch · Songbird · This Masquerade · We're in This Love Together · more.
More of the Best Jazz Standards Ever   By popular demand, we've created a second volume of 74 more beloved jazz hits, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · Autumn Leaves · Blue in Green · Blue Skies · Cherokee · Come Fly with Me · Come Rain or Come Shine · Easy Living · The Girl from Ipanema · Harlem Nocturne · Honeysuckle Rose · The Lady Is a Tramp · Moon River · My Favorite Things · My Funny Valentine · Old Devil Moon · Sentimental Journey · Speak Low · Tenderly · There's a Small Hotel · When I Fall in Love · and more.
Jazz Piano An In-Depth Look at the Styles of the Masters Featuring lessons, music, historical analysis and rare photos, this book/CD pack provides a complete overview of the techniques and styles popularized by 15 of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. All the best are here: from the early ragtime stylings of Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton, to the modal escapades of Bill Evans, through the '70s jazz funk of Herbie Hancock. CD contains 15 full-band tracks.
Jazz Standards   Solo arrangements of 8 fantastic standards, playable by beginners. Includes: Body and Soul · Falling in Love with Love · Georgia on My Mind · The Girl from Ipanema · Misty · My One and Only Love · Satin Doll · When I Fall in Love.
Jazz Ballads Piano Play-Along Volume 2 Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections, piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight songs each, the books feature new engravings, with a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening, and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality, sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. Each book/CD pack features cream-of-the-crop songs of the genre, and retails for the bargain price of only $12.95! Volume 2 includes: Autumn in New York · Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans · Georgia on My Mind · In a Sentimental Mood · More Than You Know · The Nearness of You · The Very Thought of You · When Sunny Gets Blue.
Classical Jazz 15 Masterworks in Jazz Style Phillip Keveren puts a jazz spin on his solo arrangements of 15 beloved classical themes, including: Adagio Cantabile · Air on the G String · Eine Kleine Nachtmusik · Emperor Waltz · Lullaby · Minuet in G · Romeo and Juliet · Scheherazade · and more.
The Best Jazz Standards Ever   Easy arrangements of 71 favorites: Ain't Misbehavin' · Autumn Leaves · Body and Soul · Come Rain or Come Shine · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · The Girl from Ipanema · How Deep Is the Ocean · I'll Remember April · It's Only a Paper Moon · The Lady Is a Tramp · Lullaby of Birdland · Misty · My Funny Valentine · The Nearness of You · Satin Doll · Some Enchanted Evening · Stardust · Stormy Weather · The Very Thought of You · more.
The Diatonic Cycle Essential Exercises for All Jazz, Traditional and Contemporary Musicians Renowned jazz educators Emile and Laura De Cosmo provide more than 300 exercises to help improvisors tackle one of music's most common progressions: the diatonic cycle. This book is guaranteed to refine technique, enhance improvisational fluency, and improve sight-reading!
Jazz Standards Easy Piano Budget Books 84 of the best standards ever: Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Body and Soul · Cry Me a River · Fly Me to the Moon · I Could Write a Book · I'll Be Seeing You · In the Mood · My Romance · Skylark · Tangerine · The Way You Look Tonight · more!
Volume 18. Jazz Standards Piano Play-Along Vol. 18 Play 8 of your favorite songs with sound-alike CD tracks. Each volume in this series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each - a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist! The music even includes a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so you or your friends can also sing or strum along! Songs: All the Things You Are · Bluesette · Easy Living · I'll Remember April · Isn't It Romantic? · Stella by Starlight · Tangerine · Yesterdays.
Top Jazz Standards   42 titles, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · East Of The Sun · A Foggy Day · Just In Time · The Lady Is A Tramp · My Funny Valentine · Nice Work If You Can Get It · A String Of Pearls.
The Big Book of Jazz   75 of the world's greatest jazz classics, including: Autumn Leaves · Bewitched · Birdland · Cherokee · A Fine Romance · Flying Home · Have You Met Miss Jones · Honeysuckle Rose · How High The Moon · (I Can Recall) Spain · I've Got You Under My Skin · Jelly Roll Blues · Lullaby Of Birdland · Morning Dance · A Night In Tunisia · A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square · Route 66 · Take The 'A' Train · and more.
Broadway Jazz   Over 30 Broadway hits that have become standard jazz repertoire, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · From This Moment On · How High the Moon · I Love Paris · It's De-Lovely · The Lady Is a Tramp · My Favorite Things · My Funny Valentine · Nice Work If You Can Get It · What Kind of Fool Am I? · and many more.
The Definitive Dixieland Collection   Over 70 Dixieland classics, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · Alexander's Ragtime Band · Basin Street Blues · Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? · Dinah · Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? · I Ain't Got Nobody · King Porter Stomp · Shreveport Stomp · When the Saints Go Marching In · and more.
The Best Jazz Standards Ever, 3rd Edition   77 of the best jazz hits of all time: All of Me · All the Things You Are · Autumn in New York · Bewitched · Call Me Irresponsible · Georgia on My Mind · Lover Man · Misty · My Romance · The Nearness of You · Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars · Tangerine · Unforgettable · The Very Thought of You · The Way You Look Tonight · more.
Jazz Ballads   Over 40 sentimental favorites, including: Autumn In New York · Bewitched · Body And Soul · Misty · Mood Indigo · Moonlight In Vermont · My Funny Valentine · A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square · Stormy Weather · When I Fall In Love · and more.
Billie Holiday Anthology Lady Day Had a Right to Sing the Blues A great collection of 43 favorites, complete with a bio by renowned critic Leonard Feather and photos of the incomparable Lady Day. Songs include: Ain't Misbehavin' · All of Me · Baby, Won't You Please Come Home · The Birth of the Blues · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans · I Can't Give You Anything but Love · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · It Had to Be You · Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out · St. Louis Blues · Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) · Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do · and more.
21 Bebop Exercises For Vocalists and Instrumentalists This book/CD pack by noted arranger and composer Steve Rawlins is both a warm-up collection and a manual for bebop phrasing. Its tasty and sophisticated exercises are designed for both vocalists and instrumentalists interested in further developing their proficiency with jazz interpretation. It concentrates on practice in all twelve keys - moving higher by half-step - to help develop dexterity and range. The companion CD includes all of the exercises in 12 keys.
The Jobim Collection   Easy piano arrangements of 12 beloved Brazilian classics: Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) · Dindi · The Girl from Ipanema (Garõta De Ipanema) · How Insensitive (Insensatez) · If You Never Come to Me (Inutil Paisagem) · Meditation (Meditacão) · Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) · One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) · Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) · Slightly out of Tune (Desafinado) · Triste · Wave.
The Gerry Mulligan Workshop Video   Legendary composer/arranger/baritone and soprano saxophonist Gerry Mulligan presents a jazz master class in this video presentation. He discusses the musicians and big bands who influenced him, the Birth of the Cool ensemble, his groundbreaking piano-less quartet and Concert Jazz Band, and his candid views on the music scene today. He also discusses and demonstrates his ideas on improvisation. As an added bonus, there are two previously unavailable performances of Mulligan in concert: one with his quartet and another with his Concert Jazz Band.
The Ladies Sing the Blues   Ladies Sing the Blues features sixteen complete performances by great American jazz & blues divas like Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan.
Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Chicago VHS Video Dizzy Gillespie is a living legend who is considered by many to be the most influential trumpeter in the world. This exciting video begins with Dizzy's band in rehearsal and culminates in a dynamic live concert performance. Dizzy shows and tells of the magic moment in 1942 when he composed this anthem of the bebop era, introducing Afro-Cuban rhythms to the mainstream of American jazz and breaking new musical ground. 53 minutes.
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar Two-Video Set Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar is a music documentary that traces the history of this piano legend from his early days as Montreal's teenage boogie-woogie sensation through his rise to international celebrity. Highlights include 'Caravan', 'Tenderly', 'Nigerian Marketplace' and more!
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute   Direct from Brazil in his last recorded performance, Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) is joined by an international delegation of jazz giants to recreate his classic melodies in a beautiful, concert-length thank you. With over 400 songs to his credit, including the unforgettable The Girl from Ipanema, Jobim virtually single-handedly brought the world to bossa nova. Adapting the percussive excitement of the samba to the intimacy of the guitar while echoing the melodies and harmonies of cool jazz, Jobim's new sound quickly became a staple ingredient in the jazz cookbook, earning Jobim an induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1991. Includes: Once I Loved · O Grande Amor · No More Blues · Wave · The Girl from Ipanema · and more. 60 minutes.
Cobham Meets Bellson VHS Video Billy Cobham and Louie Bellson, two all-star drummers have a drummer's conversation in this 36 min. video from VIEW. The Louie Bellson Big Band play swinging melodic riffs while the two performers face each other and alternate in virtuosity, using all tones from whispering to fortissimo.
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane! VHS Video Dazzling pyrotechnics and stellar musicianship from Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Billy Cobham on drums. Live from Switzerland, this state-of-the-art, 7-camera production includes Eye of the Hurricane, Willow Weep For Me and Dolphin Dance. Three masters explore their roots and capture the full spectrum of the art of jazz. 60 minutes.
Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil VHS Video Four of the world's most respected musicians, together for the first time in a night of scintillating jazz. Recorded live in 1990, they perform a classic My Funny Valentine and original works created especially for this event. Contains rare rehearsal sessions and illuminating interviews. Digitally recorded and mastered. 60 minutes.
Joe Williams with George Shearing: A Song is Born VHS Video 'joe williams with george shearing: a song is born' combines two jazz legends on one video. joe williams, the impeccable vocalist portrays his talent in a way that will make you understand why he is referred to as a singer's singer and grammy winner.
Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian VHS Video 'Solo Flight - The Genius of Charlie Christian' traces the life and music of one of the great sculptors of jazz. from his childhood to his days as a member of the Benny Goodman sextet,'Solo Flight' includes historical facts as well as interviews from the people who knew him best.
Phil Woods in Concert: With Joe Sudler's Swing Machine VHS Video Remarkable unity in a perfect matcha truly world-class saxo-phonist and a great orchestra. Whether Woods is laughing (as in Groovin' High), crying (Body and Soul), or singing the blues (Blues in Extacy), the Swing Machine, which boasts great soloists of its own, underscores his every move. It's a barn-burning, emotionally-charged performance. 67 minutes.
Elvin Jones: Jazz Machine VHS Video 'elvin jones, jazz machine' portrays the talent of this famous jazz percussionist in a full color, 58 minute concert.
Gil Evans and His Orchestra VHS Video This Video concert performance was filmed in Switerland. The combination of jazz legend Gil Evans with a star-studded big band result in a performance of rare quality and historical interest.
Airto & Flora Purim - The Latin Jazz All-Stars VHS Video This Video concert performance was recorded live in 1985 at the Queen Mary Jazz Festival. It is truely a foot-tapping experience as the viewer sees and hears the sounds of percussionist Airto and his wife/vocalist Flora Purim, two of Latin America's Jazz All-Stars.
George Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland VHS Video Finally, see this legendary jazz pianist in his only full-length video concert performance. This award winning video was filmed in 1991 with state-of-the-art digital audio and video equipment at the beautiful Paul Masson Winery.
Dave Holland Quintet - Vortex VHS Video This Video concert features the Dave Holland Quintet at the peak of musical maturity. The performances merge passion and logic, spontaneity and group interplay, and sparkling clarity. Features 'Vortex', 'Homecoming', and 'Wiguts Waits for Weights'.
Modern Jazz Quartet - 40 Years of MJQ VHS Video In this Video Performance by the Modern Jazz Quartet, you'll hear and see the band's love for Classic Jazz combined with European Music reflected in gems like 'Three Windows - Medley from No Sun In Venice'. This was filmed on MJQ's 40th Anniversary tour.
Through the Hands of David Lanz   Let one of contemporary instrumental music's leading pianists show you the essentials of playing piano. David Lanz reveals his versatile style through discussions, demonstrations and performances of his beloved melodies.
50 Licks Jazz Style   Learn licks, turnarounds, bebop lines and more! Bruce demonstrates the essential licks for the chords and progressions common to jazz II-V-I licks, turnaround licks, chromatic bebop lines, licks for altered chords and major and minor vamps, and more! He illustrates these licks in several styles, such as: swing, bossa nova, samba, swing 16ths, funky fusion and bluesy shuffles. A must for all jazz guitarists!
Gene Krupa - Swing, Swing, Swing! VHS Video This outstanding video is a tribute to Gene Krupa, a certifiable legend of swing who made the drums a solo instrument. This program presents Gene in 14 complete, rarely seen performances spanning 60 years and featuring Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Ventura, Anita O'Day and others. Includes rare interview footage of Krupa himself. 60 minutes. UPC: 073999201932
The Dexter Gordon Quartet VHS Video Dexter Gordon is warming up as this Jazz at the Maintenance Shop gig opens, still cutting an imposing presence as he ponders his saxophone. 'It's You or No One' features a commanding Gordon solo, followed by a hair-raising ride by pianist George Cables. 'The Panther' features drummer Eddie Gladden as a dynamo, swinging like crazy, with bassist Rufus Reid the perfect pocketkeeper. Gordon switches to soprano for 'Alone Together' and takes a searing ride. The saxophonist is a huge presence on 'Back Stairs,' building to a remarkable peak; then Cables unleashes a flight of fancy filled with witty asides, while Gladden sets the place on fire. THIS IS SOME STARTLING JAZZ. - Robin Tolleson, Down Beat. 58 minutes.
Jim Hall VHS Video A documentary film on video featuring the Jim Hall Trio (1998: Jim Hall, Scott Colley & Terry Clarke, accompanied by string and brass ensembles). Guest artists: Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny and Greg Osby. Interviewees: Chico Hamilton, Nat Hentoff and John Lewis. This film by Bruce Ricker benefits from good timing: Mr. Hall is now going through a creative burst. He has suddenly discovered an affinity for writing arrangements, and he has been releasing a slew of albums, showing off his expanded visions, with brass and string sections and guest soloists. The film's contemporary segments center on the recording of Mr. Hall's most recent album, By Arrangement, and because it involves some of Mr. Hall's friends (including saxophonist Joe Lovano, guitarist Pat Metheny and Mr. Osby), it manages to lead some of jazz's more important figures into excited assessments of Mr. Hall's accomplishments. Outside of the recording studio, Mr. Hall narrates his own life, with film footage of him playing with Jimmy Giuffr
Robert Altman's Jazz '34 VHS Video Featuring Jesse Davis, David Fathead Newman, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, Tyrone Clark, Don Byron, Russel Malone, Mark Whitfield, Victor Lewis, Geri Allen, Cyrus Chesnut, James Carter, Craig Handy, David Murray, Joshua Redman, Curtis Fowlkes, Clark Gayton, Olu Dara, Nicholas Payton, James Zollar, Kevin Mahogany. In the midst of making his film Kansas City, Robert Altman decided to recreate an all-night jam session as it might have taken place in a Kansas City club during the Depression era. The city, Mr. Altman's hometown, was a magnet for great jazz musicians. Mr. Altman, who was 9 years old in 1934, places his film in the Hey Hey Club, letting the musicians rule triumphantly. The music, covering composers from Count Basie to Duke Ellington, is toe-tapingly seductive. In no time at all, it's easy to forget that this is not some archival film but a modern reinterpretation of classic jazz with enormously talented musicians of today. There is a 'battle of the saxes,' which actually took place between the lege
Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class - Vol. 1: Jazz Basics VHS Video Jazz Basics is designed for the newcomer to jazz guitar. It covers all of the fundamentals and basic concepts essential for jazz improvisation, and features performances with Satoshi Inoue on guitar. Songs include Big Blues and Whistle Stop. Includes a 32-page booklet.
Jim Hall - Jazz Guitar Master Class, Volume 2 VHS Video This second video is designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists. It introduces varous ideas and methods for practicing improvisation and self-expression, and features performances with Satshi Inoue on guitar. Songs include: Waltz New, Miro, and Seseragi. Includes a 36-page booklet.
Jim Hall - Jazz Guitar Master Class, Volume 3 VHS Video In Volume 3, the Jim Hall Quartet plays original tunes in varous styles, including swing, bossa nova, blues and calypso. Jim analyzes each composition and explains the role of the guitar in different ensemble formats. Features performances with Scott Colley (bass), Andy Watson (drums) and Rasmus Lee (tenor sax). Songs include: Why Not Dance, Joao, Mr. Blues, and Street Dance. Includes a 32-page booklet.
Mike Stern VHS Video Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Mike Stern has been in the public eye (and ears) since he was a member of the Miles Davis Band in the early '80s. His prolific performances and recordings have earned him recognition as one of the best and most popular contemporary guitarists today. This, his first instructional video, includes four live performances by Mike and his band at the 55 Bar in New York City, the historical club in which Mike has played for over 15 years, accompanied by many great musicians, including Jaco Pastorius. Additionally, in an exclusive interview with New York-based jazz guitarist Satoshi Inoue, Stern offers his own analysis and explanation of each tune. The songs - a blues, a standard, a ballad, and a funk tune - were carefully selected by Mike himself in order to demonstrate every aspect of his guitar performance and techniques. He also gives insight into his background, influences and practice routines, and provides a thorough review of his gear configurations. Everything you need to know
Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing Era and Beyond VHS Video More classic jazz from Hudson Music, this tape features over 20 of the legendary giants and unsung greats of jazz percussion in solos, in battle and in the groups they helped make famous. Highlights include films of the legendary Sid Catlett with Louis Armstrong, Ray Bauduc with Jack Teagarden, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich with their own orchestras, Gus Johnson with the rarely-heard Count Basie small group, Joe Harris with the pioneering Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Panama Francis with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton's Band, never-before-seen solo footage of Philly Joe Jones, singular small-group examples of Stan Levey and the groundbreaking bop of Kenny Clarke and many others. A certifiable find is the bonus track: The only existing film of that influential New Orleans' pioneer, the one and only Warren Baby Dodds. Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing Era and Beyond presents six decades of legendary drummers soloing, battling, but above all fulfilling their most important musical role: driving the band. 60 minutes.
Karizma CD CD This excellent CD from Hudson Music features Vinnie Colaiuta, David Garfield, Neil Stubenhaus and Mike Landau.
The Peter Erskine Trio - Live at Jazz Baltica VHS Video This video captures the performance of six-time Modern Drummer Readers Poll Award-winning jazz drummer Peter Erskine with pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson recorded live in Salzau, Germany. Billboard magazine called this brilliant trio one of the most distinctive jazz (groups) working today, and referred to their sound as inimitable. Included is a complete club session featuring 8 original, swing-inspired compositions and superb musicianship. 67 minutes.
Django - A Jazz Tribute VHS Video Groundbreaking young guitarist Bireli Lagrene pays musical tribute to the late, great Django Reinhardt with a blistering set of guitar duets. Teaming up with Django's son Babik, Lagrene negotiates the difficult guitar-duo format with palpable energy, daring and enthusiasm. This jazz tribute to Django Reinhardt is a simultaneous testimony to the legacy of a musical genius, and the unprecedented expressive range of the guitar in jazz today. 26 minutes.
Oscar Peterson: The Life of a Legend VHS Video In Peterson's own articulate voice we hear stories of the man who made the music and the times that made the man: making history with Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic, the clashes with racism that faced him and his racially-mixed trio, and a lifetime of performances with a who's-who of jazz. Insightful moments at the Peterson family's reunion disclose the personal price of greatness paid by Oscar and his relatives, distanced by the pianist's commitment to his music and his years of life on the road. A personal look at a technical virtuoso and master of swing whose life has been shaped by the ambition to honor his father's credo: Be the best. 2 Tapes - 51 minutes each.
Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles   This DVD presents 15 of the true legends of jazz drumming in astounding extended solos and in rare, never-before-seen drum duels filmed over the last five decades. Among the highlights are uncut solos from big band legends Sonny Payne, Rufus Jones, Buddy Rich, Sam Woodyard and Louie Bellson, and small group giants Art Blakey and Joe Morello. Rare drum battles include meetings between: Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole; Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy; Chico Hamilton, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton; Elvin Jones, Sunny Murray and Art Blakey; and a once-in-a-lifetime battle between Buddy Rich and Jerry Lewis! The DVD also includes as a bonus full-length commentary by drumming great Peter Erskine that can be accessed at the viewer's discretion, and the original theatrical trailer for the 1958 film The Gene Krupa Story, never seen outside movie theatres! Also available on video: 00320249 $24.95
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater Featuring the Music of Liquid Tension Experiment and Dream Theater This DVD documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drumming in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Disc One features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment. Mike performs 8 songs/segments and breaks down parts from each, explaining how to develop a toolbox of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album, as well as rare live footage of the band. Disc Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater. Mike performs 11 songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World Tour. Special DVD Features: 2 bonus, live performances - one by Dream Theater and one by Liquid Tension Experiment! Over twenty minutes of new footage! Also a full-length commentary by
Victor Wooten & Carter Beauford - Making Music DVD Victor and Carter have known each other since childhood, however Victor's Yin Yang album (Compass Records) was the first project that they have ever done together. Hudson Music filmed two days of these incredible sessions. Viewers will get an inside look as two great songs, Zynergy and Resolution, are introduced, developed and recorded. Also featured is material from an additional shoot in a New York City recording studio. Over the course of this session, Carter and Victor discuss their approaches to both of the songs and isolate the bass and drums parts for each, covering topics such as playing in odd times, styles, musicianship, turnarounds and more. It's a fascinating process to watch the chemistry between players of this caliber. Special DVD Features: a new 50-minute master class by Victor discussing his Bass Camp, muting, economy of motion, finding your own voice, plus his brilliant solo from Bass Day 2001! A new, 35-minute interview with Carter behind a small drumset discussing the Everyday sessions: Th
Dizzy Gillespie - A Night in Chicago DVD The Founding Father of Bebop is immortalized in one of his final concert performances. This night of jazz, filmed live in an intimate club setting in Chicago, showcases the legendary trumpeter playing, creating, dancing, singing, scatting and joking with a joy and exuberance that light up the stage. Impeccably shot and recorded in 24 tracks, the selections include: A Night in Tunisia · Embraceable You · 'Round Midnight · Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac · Nature Boy · and more classics. Special DVD Features: Dolby Digital stereo audio · digitally mastered audio & video · multi-directional interactive menus · instant access to songs and solos. 53 minutes. Also available on video: 00320076 A Night in Tunisia $19.95
Buddy Rich and His Band - The Lost West Side Story Tapes DVD Recorded in 1985, the master tapes were thought to have been lost in a fire. They were discovered in 2000, along with the original surround sound digital master, and extensive work was done to bring you this state-of-the-art audio mix. The concert includes the Buddy Rich standards Cottontail, Mexicali Nose, and the unforgettable classic West Side Story Medley. Special DVD Features include: 4.0 Channel Dolby® Digital and DTS® Digital Surround tracks · solos of selected performers · track selection menu · additional commentary by Marie and Cathy Rich, world-renowned drummer Dave Weckl, and Gary Reber (producer of the original recording) · interview segments · behind-the-scenes footage of Buddy · and rare photos from the Rich family archives. Approximately 110 minutes. This DVD is every Buddy Rich fan's dream come true - a brilliant concert coupled with state-of-the-art technology. Looking back on this event, it's incredible to think that Buddy was 67 years old at the time, and playing better than ever. To this
Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes VHS Video Recorded in 1985, these master tapes were thought to have been lost in a fire. They were discovered in 2000, along with the original surround sound digital master, and extensive work was done to bring you this state-of-the-art audio mix. The concert includes the Buddy Rich standards Cottontail, Mexicali Nose, and the unforgettable classic West Side Story Medley, Approximately 110 minutes. Also available on DVD (HL00320312).
Classic Jazz Drummers DVD This incredible DVD features over 20 of the legendary giants and unsung greats of jazz percussion in solos, in battle and in the groups they helped make famous. Highlights include films of the legendary Sid Catlett with Louis Armstrong, Ray Bauduc with Jack Teagarden, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich with their own orchestras, Gus Johnson with the rarely-heard Count Basie small group, Joe Harris with the pioneering Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Panama Francis with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton's Band, never-before-seen solo footage of Philly Joe Jones, singular small-group examples of Stan Levey and the groundbreaking bop of Kenny Clarke and many others. A certifiable find is the bonus track: The only existing film of that influential New Orleans' pioneer, the one and only Warren Baby Dodds. Special DVD Features: 4 Bonus Clips Plus a Photo Gallery! DVD Running Time: 70 minutes.
Classic Solos and Drum Battles - Vol. 2 DVD The second installment in this exciting and acclaimed series. Volume Two features fifteen thunderous drum solos from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus Speedy Jones, and others. Spanning the years 1947 to 1989, many of these performances have never been previously released on home video or DVD. Bonus clips include Bobby Troup's history of the jazz drum set from 1958 and a great segment featuring The Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians from 1946! Special DVD Features: a photo gallery · notes on each clip · and a short bio of each drummer. DVD Running Time: 73 minutes.
Bass Day 1998 DVD Michael Manring kicks things off with a set of fascinating solo pieces on four different instruments in various tunings, including one piece where he plays all four basses at the same time! Andy Gonzalez leads a group of top Latin musicians in a scorching set of contemporary and traditional Afro Cuban music. Bobby Rodriguez, one of the most influential bassists in the history of Latin music, joins Andy, and is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Francis Rocco Prestia, accompanied by members of Tower of Power, including David Garibaldi, performs a burning set of their funk classics. He also talks about creating a groove, his early days with TOP and much more. Victor Wooten performs with a trio and presents a set of amazing music that stretches from serious funk to beautiful ballads, with plenty of stops in between. Featured is a classic solo in which Victor pulls out all the stops. Also includes a lesson on bass technique, an award presentation to bass legend Milt Hinton, and an amazing jam featuring
Buddy Rich - At the Top DVD Recorded at the Top of the Plaza in Rochester, New York on February 6, 1973, and captures drum legend Buddy Rich in his absolute prime. Syndicated by PBS in that year, it was the first time thousands of drummers were exposed to Buddy in a full-length concert setting, and many drummers continue to name this program as a prime influence on their own playing. Not seen in its entirety since it was first broadcast, it remains one of the most sought-after shows ever recorded by Buddy. It includes definitive versions of Love for Sale, the odd time signature-laden Time Check, his famed Norwegian Wood, Basically Blues, and the astonishing closer West Side Story. Also features a rare bonus clip: an unbelievable unaccompanied drum solo, not seen since its broadcast in May of 1978! Special DVD Features: Three rare bonus clips of Buddy, including his appearance as a mystery guest on What's My Line from 1974, a television performance on the Sid Mark Show, and a solo from one of his very last performances at Disneyland in 1
Gene Krupa - Swing, Swing, Swing!   This outstanding DVD is a tribute to Gene Krupa, a certifiable legend of swing who made the drums a solo instrument. This program presents Gene in 14 complete, rarely seen performances spanning 60 years and featuring Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Ventura, Anita O'Day and others. Includes rare interview footage of Krupa himself. 60 minutes.
Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles - Volume 2 VHS Video This follow-up to Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles (video 00320249, DVD 00320289) features 15 thunderous drum solos - many never before released on home video - from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus Speedy Jones and others, spanning the years 1947 to 1989. Bonus clips include Bobby Troup's history of the jazz drum set from 1958, and a great segment from 1946 featuring The Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians! Running time: 73 minutes. Also available on DVD - 00320335.
Charlie Christian Guitar Signature Licks DVD Explore the riffs, solos and sounds of the original electric jazz guitar virtuoso with this in-depth analysis of 8 songs: Air Mail Special · Benny's Bugle · Gone with What Wind · Grand Slam · Seven Come Eleven · Shivers · Solo Flight · Till Tom Special.
Mike Stern Guitar Instructional DVD Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Mike Stern has been in the public eye (and ears) since he was a member of the Miles Davis Band in the early '80s. His prolific performances and recordings have earned him recognition as one of the best and most popular contemporary guitarists today. This, his first instructional DVD, includes four live performances by Mike and his band at the 55 Bar in New York City, the historical club in which Mike has played for over 15 years, accompanied by many great musicians, including Jaco Pastorius. Additionally, in an exclusive interview with New York-based jazz guitarist Satoshi Inoue, Stern offers his own analysis and explanation of each tune. The songs - a blues, a standard, a ballad, and a funk tune - were carefully selected by Mike himself in order to demonstrate every aspect of his guitar performance and techniques. He also gives insight into his background, influences and practice routines, and provides a thorough review of his gear configurations. Everything you need to know a
50 Licks Jazz Style   Learn licks, turnarounds, bebop lines and more! Musicians Institute instructor Bruce Buckingham demonstrates the essential licks for the chords and progressions common to jazz II-V-I licks, turnaround licks, chromatic bebop lines, licks for altered chords and major and minor vamps, and more! He illustrates these licks in several styles, such as: swing, bossa nova, samba, swing 16ths, funky fusion and bluesy shuffles. With an accompanying instructional booklet, this DVD is a must for all jazz guitarists! 61 minutes.
David Friesen Jazz Workshop   This exclusive DVD captures one of the highly acclaimed clinics presented by celebrated jazz musicians and educators David Friesen (bass) and Jerry Hahn (guitar) during their 2003 tour sponsored by high-end handmade string manufacturer Thomastik-Infeld. The workshop aims to broaden students' vision of music by explaining: practice techniques, how to listen, what to listen for, strengthening the time feel, participating in a small group format, understanding purpose and commitment, and more. DVD segments include: duo performance by Friesen and Hahn, discussions with students on specific playing issues, work with a student ensemble, and more. 67 minutes.
Larry Carlton   One of today's most influential jazz-rock guitarists, Grammy-winner Larry Carlton puts his talent to work for you in two areas of specialization: Blues and Chord Substitution. The Blues section deals with imitation, theme development, extended phrasing, banding techniques, vibrato and solo construction. In the Chord Substitution section, Larry explains his trademark triad approach, starting with basic chord substitution and leading to extended triad-on-triad usage. This is Larry's exciting fusion sound, spelled-out, clarified and made accessible to any guitarist. All examples are clearly illustrated with substantial musical phrases and improvised solos. Exclusive live concert footage is provided throughout the DVD to demonstrate the use of Larry's examples in a live band situation. The accompanying instructional booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow diagrams that correspond exactly to the DVD. For guitarists of any level. 52 minutes.
The 12-Bar Blues   This DVD is a complete, one-hour course in the song form that is the single most important influence in the history of American popular music. Blues authority Dave Rubin teaches in detail boogie, shuffle and riff-driven patterns, along with a wide variety of major, minor and jazzy chord progressions. In addition, intros, turnarounds and soloing are covered, as well as piano-style boogie woogie. Each example is played and explained clearly. As an extra bonus, several progressions are performed as solo guitar pieces combining rhythm and lead. For serious guitarists who want to expand their practical knowledge of 12-bar blues, this DVD and its accompanying booklet will provide a wealth of new material. 61 minutes.
I Love the Trumpet (Trumpet) DVD Mr. Vache is an active jazz trumpeter in New York City and a charter member of the faculty of the Jazz Studies program at the Julliard School. In this DVD he presents lessons that apply to all students. Includes: four hours of video content and a 28-page booklet; lessons in breathing, fingering, embouchure and tonguing for the beginner to intermediate player, plus an advanced lesson; interviews with five featured students; footage of a recording session with Mr. Vache's band; history of the trumpet; a visit to the Musical Instrument Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; a tour of the Yamaha Brass Instruments facility; a how-to section of the proper care and cleaning of trumpets; sheet music that can be printed out on a PC - including all the parts for the songs in the recording session; and much more. Includes lessons in English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, French and German.
Larry Carlton VHS Video This Grammy Award-winning jazz/rock guitarist has recorded with Steely Dan, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, and others. On this video he discusses blues and chord substitution.
Larry Carlton - Volume 2 VHS Video Discover the answers to the 'most asked questions' about how Larry Carlton, one of today's most influential jazz/rock guitarists, achieves his soulful and memorable style in this revealing 45-minute session. Larry presents an in-depth look at how to solo and improvise jazz, blues and be-bop variations with keyboard accompaniment provided by Terry Trotter. He covers many vital performance tips and techniques, including: playing over ballads, expanding phrases, creating chord melodies, creating your own solo arrangements, and more. Whether you want to become a session player or enhance your performance skills, Larry Carlton gives you some insight to what it takes.
Beginning Trumpet   Michael Harris is best-known for his performances with Earth Wind and Fire, Phil Collins, Genesis, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Count Basie, and others. He presents this video for people interested in soloing or playing with a rock or jazz group. He covers the basics from selecting a mouthpiece, tuning, correct hand placement, and demonstrates in a few simple steps how to develop proper breathing, posture, tone, tonguing, and phrasing. Michael incorporates exercises and demonstrations to get the beginner playing scales and simple melodies that they can expand and develop themselves.
Louis Johnson, Vol. 2   This is Louis' second Star Licks Video, continuing with a number of live performances that demonstrate more of the styles and techniques he is so well noted for. In an in-depth interview, Louis discusses his experience as a songwriter and performer with many of the musicians he has performed with. Also included is a very special segment featuring Quincy Jones discussing Louis' unique and noted playing styles.
Progressive Independence A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Jazz Drumming Technique Coordinated independence refers to the ability to execute separate rhythms in each hand and foot in a coordinated manner, yet totally independent of one another. This book will teach you this essential part of jazz drumming. Section One covers snare drum independence, Section Two teaches bass drum independence, Section Three puts them both together, and Section Four features helpful combination exercises.
The Jazz Guitar Artistry of Barney Kessel, Vol. 2   Exact transcriptions of eight original guitar solos from Barney Kessel's contemporary recordings. Includes: 64 Bars on Wilshire · Barney's Blues · Begin the Blues · Easy Like · Foreign Intrigue · Salute to Charlie Christian · more.
The Jazz Guitar - 4th Edition   An absolute must for jazz lovers and guitarists alike, this is the first book ever to be written which covers, in a definitive way, the guitar's role in jazz. The new fourth edition has been expanded to include bios of the leading jazz-rock fusion players. The main part of the book is devoted to over 250 detailed biographies of the major jazz guitarists since 1895. The collection of photographs of jazz guitarists is the finest and most complete put together under one cover. In addition, it includes a chapter listing every important jazz guitar recording ever made, and a final section, 'Sources Of Supply' that ensures that nearly every record, book and piece of music listed can be obtained by the reader. 8 inch. x 11-3/4 inch..
Singing Jazz   Singing Jazz looks at the ups and downs of this tough profession through the eyes of legendary jazz singers, well-established performers, and some newcomers. Drawing on accounts from vocalists of yesterday and today in all major jazz styles, the book explores the musical influences of jazz singing; the learning process, whether on the road or in training; the challenges of building a repertoire, getting gigs, traveling, and performing under sometimes difficult circumstances; and the ongoing struggle for artistic recognition and financial security in the competitive world of popular music. To reveal the roots and evolution of this unique art form, authors Crother and Pinfold revisit the lives, words, and stylistic innovations of great singers in jazz history, including Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Mel Torme, Shirley Horn, Ethel Waters, Anita O'Day, and many more. Plus - interviewed especially for Singing Jazz - some of today's best performers illustrate the contemporary view of jazz singing. Kitty Margolis,
Larry Coryell: Jazz Guitar   This practical book with CD helps guitarists improve their ability to play over changes, better understand jazz harmony, and expand their jazz vocabulary. Using examples from his own experiences playing with many well-known musicians, top fusion guitarist Larry Coryell provides dozens of musical exercises - plus original compositions - that challenge guitarists to increase flexibility in their thinking and playing. Topics include: new approaches to playing accompaniment (comping); integrating chords and scales in jazz solos; interpreting chord changes; and improvising - the art of creating music spontaneously with other players.
Jazz-Rock Fusion The People, The Music This collection of interviews and photos celebrates some of the most outstanding artists in these genres. The book is divided by instrument, and for each artist there is a biography, an interview by Julie Coryell, an outstanding photo by Laura Friedman, and a selected, cross-referenced discography. Legendary players covered here include: Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Clarke, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Ayers, Ron Carter, Chick Corea, George Benson, Flora Purim and many others. Also features a stunning section of full-color photos, and a preface by Ramsey Lewis. 368 pages.
The Drummer's Time   As Jack DeJohnette says, It is definitely the time for drummers to make their contribution. And the place is in The Drummer's Time. This book features classic interviews with the legendary drummers who have defined contemporary jazz, taken from the pages of Modern Drummer magazine. Great drummers represented include: Louie Bellson, Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Mel Lewis, Joe Morello, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Marvin Smitty Smith, Dave Weckl, and Tony Williams. This is a must-read for any drummer or jazz fan!
Swing The Best Musicians and Recordings Written by one of jazz journalism's best and most knowledgeable critics, this book explores the full swing spectrum from its origins in the 1920s through its current retro resurgence. Features intriguing capsule biographies of 400 of the best musicians, from classic artists like Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to retro swingers such as the Brian Setzer Orchestra and Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, with each artist's most notable CDs reviewed and rated, plus info on film appearances, books, and hard-to-find recordings. Includes insightful essays that explore this music's cultural impact, fun photos and swing memorabilia.
Jazz Guitar Artistry of Barney Kessel, Vol. 3   Features 9 original guitar solos transcribed note-for-note from Barney Kessel's Contemporary and Concord recordings. Includes: Blues for Bird · Bluesy · Here's That Sunny Day · Holiday in Rio · I'm on My Way · Juarez After Dark · Love of My Life · Moonlight Walk · Star Fire. Includes a bio and photos.
Masters of Jazz Saxophone   With over 100 color photos and insightful essays written by world-class jazz authorities, this book illustrates the saxophone's role in jazz from its earliest 1920s roots through today. It describes how the sound of jazz has been shaped in the hands of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, and many other legendary saxophonists in varying styles. It also includes a comprehensive guide to the finest recordings featuring jazz saxophone.
Afro-Cuban Jazz Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion Through anecdotal biographies and evocative photos, this book by jazz author extraordinaire Scott Yanow portrays every key Afro-Cuban Jazz innovator past and present, plus other jazz artists influenced by this infectious music. Also includes reviews and ratings of recordings that make (or don't make) the cut, and essays packed with historical insight not found in other guides. Musicians covered include: Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Machito, Poncho Sanchez, Chucho Valdés, Arturo Sandoval, Mongo Santamaria, Gato Barbieri, Eddie Palmieri, and many more.
Trumpet Kings The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet This engaging book unveils the personal and musical lives of 479 brilliant jazz trumpeters, past and present, through intimate biographical profiles that describe each artist's unique traits, intriguing life experiences, relationships with other influential players, career milestones and key recordings. Artist covered include: Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Arturo Sandoval, Red Allen, Chet Baker, Bunny Berrigan, Roy Eldridge, Freddie Hubbard, Freddie Keppard, Lee Morgan, Fats Navarro, King Oliver and hundreds of others - plus jazz figures who seem unlikely to have recorded on trumpet but did, such as Benny Goodman and Mose Allison. A fascinating read!
88: The Giants of Jazz Piano   This handsome, insightful hardcover volume delves deep into the music of 88 visionaries who have made an indelible mark on the world of jazz through their mastery of the piano's 88 keys. This engaging collection describes the intriguing personality and performance characteristics of each pianist. Seven major figures are covered in depth: Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor. Other featured artists include: James P. Johnson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Les McCann, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Billy Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and 70 others, in styles ranging from stride to swing, bebop to post-bop, funk to avant garde, and more. Includes a bonus CD with 11 great jazz tracks, 100 photos, and a foreword by Keith Jarrett. Like great solos, these essays have grace, wit, and a sense of personal involvement ... Immensely valuable stuff! - Dick Hyman
Classic Jazz Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion Classic Jazz explores the birth and early development of a truly American art form. Scott Yanow's insightful essays describe the very beginnings of jazz, as well as ragtime, early blues, and New Orleans jazz from 1895-1916. Jazz in the years 1917-1933 is examined in greatest detail, highlighting the careers and rating the recordings of the top performers of the day. Musicians covered include: Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Hoagy Carmichael, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and dozens more. Also includes a listing of recommended books and videos on classic jazz, and 40 black-and-white photos.
Hard Bop Academy The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers was one of the most enduring, popular, reliable and vital small bands in modern jazz history. Blakey was not only a distinguished, inventive and powerful drummer, but along with Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, he was one of jazz's foremost talent scouts. The musicians who flowed seamlessly in and out of this constantly evolving collective during its 36-year run were among the most important artists not just of their eras, but of any era. Though their respective innovations were vital to the evolution of bebop, hard bop and neo bop, the recorded work of the Messengers sidemen has never been properly analyzed. Until now. Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers critically examines the multitude of gifted artists who populated the many editions of the Jazz Messengers. In addition to dissecting the sidemen's most consequential work with Blakey's band, jazz musician and acclaimed novelist Alan Goldsher offers up engaging profiles of everyone from Wynton Marsa
Larry Coryell's Power Jazz Guitar Extending Your Creative Reach More than a method or exercise book, this guide challenges jazz guitarists to increase originality in their thinking and playing. Master player Larry Coryell takes readers deep inside the music to make connections between ideas and the guitar fretboard, helping them unlock their own creativity. This book/CD set builds logically from basic ideas to more advanced techniques, which Coryell explains in fine detail. He highlights musical ways to understand complex jazz concepts and presents his unique approach to improvisation by providing exciting new ways to play scales, intervals, arpeggios, melody and chords. Emphasizing group interaction and solos that sizzle, Coryell taps his decades of experience as a performer to offer insights into inventive, powerful ensemble playing. This book should open the door to a better understanding in our quest for advanced guitar playing. - Al DiMeola
Grant Green Rediscovering the Forgotten Genius of Jazz Guitar Now in softcover! This heartfelt biography celebrates the life and music of unsung hero Grant Green, the late jazz guitar genius who played on nearly 100 albums from the early '60s to the late '70s, but narrowly missed celebrity. Today his music has inspired numerous acid-jazz and hip-hop recordings and his legend continues to grow. A straight-ahead jazzman turned funk wizard, Grant is best known for his rhythmic and driving tone as a session leader and sideman for Blue Note Records. The book paints a personal portrait of Grant's internal struggles through the eyes of his family, friends, and fellow musicians.
Charlie Christian - Second Edition Solo Flight - The Seminal Electric Guitarist Charlie Christian is regarded by many jazz historians as one of the major voices who shaped modern jazz in the early 1940s. Although he made only a few records before his tragic death at age 25, his brilliant improvisations, phenomenal rhythmic drive, and blues-influenced guitar playing had already changed the course of jazz - and the guitar's place in jazz - for all him. The first major soloist on the electric guitar, Christian elevated the instrument from its meager role in the rhythm section to a spirited force to be reckoned with. Updated and expanded, Peter Broadbent's second edition of this book details the full importance of Christian's brief life, from the start of his fortuitous encounter with John Hammond, to his role in the Benny Goodman Big Band and Sextet. Illustrated throughout with great photos and important documents, the book also features a new authoritative discography. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of jazz and the jazz guitar.
Bill Evans - Everything Happens to Me A Musical Biography A Grammy winner and pioneer of multi-track jazz recording, Bill Evans was the pianist on Miles Davis' classic Kind of Blue album and a key figure in the development of modern jazz piano. This new Backbeat book details his wide-ranging and absorbing career, from freelance work in the 1950s, through his groundbreaking trios and solo releases, to his relationships with various record labels, to the intense final phase before his death in 1980. Printed on top-quality stock, the book includes fantastic full-page photos throughout, and a special color section.
The Jazz Bass Book Book/CD Pack More than a player's manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music. Citing examples from key recordings in the jazz canon, the book defines the essence of the musical contributions made by more than 70 important jazz bassists, including Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton and many others. Bassists get expert guidance on mastering proper technique, practice methods and improvisation, plus new insight into the theoretical and conceptual aspects of jazz. The companion CD featuring bass plus rhythm section allows readers to hear technical examples from the book, presented in slow and fast versions. It also offers play-along tracks of typical chord progressions and song forms.
All Music Guide to Jazz - 4th Edition The Definitive Guide to Jazz In its 1,472 pages, the thick fourth edition of this entertaining, easy-to-use reference now reviews and rates more than 20,000 sizzling recordings by over 1,700 musicians in all jazz styles - from New Orleans jazz to bebop, fusion and beyond. Colorful profiles describe the artists' lives and careers, while anecdotal histories portray selected jazz legends. Music Maps chart the evolution of jazz instruments, plus the influence of significant players, vocalists and sidemen. Providing essays on styles plus details on labels, producers and more, this definitive guide will help readers begin or fine-tune a great jazz collection by providing critics' choices for the best place to start exploring each artist or genre.
Masters of Jazz Guitar The Story of the Players and Their Music Softcover with CD The jazz guitar and its master players have had vast influence in a genre of uniquely provocative 20th century music. Written by some of the world's foremost jazz authorities and illustrated with more than 200 gorgeous photographs, this book spotlights remarkable musicians whose artistry has made the guitar fundamental to jazz. From 1930s electric pioneer Charlie Christian, to 1960s fusion visionary Larry Coryell and beyond, Masters of Jazz Guitar celebrates the achievements of players who changed the sound of jazz. Features deluxe paper stock, full-color throughout the book, and a bonus CD with 14 classic tracks by Howard Alden, Tal Farlow, Danny Barker, Al Casey, George Barnes, Herb Ellis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Phil Upchurch and Jack Wilkins.
Stan Getz - Nobody Else But Me   The creator of the unforgettable Girl from Ipanema tenor sax tone, this son of Ukranian immigrants took his unique sound through five decades of swing, cool, bossa and beyond. From Getz's teenage gigs with Dorsey, Goodman and Stan Kenton, fame with Woody Herman, years as a masterful bandleader, and struggles with drugs and the law, this biography tells the bittersweet story of one of our most beloved jazz musicians. This is the first book to focus on Getz's musical legacy, exploring the lightness of touch, lyricism and warm glow that marked his sound. It also gives insight into his skills as a consummate improviser, capable of playing with a musical, tonal and emotional range matched by few other musicians. We'd all sound like that if we could. - John Coltrane on Stan Getz
The Sax & Brass Book Saxophones, Trumpets and Trombones in Jazz, Rock and Pop This is the first illustrated history of the horns that have defined jazz since the 1920s and enhanced more recent pop and rock music with their distinctive, classy sounds. Offering superb, specially commissioned photography and inviting descriptive text, The Sax & Brass Book tells the unique 70-year story of these instruments. Exquisite, color pictorials included throughout enhance detailed historical profiles of master brass and woodwind manufacturers, including Buescher, Buffet, Conn, Holton, King Leblanc, Martin, Sax, Selmer, Yanagisawa and Yamaha.
The Baby Dodds Story - Revised Edition As Told to Larry Gara Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren Baby Dodds became one of the greatest drummers of that city's early jazz tradition. This lively autobiography, first published more than 30 years ago and long unavailable, is the result of a series of interviews Dodds taped with Larry Gara a few years before his death in 1959. With disarming candor, Dodds recalls his remarkable musical career, which spanned more than four decades and took him from New Orleans' famed Storyville district to Mississippi riverboats, to Chicago and New York. Dodds performed and recorded with some of the most famous musicians of his time - King Oliver, Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, among others - and his recollections of these men and the music they created add much to our knowledge of jazz history. Dodds also discusses his own style and philosophy of music, revealing himself as a dedicated artist who placed a high value on craftsmanship, versatility and originality, and whose love of the jazz world
Jazz on Record - The First Sixty Years The Complete Story of Significant Artists and Their Recordings Through Six Decades of Music In this comprehensive, 860-page hardcover resource, Scott Yanow traces the history of jazz through its recordings. Most live performances from this 60-year period (1895 to 1976) are lost forever, but jazz fans can still experience a rich legacy of recorded work. Painstakingly sorting through and colorfully commenting on thousands of CDs and LPs, Yanow points out which performances are the most representative of the great 20th-century artists, and which recordings are essential to jazz fans' collections. Along the way, he takes readers on a journey through the golden ages of jazz, covering styles such as New Orleans jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, Dixieland, hard bop, soul jazz, the avant-garde, and fusion - and showing how these forms diverge, develop, and continue to flourish. A must for jazz fans, scholars and serious collectors.
Brave New Bass Interviews & Lessons with the Innovators, Trendsetters & Visionaries Brave New Bass offers an in-depth look at 30 visionary players in styles ranging from pop and rock to world music and experimental jazz. Each chapter includes revealing interviews by Chris Jisi and other top bass writers, as well as private lessons in standard notation and tablature, and up-to-date gear lists and discographies. Packed with insights and opinions from bassdom's standout stars and behind-the-scenes heroes, Brave New Bass deepens your knowledge of your instrument and its history. Covers bass players such as Marcus Miller, Flea, Will Lee, Tony Levin, Jeff Berlin, Les Claypool, Christian McBride, Doug Wimbish, Darryl Jones, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Jonathan Maron and many others!
Bunny Brunel's Power Bass: Soloing Secrets Explore New Modes, Scales & Chords · Expand Your Improv Palette Created specifically for bass players, this book takes you inside Bunny Brunel's innovative system for solo improvisation. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience performing and teaching, Brunel presents his methods for understanding modes, scales, chords, harmony and substitutions, and shows you how to apply these concepts to blues and jazz soloing. Includes transcriptions of Brunel's mind-blowing solos, and his performance of the solos and examples on CD. Bunny explains in a clear way the essence of improvisation. Any student will gain invaluable knowledge reading and practicing with this book. - Stanley Clarke
The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All-Time   Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans. Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims¦who are the greatest.¦Compiled from an extensive¦survey conducted with¦the best jazz minds in the education, publishing¦and entertainment worlds, noted jazz journalist Gene Rizzo summarized the chosen and presents a concise¦bio on the essence of these jazz giants. Choices were made on the basis of chops, originality, creativity, and degree of influence. This book¦will either confirm some readers' opinions or¦open debate with others, but ultimately the book¦provides an impressive summary of the greatest jazz piano players of all time. · A photo accompanies each listing · Landmark recordings are listed · Extra lists include the next twenty to be selected, the¦top women¦players and an alphabetical list of all the other players considered ¦
The Greatest Jazz Stories Ever Told (softcover)    
Jazz On Film The Complete Story of the Musicians & Music Onscreen Jazz on Film reviews, analyzes, and rates virtually every appearance of a jazz musician or singer on film. After presenting a detailed essay on the history of jazz on film and television, Yanow reviews and rates 1,300 movies, documentaries, shorts, videos, and DVDs. This book lets readers know how to view the jazz legends and the greats of today, and what DVDs and videos are worth acquiring. Each film is a given a 1 to 10 rating and a concise description of its contents and value. Jazz on Film covers the entire jazz field, from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis, and Diana Krall.
The World Of Jazz Trumpet    
Stormy Weather The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazz Women This book delves into the history of the involvement of women in jazz. It covers how women participated in the music as well as in-depth interviews, and also includes a discography of recordings by female artists. Dahl boldy goes where no man (or woman) has gone before. For people who love jazz...who get bleak when they think of what happened to Billie Holiday, this is their book. - Los Angeles Times Book Review
Joe Pass Guitar Method   A comprehensive, easy-to-understand intermediate approach to jazz guitar playing techniques, helps develop an individual concept of improvising by learning scales and their basic chord forms and further develops improvisation skills through the use of practice patterns. Utilizes transcriptions along with several original pieces by Joe Pass.
Lullaby of Birdland   Sheet music.
Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio (Bass / Cello / Drum / Piano/Keyboard) Set of Parts This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world's greatest cello players. Best suited for college-level and above players, Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio has long been a best-selling recording that appeals to a variety of musical tastes. Includes parts for cello, piano, bass and drums.
Claude Bolling - Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio #2 (Bass / Drum / Flute / Piano/Keyboard)   This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with Jean-Pierre Rampal, the world renowned flutist. Best suited for college-level and above musicians, this includes parts for piano, bass, drums and flute and appeals to both classical and jazz players.
Jazz A La Francaise Piano Solo This book includes transcriptions of the piano music from this innovative album of the same name. It also includes optional transcriptions of the bass and drum parts, making it playable by a trio.
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues   18 hits featuring 'The Man I Love,' 'Lover, Come Back to Me' and 'Body and Soul.'
The Manhattan Transfer Songbook - 2nd Edition   Formed in New York in 1969, vocal quartet Manhattan Transfer was the first group to receive Grammy Awards in both the pop and jazz categories in the same year. This special second-edition songbook features their best-known songs performed in concert and on records, from Birdland to their show closer A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. 25 songs in all, including: Body and Soul · The Boy from New York City · Chanson D'Amour · Java Jive · Love for Sale · Operator · Poinciana · Route 66 · Tuxedo Junction · You Can Depend on Me · and more.
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II    
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire I    
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire III    
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire IV    
The Definitive Jazz Collection   A once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 of the greatest jazz songs ever compiled into one volume. Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' · All the Things You Are · Birdland · Body and Soul · A Foggy Day · Girl From Ipanema · Here's That Rainy Day · The Lady Is a Tramp · Love for Sale · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy · Midnight Sun · Moonlight in Vermont · Night and Day · Skylark · Stormy Weather · Sweet Georgia Brown.
Great Jazz Standards   Ain't Misbehavin' · I'll Take Romance · Misty · Moonlight In Vermont · My Funny Valentine · Skylark and more.
Ultimate Jazz Standards   Over 100 great jazz favorites, including: Ain't Misbehavin' · All of Me · Bernie's Tune · Come Rain or Come Shine · From This Moment On · Girl Talk · Here's That Rainy Day · How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) · I'll Take Romance · Imagination · Li'l Darlin' · Manhattan · Moonglow · Moonlight in Vermont · A Night in Tunisia · The Party's Over · Route 66 · Slightly Out of Tune · Solitude · Star Dust · You Turned the Tables on Me · and more.
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Surf Swing    
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Jazz Waltz    
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Jazz Spooks    
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Raga Rock    
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Rock Liza    
Jazz-Rock (Multi-Level), Tangana    
Jazz-Rock Studies - Fornuto, The Block-Chord Sytle    
Jazz-Rock Studies - Fornuto, Improvising The Blues    
Jazz For Piano - Konowitz, Jazz Is A Way Of Playing    
EZ Jazz Seven Easy-to-Play Jazz Piano Solos for Any Age Seven original jazz solos including: Blue Note Boogie · Choo-Choo Stomp · Jazz Spooks · Jazz Waltz · Lazy Daze · Raga Rock · Poundin' the Beat.
Charlie Byrd - Jazz 'n' Samba for Guitar The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim 13 Jobim classics arranged by Charlie Byrd complete with playing tips. Includes: Desafinado · Fly Me to the Moon · Jazz 'n' Samba · That Look You Wear · Those Were the Days · and more.
The Brazilian Masters The Music of Jobim, Bonfá, and Baden Powell for Solo Guitar 14 sambas and bossa novas by the genre's greatest composers. Songs appear in order of difficulty, allowing the player to improve their technique, musical expression, and understanding of this wonderful music. Songs include: Desafinado · Ebony Samba · Samba Triste · Sambalamento · Solidao · and more. Also includes playing tips.
Jazz Suite For 4 Horns Complete    
Jazz Suite For 4 Horns Parts Only    
Jazz Suite for Horn Quartet & Rhythm Section   Alec Wilder's Jazz Suite for horn quartet, harpsichord, guitar bass and drums with four movements: Horns O'Plenty, Conversation Piece, Serenade, and Horn Belt Boogie. This suite was composed in 1951 at the instigation of Mitch Miller, a longtime friend of Wilder's and then the Head of Popular Music at Columbia Records.
Jazz Giants - Fats Waller Piano Styles & Original Songs   A collection of 12 tunes made popular and/or written by Waller.
Dixieland Jam (Flute)   15 Dixie diamonds, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Tin Roof Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · Wolverine Blues · more.
Dixieland Jam (Clarinet)   15 Dixie diamonds, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Tin Roof Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · Wolverine Blues · more.
Dixieland Jam (Alto Sax)   15 Dixie diamonds, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Tin Roof Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · Wolverine Blues · more.
Dixieland Jam (Trumpet)   15 Dixie diamonds, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Tin Roof Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · Wolverine Blues · more.
Dixieland Jam (Trombone)   15 Dixie diamonds, including: After You've Gone · Basin Street Blues · King Porter Stomp · Maple Leaf Rag · Tin Roof Blues · 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans · Wolverine Blues · more.
Oscar Peterson   In this breakthrough CD-ROM for Windows®, jazz piano master Oscar Peterson takes you on an exciting musical journey through his life and career, integrating interactive audio/visual performances with on-screen piano display and notation. There is a full range of playback features to slow the tempo, step through each piece note by note, loop, or transpose to your favorite key. Includes 14 performances by Peterson (The Smudge · City Lights · Hogtown Blues · Place St-Henri · Blues for Scoti · and more), 10 MIDI transcriptions of his famous blues performances, live video and audio commentary, an interactive autobiography, a complete discography, a time line, a photo gallery, a helpful user's guide, and much more! An essential addition to any jazz fan's library!
20 Ragtime Jazz Classics For Piano   20 classics, arranged as piano solos, including: Maple Leaf Rag * Chromatic Rag * The Entertainer * Evergreen Rag * Champagne Rag * and more!
Michael Jones - Solos And Sketches For New Age Pian   Jones, one of the most prolific and popular pianists in New Age music, has been performing on albums since his first release in 1983. This songbook features an extensive biography and background notes for each of the 11 pieces transcribed.
David Lanz - Solos for New Age Piano    
Jazz Guitar Artistry   Seven note-for-note transcriptions of solo fingerstyle improvisations from Martin Taylor, complete with performance notes, an introduction by Taylor, and a biography about Taylor. Songs include: Don't Get Around Much Anymore * It's Only A Paper Moon * All The Things You Are * and more.
Teddy Wilson   The late, great jazz pianist Teddy Wilson is heard in one of his last recordings. 1. Lush Life/Take the A Train 2. Tea for Two 3. Lover/Wives and Lovers/Bluesette 4. Someone to Watch Over Me 5. Don't Be That Way 6. Taking a Chance On Love 7. Love 8. The Man I Love/But Not for Me 9. Li'l Darlin' 10. As Time Goes By
A Teddy Wilson Encore   More favorite standards from this jazz genius. 1. Sophisticated Lady/Satin Doll 2. Stompin' at the Savoy 3. Lullaby of Birdland 4. Moon Glow 5. Mean to Me 6. I Can't Get Started 7. I'm Thru with Love 8. Cheek to Cheek 9. Body and Soul 10. My Silent Love
Peter Nero - Send in the Clowns   Peter Nero has been hailed as the Vladimir Horowitz of Pop Music. He appears frequently in nightclubs, theaters, jazz festivals and on television. 1. I Got Rhythm 2. Just the Way You Are 3. Mountain Greenery 4. Could It Be Magic 5. All The Things You Are 6. Theme From Summer Of '42 7. Someone To Watch Over Me/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 8. Maria 9. America/ Something's Coming 10. Send In The Clowns
George Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland   One of the world's favorite jazz pianists, Shearing performs timeless favorites. 1. Lullaby Of Birdland 2. September In The Rain 3. Close Enough For Love (Theme from Agatha) 4. Just Imagine 5. Someone To Watch Over Me 6. Just The Way You Are 7. Happy Days Are Here Again 8. I'll Remember April 9. Danny Boy 10. Dream Dancing 11. You Are Too Beautiful 12. I Can't Get Started 13. The Nearness Of You 14. Should I 15. Roses Of Picardy
Mike Garson - Jazzical Suite   Mike Garson is an extraordinary pianist and composer who has collaborated with such jazz greats as Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Freddie Hubbard. He recently performed on tour with David Bowie. 1. Jazzical Suite 2. Longings 3. It Could Happen To You 4. Admiration 5. Yesterdays 6. Remember Love 7. Lennie 8. Blues For Suze 9. My Funny Valentine 10. All The Things You Are 11. Reflections 12. Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody In Blue, S'Wonderful, Our Love Is Here To Stay, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Summertime, My Man's Gone Now, I Loves You Porgy, Fascinating Rhythm, I Got Rhythm, Someone To Watch Over Me
David Benoit - Seattle Morning   Top-ranked New Age/Jazz artist David Benoit performs several of his own pieces and lends a lyrical touch to compositions by Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, and Bill Evans. 1. Waiting For Spring 2. Kei's Song 3. Strange Meadowlark 4. Linus And Lucy 5. Waltz For Debbie 6. Blue Rondo A La Turk 7. Cast Your Fate To The Wind 8. Cakewalk 9. If I Could Reach Rainbows 10. Seattle Morning 11. Remembering What You Said 12. Once Running Free 13. I Remember Bill Evans 14. The Last Goodbye
Extended Play   1. Come Rain Or Come Shine 2. Easy Street 3. Bésame Mucho 4. The More I See You 5. Fine And Dandy 6. Early Autumn 7. Cheek To Cheek 8. Come Saturday Morning 9. Lullaby Of Birdland 10. Easy Living 11. Wonderful 12. If You Are But A Dream 13. I Wanna Be Loved By You 14. I Believe 15. Embraceable You 16. Everything I Have Is Yours 17. How Long Has This Been Going On 18. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 19. Ebb Tide 20. I'm Thru With Love 21. I've Got The World On A String 22. For Once In My Life 23. Good Morning Heartache 24. He 25. Just One Of Those Things 26. People 27. Maria 28. The Thrill Is Gone 29. It's A Blue World 30. Nice Work If You Can Get It 31. Have You Met Miss Jones 32. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 33. I Wanna Make It With You 34. Stormy Weather 35. What Is This Thing Called Love
Judy Roberts - Richard Rodgers Songbook   Judy Roberts has been described as Chicago's Favorite Jazz Woman. She has appeared on the Playboy Music Poll's list of the top twenty jazz artists as both a keyboard player and singer. 1. Little Girl Blue 2. My Romance 3. My Funny Valentine 4. Blue Moon 5. The Blue Room 6. Where Or When 7. Lover 8. It Never Entered My Mind 9. Have You Met Miss Jones 10. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 11. Bewitched 12. You Are Too Beautiful 13. Spring Is Here
Extended Play Volume II   1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 2. Love For Sale 3. Somewhere Over The Rainbow 4. That Someone Happens To Be Me 5. Make Someone Happy 6. There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York 7. I'm Lost 8. Flamingo 9. Stella By Starlight 10. Red Roses For A Blue Lady 11. It Had To Be You 12. For The Good Times 13. Just Friends 14. Out Of Nowhere 15. Penthouse Serenade 16. On A Clear Day 17. Sentimental Journey 18. For All We Know 19. Do You Know Where You're Going To 20. It's Too Late Now 21. Stars Fell On Alabama 22. Meditation 23. It Was A Very Good Year 24. I've Never Been In Love Before 25. Night And Day 26. Autumn Nocturne 27. April In Paris 28. You Made Me Love You 29. The Song Is You 30. Back In Your Own Backyard 31. Begin The Beguine 32. You Are Too Beautiful 33. Portrait Of Jenny 34. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 35. Satin Doll
New Age/Jazzy Christmas Garson Style   1. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3. Silent Night (Jazzy Version) 4. What Child Is This (Jazzy Version) 5. The Little Drummer Boy 6. We Three Kings 7. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 8. Christmas Time Is Here 9. Silver Bells 10. O Christmas Tree 11. Away In A Manger 12. Jingle Bells 13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 14. Deck The Hall 15. Silent Night (New Age Version) 16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 17. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 18. Auld Lang Syne (Jazzy Version) 19. Auld Lang Syne (New Age Version)
Laurie Z - Roots   Few artists can mix classical, modern jazz and new age as gracefully as keyboardist and composer Laurie Z. With three albums under her belt, Z's music has been heard across the globe and over the airwaves on more than 200 radio stations. The 1997 release Roots is Z's first solo album. 1. Stranger in a Familiar Land 2. Michael's Song 3. In the Monterey Mist 4. For the Love Of a Child 5. The Mysterious Painter 6. From the Ashes 7. Dream Come True 8. Roots 9. The Still Of the Night 10. Invisibility 11. Too Blue 12. The River 13. Kelly's Garden 14. Goodnight, My Friend.
Jelly Roll Morton   This unique collection features transcriptions of legendary jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton's playing on piano rolls recorded in 1924. Includes his classics: Grandpa's Spells · King Porter Stomp · London Blues (Shoe Shiner's Drag) · Original Jelly Roll Blues · Shreveport Stomps · Stratford Hunch (Chicago Breakdown).
Jazz Piano Trio   1. The Days of Wine and Roses 2. As Time Goes By 3. 'Round Midnight 4. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise 5. Autumn in New York 6. Night and Day 7. Take the A Train 8. Shiny Stockings
Mike Garson - Swinging Dixie   1. I Found A New Baby 2. Ja-Da 3. Sweet Georgia Brown 4. Midnight In Moscow 5. Darktown Strutters' Ball 6. Indiana 7. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 8. When The Saints Go Marching In 9. The Sheik Of Araby 10. The Battle Hymn Of The Republic 11. Tiger Rag
Razzle Dazzle Five Finger Solos - With Accompaniment (Disk)   Jazzy accompaniments for easy piano solos offering a total musical experience for the beginner. 1. Song Without Words 2. Shortenin' Bread 3. Toy Bugle 4. Sweet Tooth 5. The Case Of The Mysterious Violin 6. Quiet Moment 7. Razzle Dazzle 8. Let's Have A Party
Bradley's Jazz and How To Play It - Volume 1   These musical backgrounds provide accompaniment for the studies in the book, Bradley's Jazz And How To Play It Book 1. The first version of a particular song or study features a complete performance. The subsequent versions eliminate portions of the selection to allow the performer to play those parts live. Improvisations: 1. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 2. Rhythm, bass and chords 3. Rhythm and bass Modal Improvisation: A La Mode: 4. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 5. Rhythm, bass and chords 6. Rhythm and bass Blues In C, Good Evening Friends Tritone Blues: 7. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 8. Rhythm, bass and chords 9. Rhythm, chords and solo 10. Rhythm, bass and solo The Shuffle Blues: 11. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 12. Rhythm, bass and chords 13. Rhythm and solo Chelsea Blues: 14. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 15. Rhythm, bass and chords 16. Rhythm and solo The Blues Scale Improvisation 17. Rhythm, bass, chords and solo 18. Rhythm, bass and chords 19. Rhythm, bass and solo 20. Rhythm and bass B.J.'s Blue
Easy Jazz Christmas Duets (Disk)   1. Silent Night 2. Jingle Bells 3. Angels We Have Heard On High 4. Deck The Halls 5. We Three Kings
Jazz Piano Trio Intermediate Level Includes complete instrumental backgrounds for 8 great jazz tunes that you can play along with on the Clavinova: Ain't Misbehavin' · I'm Beginning to See the Light · Tangerine · Sophisticated Lady · Angel Eyes · Easy Living · My Man (Mon Homme) · The Very Thought of You.
Duke Ellington Collection - It Don't Mean a Thing   Eight of Ellington's swingin' best: Take the A Train · Satin Doll · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Perdido · In a Sentimental Mood · Things Ain't What They Used to Be · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).
Sue Sue's Back in Town   Professional jazz pianist and renowned clinician Sue Downs has been performing for decades. This disk features great standards performed in Sue's swingin' style: Blue Skies · Fascinating Rhythm · Honeysuckle Rose · I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' · Lulu's Back in Town · My Funny Valentine · Pick Yourself Up · Someone to Watch over Me · Summertime · more.
I'll Be Seeing You - Jazz Gems (for XG-compatible modules) 1. But Beautiful 2. Easy to Love (You'd Be So Easy to Love) 3. I'll Be Seeing You 4. If I Were a Bell 5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 6. My Old Flame 7. Small World 8. Take Five 9. What a Diff'rence a Day Made 10. What's New?
Meditation - Sue Downs Plays Jobim   1. The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) 2. How Insensitive (Insensatez) 3. Meditation (Meditacao) 4. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) 5. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) 6. Desafinado (Instrumental Version) 7. So Danco Samba (Jazz 'N' Samba) 8. Wave
Sue Downs - There Will Never Be Another Sue!   This disk in the Artist Series features pianist Sue Down's inimitable take on 10 wonderful jazz standards: There Will Never Be Another You · Georgia on My Mind · My Romance · I'll Remember April · I Didn't Know What Time It Was · Our Love Is Here to Stay · Body and Soul · Nice Work If You Can Get It · More Than You Know · Love Walked In.
Sue Downs - Hymns and Her Book/Disk Pkg. Acclaimed First Lady of the Disklavier Sue Downs has done it again! On this disk, she turns in stunning piano performances of 11 beloved sacred favorites in her inimitable style: There Is Power in the Blood · Amazing Grace · Just a Closer Walk with Thee · Softly and Tenderly · In the Garden · What a Friend We Have in Jesus · Be Thou My Vision · and more.
First Lady of the Disklavier Sings - Sue Downs - Singer and Trio (for CD-compatible modules) Who better to help roll out the brand new PianoSoft Plus Audio line than the First Lady of the Disklavier! Remarkable artist Sue Downs lends her signature piano stylings and fantastic voice to 10 top tunes on this exciting new CD! Includes: Them There Eyes · Lover Man · Blame It on the Bossa Nova · Fever · Pennies from Heaven · You've Changed · A Sunday Kind of Love · The Folks Who Live on the Hill · more!
Joey De Francesco Concert - Jazz Trio (for CD-compatible modules) Vastly talented jazz organist and accomplished pianist Joey DeFrancesco was discovered by Miles Davis on a Philadelphia TV show when he was just 16 years old. The next year, he began touring with Davis, and the rest, as they say, is history. DeFrancesco has played with everyone who's anyone in the jazz world, and is a sought-after endorser and clinician who's currently on the Concord Records label. This disk features 8 classic standards arranged and played on piano by DeFrancesco, with Bryan Bromberg on bass and Ralph Penland on drums. Songs: Someday My Prince Will Come · My Ship · Days of Wine and Roses · I Thought About You · On Green Dolphin Street · Bags Groove · more.
Sue Downs - I Love Being Here with You (for CD-compatible modules) First Lady of the Disklavier Sue Downs sings and plays piano on the title track and eight more great standards on this PianoSoft Plus Audio CD. Includes: Am I Blue? · Baubles, Bangles and Beads · God Bless' the Child · Good Morning Heartache · Jeepers Creepers · and more!
Alan Pasqua - Latin Jazz (for CD-compatible modules) Masterful pianist Alan Pasqua performs eight songs on this CD in the PianoSoft Plus Audio Artist Series - seven beloved classics from the Latin jazz songbook, and one original. Includes: Black Orpheus · Corcovado · Desafinado · How Insensitive · Meditation · and more.
Free Flight 2001 (for CD-compatible modules) This terrific CD includes adaptations of beloved classical themes by fusion masters Free Flight, plus a few originals and contemporary favorites. Features top-quality live recordings of virtuoso players Mike Garson (piano), Jim Walker (flutes), Kenny Wild (bass) and Joel Taylor (drums). Includes: Für Elise (The Few Elite) · Moonlight Sonata · Paganini Jazz Variations · Minute Waltz · Siciliano · My Heart Will Go On · Garson the Martian · and more.
A Free Flight Christmas (for use with the Disklavier with CD feature) This revered jazz fusion group imparts its signature stylings to ten treasured holiday classics. Features live recordings of virtuoso players Mike Garson (piano), Jim Walker (flutes), Kenny Wild (bass) and Joel Taylor (drums). Songs: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · Deck the Halls · Greensleeves · The Christmas Song · Silent Night · O Christmas Tree · O Holy Night · The Little Drummer Boy · Home for Christmas · Ave Maria.
This Girl's in Love with You (for CD-compatible modules) Known as The Voice of the '60s, and for her popular Pepsi Cola and Diet-Pepsi jingles, distinctive jazz vocalist Joanie Sommers signed a major label recording contract when she was just 17. She has been singing hit songs and releasing records ever since. This CD contains 10 top pop tunes: Close Enough for Love · Downtown · Here, There and Everywhere · Moondance · So Far Away · Time in a Bottle · and more!
Mike Garson Trio - You Are My Love (for CD-compatible modules) Turn down the lights and play this disc to create the perfect romantic mood! This CD features 11 lovely tunes - great jazz standards and innovative originals - performed by the Mike Garson Trio featuring vocalist Shelby Flint: Everything Must Change · The Rainbow Connection · You Are My Love · Magic Spell · Fascinating Rhythm · I'm Coming Home Again · Duende · Stella by Starlight · Yesterdays · Black Orpheus · I'll Remember April.
Bob Florence Quartet (for CD-compatible modules) This sensational CD features Bob Florence's lively and imaginative arrangements of ten top jazz standards: All the Things You Are · Chelsea Bridge · Emily · How Deep Is the Ocean · I'm Old Fashioned · Laura · Poinciana · Tres Palabras · Wave · You Must Believe in Spring.
Dave Koz   His powerful pop sax playing earned Dave Koz dozens of weeks at the top of the Contemporary Jazz charts for his self-titled solo debut, and a regular spot on the Arsenio Hall Show. This great PianoSoft Plus Audio CD showcases his saxophone work on ten tunes: Castle of Dreams · Faces of the Heart (from General Hospital) · Lullaby for a Rainy Night · Misty · Saxman · You Make Me Smile · and more.
Welcome to Planetmullins! PianoSoft Plus Audio This disk features nine original tunes composed and played on piano by Grammy-nominated contemporary jazz master Rob Mullins. Joining him are Greg Vail on sax, Lamont Peoples on drums, and Andre Berry on bass. Tunes include: Schroeder Meets Basie · E-Funk · Waterfall I · Old School Groove · Making Love/Waterfall II · Newport Attitude · Mirille · Plus 3 · Jim's Tune/Space Adventure.
The Best of George Benson (for CD-compatible modules) This terrific CD assembles ten soulful songs from jazz guitar giant and pro vocalist George Benson: Breezin' · This Masquerade · Kisses in the Moonlight · On Broadway · Love Ballad · Give Me the Night · Being with You · 20/20 · Let's Do It Again · Love All the Hurt Away.
Avant Garson - Garson/Cárdenes (for CD-compatible modules) This CD features a dozen selections - Garson originals with a few popular jazz and classical pieces - performed by virtuoso pianist Mike Garson, with the talented Andrés Cárdenes on violin. Includes: Gavotte · On Green Dolphin Street · Nocturne in B Minor · Variations for Violin and Piano · Nocturne in B Flat · The Cuban Blues Man · The Immigrant · Now #36 · and more.
Have Yourself an Alan Pasqua Christmas   This collection features nine perennial holiday favorites played by jazz-rock keyboardist extraordinaire Alan Pasqua, with Tom Kennedy on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums. Includes: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · I'll Be Home for Christmas · Joy to the World · O Holy Night · Silent Night · What Child Is This? · Winter Wonderland · and more.
It's Easy Being Greene! PianoSoft Plus Audio This exciting PianoSoft Plus Audio CD features the dynamic pairing of pianist supreme Sue Downs and super-smooth, rich-voiced baritone Everett Greene. Together they perform nine fabulous standards: All of You · Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most · When Did You Leave Heaven · If I Were a Bell · Old Folks · This Is All I Ask · Lush Life · Watch What Happens · You Are Too Beautiful.
Greene Christmas! PianoSoft Plus Audio Ten terrific Christmas carols get the royal treatment on this PianoSoft Plus Audio CD featuring the rich, resonant voice of Everett Greene accompanied by Sue Downs on the piano: Ring the Bells · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · Silver Bells · The Christmas Song · The Little Drummer Boy · What Child Is This? · Christmas Time · I'll Be Home for Christmas · Bending Toward the Light · We Three Kings of Orient Are.
The Terry Trotter Trio PianoSoft Plus Audio Talented hard bop pianist Terry Trotter has performed and recorded with a who's who of jazz artists. This PianoSoft Plus Audio CD features his superb renditions of 11 fantastic standards, accompanied by Tom Warrington on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums. Songs: My Heart Stood Still · My Funny Valentine · What Am I Here For · Autumn in New York · Body and Soul · My One and Only Love · On the Sunny Side of the Street · There's a Small Hotel · Love Discover Me · Lullaby of the Leaves · I Will Say Goodbye.
Hot It Up (for CD-compatible modules) A top-notch teacher and the past president of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Shelly Berg was accepted at the Cleveland Institute of Music at the tender age of six, and began his professional career at 13. This CD captures his powerful hard bop piano playing on 10 songs: Blackbird · Blame It on the Sun · For Mo · Hot It Up · Julia · Killing Me Softly · Midnight at the Oasis · Peg · She's Always a Woman · Your Smiling Face.
Carol Welsman - Hold Me (for CD-compatible modules) Oscar Peterson calls internationally acclaimed vocalist/pianist Carol Welsman an extraordinary talent and David Foster says she is a truly amazing jazz musician. This disc features her top-notch singing and playing on ten romantic tunes: Night and Day · Fragile · Love Junkyard · Hold Me · Brazasia · Bird of Paradise · I Believe · Les Moulins De Mon Coeur · Little Caesar · Why.
Shades of Blue - Bill Cunliffe (for CD-compatible modules) A fixture on the LA studio scene, versatile jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe is a winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk jazz piano award, and has released several critically acclaimed recordings. This CD will treat you to 10 great tunes, including four of Bill's originals: Soul Bossa Nova · Billie Holiday's Blues · Green Onions · Blueberry Hill · One O'Clock Jump · more.
Swing, Ladies, Swing - Carol Welsman PianoSoft Plus Audio A highly talented jazz vocalist and pianist, Canadian musician Carol Welsman has been nominated for several prestigious Juno Awards. This disk features ten terrific standards from her tribute CD to the singers of the Swing Era: Honeysuckle Rose · More Than You Know · Fever · Cheek to Cheek · Black Coffee · Taking a Chance on Love · Over the Rainbow · If I Were a Bell · God Bless' the Child · Do It Again.
Inclined - Carol Welsman (for CD-compatible modules) This terrific disc features eight tunes from the second CD by acclaimed Canadian vocalist and pianist Carol Welsman, plus a bonus song from her first album, Lucky to Be Me. Inclined was nominated for the prestigious Juno Award in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Includes: Inclined · One Note Samba · Fever · La Fiesta · New Day · Wings to Fly · and more.
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Sound Of Jazz   This DVD features a truly original and unique broadcast from CBS Studio 58 in New York on December 8, 1957 hosted by John Crosby. Among the legends performing are Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Giuffre, Red Allen, Lester Young, and Milt Hilton.
Hutcherson, Bobby & Flora Purim - Cool Summer   Join an ecstatic audience at the renowned Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California for a double bill concert sure to consume your soul! The first segment is a 30 minute concert from Bobby Hutcherson which is nearly all improvised as the energy from the crown overtakes him. The second concert segment is from Flora Purim whose traditonal American and Brazilian style is reflected in this unique and diverse live performance which includes improvisations with Airto Moreia and her major international hit "Nothing Will Be As It Was Tomorrow."
Gordon, Dexter/Tyner, Mccoy -   The ambient setting of the renowned Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California attracted the very best Jazz musicians from around the world performing to an appreciative audience. This program features two of those amazing artists sharing with you their own unique style. Features set play lists from Dexter Gordon and McCoy Tyner with a special song guest performance of "The Seeker" with Bobby Hutcherson.
Jazz Collection   This 120 minute DVD features volumes 1 & 2 of The Legends Series Jazz Collection and features some of the world's all-time best Jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Willie Dixon, Red Rodney, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and a host of others. Experience the "The Blues" with Dizzy Gillespie, "Wang Dang Doodle" from Willie Dixon, "New York" by Art Blakey and many others as this program provides an inside look at Jazz's greatest musicians!
Getz, Stan/Alto Madness - Cool   This double-bill recording features the remarkable tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, along with Richie ColeÆs band Alto Madness. On this DVD, these two amazing artists share with you their own unique style in the ambient setting of the renowned Harvest jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California. This festival has attracted the very best Jazz musicians and appreciative audiences from around the world for years.
Ellington, Duke - Memories Of   'Memories of Duke' is a loving homage to Duke Ellington, shot in 1968 as the bandleader and his musicians play their way through a Mexican tour. In addition to the concert performance, are interviews with Russel Procope and Cootie Williams, plus historic scenes from early films in which Ellington and his band performs.
Jamal, Ahmad - Live   This 60 minute DVD features the Ahmad Jamal Trio performing two complete sets including 7 songs. The first set features Ahmad Jamal and his Trio and the second set features the Ahmad Jamal Trio with Gary Burton.
Burton, Gary - Live   Every once in a great while, the stars align and the muses visit a concert hall to smile beneficently on the musicians assembled there. How else to account for the ineffable chemistry that infuses the best jazz concerts? Well, the muses were working overtime when vibraphonist Gary Burton took to the stage with the Hum Trio and then The Ahmad Jamal Trio. The resulting performance must rank among these musicians best work, with the kind of soul-deep communication that is often expected but so rarely occurs live in concert.
Simone, Nina - Live From Ronnie Scott'S   This DVD features Nina Simone (vocals, piano) delivering an intense emotional performance at the legendary Ronnie Scott's in Soho, London on November 17, 1985. Simone is considered to be one of the most diverse singers of the 20th century, recording material in multiple genres including soul, jazz, pop, blues, gospel, and Broadway. Most often labeled a "soul" singer due to her emotional performing tendencies, Simone is an eclectic musician, who adds a soulful mystique to whatever material she interprets. This brilliant performance at Ronnie Scott's is testament to this fact.
Blakey, Art - Live From Ronnie Scott'S   Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers were the quintessential "hard bop" ensemble, rooted in the core elements of Swing and Blues. As Jazz became more prevalent and expansive, the characteristic "hard bop" of the Messengers became accepted as the global definition for Jazz music. Art Blakey, it's eldest and most eloquent exponent was its master. This brilliant performance at Ronnie Scott's from February 21st 1985 is testament to this fact.
Mainieri, Mike - Jazz Legends   Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, arranger, & composer have contributed to shaping the cutting-edge in music. In 1962, he joined the ground-breaking jazz/ rock group Jeremy & The Satyrs & performed with such monumental figures as Frank Zappa, Richie Havens & Jimi Hendrix. From 1969-1972, he was an integral part of the White Elephant Orchestra. During the late 70's, Mainieri founded the pioneering jazz-fusion group STEPS AHEAD. This unique DVD was filmed live at the Breckers Club in New York in 1982 and also includes a set by Richie Cole.
Newport Jazz Festival 1962   Newport, a top sailing spot, is an all-seasons resort offering a beautiful harbour that is rich in colonial history. However what draws music lovers to Ford Adams State Park is the world famous The Newport Jazz Festival. The 1962 Newport Jazz Festival features Count Basie & His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, The Oscar Peterson Trio, The Clara Ward Gospel Singers, Pee Wee Russell, Ruby Briff, Joe Williams, Roland Kirk, & The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Shearing, George - Jazz Legend   This DVD was recorded live at the Ambassador Auditorium Pasadena, 1981 and features George Shearing - Piano & Brian Torff - Bass. Few musicians in the history of jazz have made such a lasting popular and world-wide impression as pianist George Shearing. Deified in the 1950s by Jack Kerouac in the novel On The Road, Shearing moved from early success in his native Britain to postwar New York where he captured the spirit of successive jazz generations and created a permanent place for himself in the Hall of Fame with his quintet's September in the Rain and his own quintessentially hip composition Lullaby of Birdland.
Ra, Sun - Cry Of Jazz   Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white. Rarely seen in cinemas, this is the first commercial release of The Cry of Jazz.
Cobham, Billy - Live Palais Des Festivals Hall Cannes 1989   Only a few times in history has a musician been singled out as the world-class master of his instrument. Billy Cobham is one of those few artists. For over 30 years, he has received international acclaim as the total consummate drummer. Billy Cobham's explosive technique powered some of the fusion genre's most important early recordings -- including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra -- before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right. Band: Billy Cobham - Drums, Nippy Noya - Percussion, Wolgang Scmidt - Bass, Peter Wolpl - Guitar, Rita Marcotulli - Keyboards, Wayne Cobham - Keyboards.
Mangione, Chuck - Live Palais Des Festivals Hall Cannes 1989   For four decades, Chuck's boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy have characterized his love affair with music and the resulting admiration of his audience. He joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, assuming the trumpet chair that had belonged to such great players as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, before going solo and receiving a GRAMMY nomination for Land of Make Believe. His album Feels So Good became a worldwide mega hit thanks to its self-titled single, which features one of the most recognized melodies in the world and he has continued recording and performing music of a standard that has made him an influential contemporary Jazz icon.
Sidran, Ben - Live Palais Des Festivals Hall Cannes 1989   Ben Sidran has been a major force in the modern day history of jazz and rock & roll having played keyboards with or produced such artists as Steve Miller, Mose Allison, Blue Mitchell, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Phil Upchurch, Tony Williams, Jon Hendricks, Richie Cole and Van Morrison. Despite the reality that Sidran is better known in Europe and Japan than in America (a fact of life for most jazz musicians,) Ben Sidran is an international superstar. Band: Ben Sidran - Vocals & Piano, Gordy Knudtson - Drums, Bill Peterson - Bass, Bob Rockwell - Sax.
Blakey, Art & Jazz Messengers Live At The Village Vanguard   In the case of Art Blakey, the name "jazz legend" is wholly appropriate. Born in 1919, Blakey served his musical apprenticeship in the bands of Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie where his reputation as a drummer grew. The Jazz Messengers were formed in 1955 and were pivotal, until Art's death in 1990, in nurturing the hard edged Be-bop sound and the jazz greats of the future including Lee Morgan, Benny Golsen, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis, to name just a few. This unique DVD recorded in 1982 also includes a set by Johnny Griffin.
Birdmen -- Tribute To Charlie Parker   Charlie Parker was a creative talent who would explore, invent and push the boundaries of phrasing, improvisation and tempo further than anyone before. His influence can still be heard today in many contemporary jazz musicians. This tribute in recognition of the man and his music was recorded featuring a number of musicians uniquely associated with Parker. Musicians - The Phil Woods Quartet: Phil Woods - Alto Sax, Steve Gilmore - Bass, Hal Galpher - Piano, Bill Goodwin - Drums. The Jon Hendricks Group: Jon Hendricks, Kevin Burke, Aria Hendricks, Judith Hendricks, Michelle Hendricks - Vocals, Larry Goldings - Piano, Jimmy Cobb - Drums, Tyler Mitchell - Bass.
Ayers, Roy - Jazz Legends: Live   It was new generation of players and samplers would end up at vibraphone maestro Roy Ayers corner of the rainbow. From the time he formed his group Ubiquity in 1970, Roy Ayers has mesmerized millions of people with his unique style of music known as Smooth Jazz. His songs have been sampled by dozens of groups including A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, X-Clan, Big Daddy Kane, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, the Notorious BIG, Foxy Brown and Sean "Puffy" Combs. His signature blend of smooth vibes, mother wit lyrics, classic bottom, and dashes of saxophones, keyboards and wordly percussion, is a reflection of his eclectic brilliance.
Fabulous Dorseys   This is the incredible life story of Mr. Trombone and Mr. Sax, two brothers who found went onto individual success following the break-up of their orchestra and the death of their father. Featuring a host of well-known big band musicians and singers, this DVD features the music that made Tommy and Jimmy famous, including Marie, Green Eyes, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Dorsey Concerto, Object of My Affections, and many more.
Sandoval, Arturo - Jazz Legend: Live Brewhouse Theatre 1992   Rarely does a musician master the arts of Jazz, Classical, and Latin music with such technique and purity as Arturo Sandoval. Filled with a virtuoso capability, he desires nothing more than to share his gift with others who feel the same intense adoration for music. His keen technical trumpeting ability and specialty in high notes can be coupled with his piano compositions, as well lyrical ballad improvisations. He who has had the opportunity to enjoy the diversity of Arturos music, through his compositions from the most straight ahead Jazz, Latin Jazz or Classical, should recognize a prominent musician one of the most brilliant and prolific of our time.
Jazz Legends Live! Part 1   Whether it's the barrelhouse, ragtime, syncopation, scat, swing, bebop, hard-bop, re-bop, boogie-woogie or jive, it is still Jazz! Compiled from master recordings that lie forgotten in the vaults of Hollywood studios, The Golden Age of Jazz captures the motion pictures of some of greatest artists in the history of Jazz including Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, The Mills Brothers, Gene Krupa, and many more.
Jazz Legends Live! Part 2   Jazz Legends Live! is a seres of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences. Arnett Cobb - The Nearnees Of You, Arnett Cobb - Bags Groove, Charlie Byrd - Jitterbug Waltz, Charlie Byrd - Wave, Charlie Byrd - Someone To Light Up My Life, Ben Sidran - Mitsubushi Boy, Ben Sidran - On The Cool Side, Les McCann - Someday Well Meet Again.
Jazz Legends Live! Part 3   Jazz Legends Live! is a seres of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences. Koinonia - My Love, Steps Ahead - Charlayne, Steps Ahead - Sumo, Ahmad Jamal & Gary Burton - Bogata, Ron Carter - Loose Change, McCoy Tyner - Habana Sol
Jazz Legends Live! Part 4   Jazz Legends Live! is a seres of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences. Phil Woods - My Old Flame , Ben Sidran - Space Cowboy, Sidran & Woods - Last Dance, Charlie Byrd - 7 Cum 11, Charlie Byrd - Just Friends, Stephane Grappelli - After Youve Gone, Stephane Grappelli - After You In The Wind
Cole, Nat King - Soundies And Telescriptions   Before achieving international pop stardom in the 50's, Nat King Cole enjoyed considerable success fronting his own trio in Hollywood. This video is a fascinating collection of early film shorts produced for theaters and television. Backed by such sidemen as Oscar Moore and Irving Ashby, bassists Johnny Miller and Joe Comfort or Latin percussionist Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo, Cole was in peak artistic form in these true musical gems from his early West Coast period. Recommended to old-time fans and jazz enthusiasts alike, the music in this anthology sounds as enjoyable as ever.
Gillespie, Dizzy - Jivin' In Bebop   Recorded at a time when Diz was fronting his fabled post-war big band featuring jazz greats such as pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson or bassist Ray Brown, this concert film catches the irrepressible trumpeter in top artistic form. In a format that was typical of the day, dancing acts and singers such as Helen Humes or Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood were featured alongside the headlining Gillespie Orchestra. More than fifty years have passed, but watching Diz and his men enthusiastically attack bop classics such as Salt Peanuts, Shaw 'Nuff or Things To Come still makes for wonderful viewing. All clips have been selected from the 1947 ling feature Jivin' In Be-Bop.
Calloway, Cab - Hi-De-Ho And Other Movies   Showcasing the great Cab Calloway in a variety of formats and environments, the splended compilation of "soundies" and clips from the 1947 feature film Hi-De-Ho is testament to the master showman's talent. a fantastic performer, Calloway always managed to steal the show, be it fronting his first-class big band in numbers such as Foo A Little Broogaloo or Call Of The Jitterbug or heading a crackerjack small group in The Calloway Boogie, St. James Infirmary or the immortal Minnie The Moocher.
Washington, Dinah And Friends Swing Era   Gathering material from early in her career, this video offers a fascinating picture of the young Dinah Washington, at a time when she was mainly concentrating on jazzy, torrid R & B numbers shortly after she had been discovered by bandleader Lionel Hampton. Featuring different clips and appearances (some of them at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre), this is an essential document that will surely surprise and fascinate the many fans of the late great Dinah Washington. The video has been completed with a selection of soundies from Martha Davis, Ruth Brown, Dorothy Dandridge, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and other female vocalists form the Forties and Fifties.
Lee, Peggy & Friends - Swing Era   Besides compiling some splendid soundies from Peggy Lee's golden years, this video features additional material starring another cool lady of jazz: June Christy. The edition is completed with several soundies featuring different all-women orchestras from the Swing era, headed by Ina Ray Hutton, Lorraine Page and Rita Rio. This is an essential document to explore some often neglected female figures in jazz.
Vaughan, Sarah & Friends - Swing Era   Sarah Vaughan ranked with Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday as one of the very best female jazz singers of the past century. She was one of the first vocalists to incorporate bop phrasing into her singing, as her splendid performances with jazzmen as diverse as Lester Young, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington or Clifford Brown eloquently proved. Besides compiling different clips showcasing the great Sarah Vaughan, this video is completed with additional clips featuring Lena Horne, Bessie Smith (singing her superb "Saint Louis Blues" from 1929), Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Ethel Waters and the International Sweethearts Of Rhythm, the legendary all female orchestra from the swing era.
Ellington, Duke/Hampton, Lionel Swing Era   This anthology gathers diferent soundies (short features produced for movie theatres) and telescriptions (the first music videos) dating back from the Forties and early Fifties and featuring material by the Duke Ellington orchestra and the Lionel Hampton big band. To be able to watch the Duke and his men performing Caravan, Flamingo or C Jam Blues or the Hampton organization attacking Midnight Sun or Air Mail Special is truly a gift for the eyes.
Jordan, Louis - Films And Soundies   One of the chief progenitors of the R&B idiom and a pioneer of the small-combo "jump" blues style so popular during the Forties, vocalist and altoman Louis Jordan is justly remembered as a performer who defined an era. Gathering material from Jordan films Beware (1946), Reet, Petite And Gone (1947) and Look Out Sister (1948), plus a selection of different "soundies" mainly shot for the black cinemas of America, this video offers a fascinating portrait of this true visionary of music, who's songs sound as irresistible today as they did over five decades ago.
Kenton, Stan - Swing Era   One of the chief progenitors of the R&B idiom and a pioneer of the small-combo "jump" blues style so popular during the Forties, vocalist and altoman Louis Jordan is justly remembered as a performer who defined an era. Gathering material from Jordan films Beware (1946), Reet, Petite And Gone (1947) and Look Out Sister (1948), plus a selection of different "soundies" mainly shot for the black cinemas of America, this video offers a fascinating portrait of this true visionary of music, who's songs sound as irresistible today as they did over five decades ago.
Basie, Count - Swing Era   This compilation of short films from the swing era finds the Count in splendid form, performing in his relaxed and gutsy manner. The DVD is completed with different soundies showcasing Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Joe Turner, Henry Red Allen, Gene Krupa, Lucky Millinder and the dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson.
Shearing, George - Swing Era   Besides gathering different clips and soundies featuring the great George Shearing and his combo, this video includes additional numbers showcasing what we could term Fifties Swingers: Mel Torme, the Slam Stewart Trio, Slim Gaillard, the Bob Cats, and others, in all, a splendid compilation.
Goodman, Benny - Swing Era   A compilation of different clips featuring the great Benny Goodman and his band, this video is completed with a selection of assorted soundies from the Swing era starring star performers and bandleaders of the day such as Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Hoagy Carmichael and Jack "Mr. T" Teagarden.
Ellington, Duke - In Hollywood: Swing Era   This video compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra: Black And Tan (1929), Symphony in Black (1935 - featuring the famous sequence with Billie Holiday), plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures, including the three scenes starring Mae West in the 1934 movie Belle Of The Nineties.
Holiday, Billy - Genius Of Lady Day   This DVD uncovers the life and career of this dark lady of the sonnets, featuring Count Basie, Lester Young, Doc Cheatham, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, Mal Waldron and others. Includes rare TV and movie clips, her four sequences of New Orleans (her unique appearance on a Hollywood movie, with Louis Armstrong), and the extremely rare fifteen-minute musical short presenting Count Basie and his Sextet, Billie Holiday and Sugar Chile Robinson: a virtual triptych of talent, for the first time complete.
Super Drumming Volume 1   This DVD, recorded in superb Dolby Digital 5.1, features some of the greatest drummers of all time in two outstanding recordings from 1987 & 1988! Features Louie Bellson, Bill Bruford, Billy Cobham, Ian Paice, Pete York, Simon Phillips, Nippy Noya, Gerry Brown, Freddy Santiago, Zak Starkey, Cozy Powell, and Dave Mattacks. 26 outstanding tracks are included along with extra DVD features such as intewviews with Pete York, "Making Of" video and Sound Tuning. If you're a drummer or you know someone who is...this is a must-have!
Super Drumming Volume 2   Volume 2 of Super Drumming features drummers Mark Brzezicki, Steve Ferrone, Trilok Gurtu, Jon Hiseman, Ian Paice, Herman Rarebell, Freddie Santiago, Ed Thigpen, and Pete York. The band features Miller Anderson, Frank Nimsgren, Brian Auger, Jon Lord, Rick Keller, Barbara Thompson, and Colin Hodgkinson. Super Drumming began as a TV series in 1987, made on location and broadcast in Germany. The first series was so well received that another two followed it. Some of the world`s top drummers took part in a visually exciting presentation of the drummer both as soloist and a rhythm player in a band. This DVD is some of the highlights of the first two TV series.
Antolini, Charly - Jazz Power:   Charly Antolini can superimpose such complex rhythms that itÆs sometimes hard to believe that you are only listening to one drummer. Nevertheless, a swinging rhythm is an absolute must for him, and his guiding principle is, as he says himself, ôto express something with every beatö. With the international line-up of his Jazz Power project at the 2002 Hot Jazz Festival, he triumphantly proved once again that he is one of the best drummers in the world. Charlie Antolini - Drums, Steve Hooks - Saxophone, David Gazarov - Piano, Andrej Lebanov - Trumpet, Rocky Knauer - Bass
Cooper, Andy - Hot Jazz Festival   If It Ain't Got That Swing was not only Duke Ellington's motto; Andy Cooper and his Euro Top 8 have made it their own as well. The best example: the live recording made at the Rust Europapark in May 2002. Playing to an ecstatic audience, the octet offered an unsurpassed mix of Dixieland, mainstream and jump & jive, interspersed with blues classics including the saga of the legendary "C.C. Rider" in a completely new interpretation. The result is breathtaking swing, irresistible to even the most die-hard modern jazz aficionado. As Andy Cooper puts it: "Music should be fun to play. That's the feeling I want to share with the audience."
Barber, Chris - Hot Jazz Festival   Chris Barber is one of the most important pioneers of European jazz. This DVD celebrates his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. Recorded at Germany's Hot Jazz Festival 2002, he presents his new, eleven-piece Big Chris Barber Band. The trombonist and his virtuoso bandmates confidently switch between New Orleans jazz and a tribute to the great Duke Ellington, playing swinging blues, and managing to inject new life into old favorites like Sweet Georgia Brown. Band is Chris Barber, Bob Hunt, Pat Halcox, Mike "Magic" Henry, Tony Carter, John Crocker, John Defferary, Paul Sealey, Jon Slaughter, Vic Pitt, Colin Miller.
Miller, Marcus - In Concert   This 60 minute DVD features reknown jazz performer Marcus Miller, live in concert from Stuttgart, Germany, recorded on June 6, 1994. Special DVD features include an interview with producer Bernhard Roessle, an artist biography and sound tuning. Recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 PCM Stereo.
Carlton, Larry - In Concert   This DVD features sensational American guitarist Larry Carlton performing 8 songs live in concert. Includes "Strikes Twice," "Last Nite," "D' Modal Thang," "Rio Samba" and more!
Go Jazz Allstars - In Concert:   The best calling card for a jazz record label, according to those in the industry, is an all-star band. In this case, the American music group Go Jazz can consider themselves well represented. The label's image can only benefit from a team of genuine stars who manage to combine their talents to combine the talents of so many stubborn characters to create a harmonic group sound. Ben Sidran (Organ, Piano, Vocals), Georgie Fame (Organ, Piano, Vocals), Charlie Wood (Organ, Vocals), Bob Rockwell (Saxophone), Gégé Telesforo (Vocals), Keith Copeland (Drums). Recording Date: June 30th, 1998
Shakatak - In Concert: Ohne Filter   Shakatak's sound is as cool, sophisticated and uplifting as a sparkling cocktail. They were the leading lights of the British jazz-funk scene in the eighties. The band maintains a cult status with their catchy and relaxed music. They play an elegant, sophisticated and unashamedly laid-back type of jazz-funk similar to that made popular by American bands like Spyro Gyra, the famous Brecker Brothers and occasionally the Crusaders. This Ohne Filter performance was filmed in their prime, on October 31st, 1985. Track list: Dark Is The Night, Day By Day, City Rhythm, Invitations, Easier Said Than Done, Nightbirds, Watching You.
Sidran, Ben - In Concert: Ohne Filter   Ben Sidran has proved his credentials as a producer for artists such as Mose Allison, Diana Ross, Tony Williams and Michel Petrucciani, he worked as a keyboard-player for Tuck and Patti, Jon Hendricks and Gene Clarke and has released nearly two dozen solo albums since 1971 - all filled with cool, swinging songs which cannot be classified as jazz, pop or blues, but take the best from all three genres. This DVD captures Ben Sidran live on Ohne Filter from November 9th, 1995.
Incognito - In Concert: Ohne Filter   People who go "incognito" usually have something to hide. That certainly cant be said of Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick and his exciting band. Firstly, Incognito is much too good to hide itself away. Secondly, this creative workshop, which young, enthusiastic music freaks have been passing through for many years, has left a distinct impression on the scene and not only in its home country, the UK. This live performance from Ohne Filter includes Good Love, One Hundred And Rising, Everybody, Spellbound And Speechless, Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing, Harvest For The World, Colibri, Still A Friend Of Mine, Always There.
Guitar Heroes   The guitar is the uncrowned king of rock n roll instruments, and it sets the tone in other related musical genres as well. A good number of Guitar Heroes have showcased in Baden-Baden at the "Ohne Filter" Studios in the past years - these guitar heroes dazzle you with their virtuoso finger-work, sheer power, and infectious emotion. This DVD features Robben Ford, Duke Robillard, Edgar Winter / Rick Derringer, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Albert Lee, Popa Chubby, Curtis Mayfield, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and more.
Dimeola, Al - One Of These Nights   One of the most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field! "It has been a dream of mine for much of my touring career to capture one of the very first opportunities with working in combination with my group with a string quartet. I welcome all of you to enjoy the first in what I hope to be a series of future performances in this direction! Thanks to Bernhard Roessle and my friends at in-akustik for our many years of working together and for this first such DVD project!" (Al Di Meola) Tracks: Innamorata, Misterio, Azzurra, Orient Blue, Rhapsody Of Fire, This Way Before, One Night Last June, Fugatta, Libertango, Beyond The Mirage, Egyptian Danza.
Jazz Legends Live! Part 5    Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences. Billy Cobham, Arnett Cobb, Ahmad Jamal, Steps Ahead
Jazz Legends Live! Part 6    Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences. Carmen McRae, Monte Alexander, Ben Sidran, Frank Morgan, Charlie Byrd
Jazz Legends Live! Part 7    Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! Part 8    Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality & enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
The Legendary Nat King Cole   Through video and television clips, and rare early photos, this DVD uncovers the life of one of Americas leading cultural icons, documenting Coles struggles and successes from his early childhood in Alabama to his transformation into Americas best loved performer. Also included are countless bonus clips of such classic hits as Mona Lisa, Nature Boy, A Christmas Song, Route 66, Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, and For Sentimental Reasons, taken from Coles live concert and television performances, as well as collaborations with outstanding artists like Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Ertha Kitt and Johnny Mercer.
Horne, Lena - The Incomparable Lena Horne   Through video and television clips, and rare early photos, this DVD uncovers Lena's life and career, including all of her movies scenes from her first appearance on screen in "The Duke is Tops" to her later roles in great musicals such as "Panama Hattie," "Thousands Cheer," "Broadway Rhythm," "Two Girls and A Sailor," "Ziegfeld Follies," "Words and Music," "Till the Clouds Roll By," and her two masterpieces, "Cabin in the Sky," and "Stormy Weather."
Jazz for Dummies   Written in a style that’s as hip as the music itself, this ever-so-copacetic guide lays down the rich history and soulful sounds of jazz. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the masters and their music- from Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker to Wynton Marsalis. Tune into the different jazz styles and become a more savvy listener. Whether you’re getting into the rhythm for the first time or a hep cat solid in the scene, Jazz For Dummies will keep you bopping! Stay in the Groove. Get the lowdown firsthand from today’s greats. Appreciate the different types of jazz - from the big bands to funk jazz. Assemble our own library of great jazz music. Keep those fingers snappin’ - recommended online and newsstand jazz resources and treat your ears to some of the hottest jazz on CD.
Piano for Dummies   Even if you've never read a note of music before or you couldn't carry a tune if it were strapped to your back, you can be playing those 88 keys in no time with all the easy-to-follow tips and sound advice from award-winning composer, arranger, and pianist Blake Neely. Catch the beat, scale your way to new pianistic heights, and dress up your music with great grooves, rich chords, and the building blocks of harmony. Find your own rhythm in rock, blues, jazz, or classical keyboard styles; decide whether the piano, organ, synthesizer, or harpsichord is the right keyboard for you. Companion CD includes almost 100 sample tracks and exercises.
Jazz Guitar Structures Boosting Your Solo Power For guitarists, the technical learning curve for improvisation is fairly steep. For this reason, it is important to find multiple uses for the musical structures that you learn to execute. This approach decreases the learning curve considerably. Jazz Guitar Structures shows you how to expand your improvising vocabulary by combining small, easily identifiable melodic ideas (structures) into longer, more complex lines. In standard notation with companion CD.
Jazz Guitar Technique Breaking The Skill Barrier When improvising, what your mind hears is more often than not determined by what your body can reproduce on your instrument. Much of your conception as an improviser is determined by your technique. If you can’t play certain types of ideas, you are simply not going to conceive of them while you are improvising. Even if you could, it wouldn’t matter, since you couldn’t play them anyway. Serious chops building technical studies for single note lines and chords. Plus, the examples feature a lot of harmonic content. This book is about much more than technique...I believe this would be a great addition to any jazz guitarist's library. In standard notation only.
Talk Jazz Guitar Based on the Barry Harris Method A comprehensive collection of bebop studies, with detailed explanation of some of jazz improvisation’s fundamental tools. The pages in this book contain a collection of studies developed that will help you improve your technique, knowledge of your instrument, and a feeling for jazz melodies. If practiced in tempo you will also develop a good sense of rhythm. There is a great deal of material here, all of which is based on actual jazz phrases. Any part of the following studies can be easily adopted as part of a solo. Fingerings and fret-board diagrams are included as well as an accompanying CD with 15 tracks that features the studies in this book as played by Roni Ben-Hur with the accompaniment of one of New York’s best rhythm sections: Tardo Hammer on piano, Earl May on bass and Leroy Williams on drums. It is a powerful tool to help you master this material. Use it to listen to the studies and get acquainted with them, then practice them with the CD. You can turn the guitar channel off on the CD, and practice
Bruno, Jimmy Solo   One would be hard pressed to find another jazz guitarist so polished, sought-after and committed to the music that he loves. From his earliest days, Jimmy Bruno has loved and been loved by jazz. With his unmistakable presence and inspiring virtuosity, great pride, Mel Bay Records releases Jimmy Bruno’s new album, SOLO, on Guitar Sessions, a label dedicated to cutting-edge jazz guitar.

SOLO is nothing but Jimmy Bruno, literally. Jimmy arranged this compilation of originals and jazz standards for solo jazz guitar, presenting the listener with the opportunity to hear and enjoy every note. Whether it’s the dynamic swing of Benny’s Tune or the romantic familiarity of Satin Doll, Jimmy Bruno digs in deep and demonstrates true mastery of his instrument.

Jimmy Bruno Guitar Sessions Record Interview
Vic Juris, A Second Look   When Mel Bay Records launched Guitar Sessions, Vic Juris was one of the artists recruited to provide a distinctive flavor to the jazz-oriented label. A Second Look features Jay Anderson on bass, Tim Horner on drums, and Dave Liebman on tenor and soprano sax. The masterful juxtaposition of nylon-string acoustic and electric guitars adds an engaging range of voices to standards and originals, including Barney K., So In Love, All the Things You Are, Shades of Jazz, Very Early, For Brian, Table for One, and Indian Summer.

Vic Juris Guitar Sessions Record Interview
Bob Brozman In Concert   Bob Brozman is one of those rare artists whose exceptional wit, music, energy and depth of knowledge combine powerfully to create an unforgettable, truly live concert. A master of blues, slide, hot jazz, Hawaiian and Caribbean guitar styles, Bob has a fast-paced, wide-ranging show that keeps audiences worldwide on the edge of their seats laughing, marveling and participating in his infectious rhythms. His mainstay is the novel mixing of American and world music styles in completely new ways, as his slide guitar explores the musical frontiers between the first and third worlds. Throughout, Bob maintains a disarming talent for humor, from the zany to the sardonic. This 90 minute DVD concert was recorded at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley California.

Titles include: Zonky, Highway 49 blues, Down the Road, Phonograph Blues, Hawaiian Medley, La Vie en Rose, Ukulele Spaghetti, Love in Vain, Telegram Blues, Old Dog Blues, Green River Blues, Backwards Blues, Minnie the Moocher, Cinemascope Calypso, Dina
John Renbourn In Concert 1990 DVD   John Renbourn's unique stylistic fusion of British folk music with elements of country blues, modern jazz, ragtime, classical and pre-Renaissance music has led to his becoming one of the foremost fingerstyle guitarists performing today. John explores all the facets of his music in this 75 minute solo concert, recorded 1990 in Toronto, Canada.

He plays a classic rock instrumental by Booker T. & The MGS and follows this with a gospel tuned learned from a recording by the great Bahamian guitarist, Joseph Spence. Traditional Irish melodies are played as easily as a jazz composition from the South African pianist, Dollar Brand. John Renbourn is a "complete guitarist" and a highly evolved musician. This video presents a rare night which combined great guitar playing, John's unique humor and a captivated full-house.

Titles include: Sweet Potato, Medley: Abide With Me/Great Dreams From Heaven, Lord Franklin, Little Niles, Lindsay, From Sandwood Down To Kyle, Medley: The South Wind/The Blar
World of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar   The evolution of jazz guitar continues as evidenced in this video featuring the talents of Martin Taylor, Tommy Crook, Jim Nichols, Duck Baker, and Woody Mann. Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz for solo guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers- pianists, horn players, bassists, and singers as well as guitarists in jazz, blues, and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz guitarists is their ability to simultaneously play (or imply) all elements of music rhythm, harmony, bass, and melody- without accompaniment.
Martin Taylor in Concert  
"The obvious impetus for playing fingerstyle guitar is the ability to combine bass lines, chords and melody simultaneously, effectively creating the impression of several musicians playing together. But unless you've already heard Martin Taylor, you've never experienced it quite like this. In Martin's playing, the three elements are so well integrated that the music transcends the technique. But you won't miss the details of his touch. Tight left-hand positions move with the precision of a servomotor; each digit appearing to have a mind of its own, but playing in perfect harmony with the others. Arrangements fly off his fingers in such a seemingly effortless manner that they create the illusion of accessibility"
(Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine).
Martin Taylor has been playing guitar for as long as he can remember, ever since his father gave him his first instrument at the age of four. It was to be the start of a career which has delighted audiences worldwide and drawn critical
Stompin' at the Savoy-World of Slide Guitar Volume 2   The world of slide guitar offers a vast myriad of styles, techniques and music. The music presented in this video ranges from jazz standards to Indian ragas; from mournful blues to rock standards; from bluegrass to Hawaiian slack key. Five master slide guitarists are presented in this second collection: Bod Brozman, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Martin Simpson, Mike Auldridge and Martin Simpson. All use the slide to explore new areas, textures and musical ideas.
Detour Ahead An Afternoon with Herb Ellis Taking its title from Herb Ellis' most famous composition, Detour Ahead chronicles the life and music of the famed jazz guitarist. From his birth in Farmersville, Texas and his early days playing rhythm in the big bands of Jimmy Dorsey and Glen Gray to his innovative work with groups like the Soft Winds, Detour Ahead covers every major step of the guitarist's life. Muh attention is given to his groundbreaking work with the Oscar Peterson Trio of the 1950s, his days with Ella Fitzgerald, his work with the Great Guitars, and his many friends in jazz. On-camera interviews include Ray Brown, Charlie Byrd, Benny Golson, Benny Green, Al Grey, Lionel Hampton, Gene Harris, Jon Hendricks and Hank Jones. Along with modern interviews, Detour Ahead features never-before-seen home movies from jazz's golden age of Herb on tour with Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Running time: 60 minutes
Dave Van Ronk in Concert at the Bottom Line June 2, 2001   Few folk or blues enthusiasts need to be introduced to Dave Van Ronk, the extraordinary singer and guitarist. His name is inextricably linked, first and foremost, to the folk music scene in New York City's Greenwich Village in the 1960s. He played with and knew virtually everyone of musical significance in that decade. Familiarly known as "The Mayor of MacDougal Street," Van Ronk presided over an apartment that served as hangout pad/salon to peers like Bob Dylan, Odetta, Tom Paxton and Peter Yarrow, and a virtual graduate school to the next generation of guitarists, some of whom, like Christine Lavin, achieved broad popularity in their own right.

Dave Van Ronk played the sort of music he liked, with small regard for the boundaries that normally separate jazz and blues and country and folk. He proved in practice that those distinctions don't mean very much. His performances were stripped down to the essentials: emotional and musical honesty. He was a unique individual and musical figure. An engaging
Dave Van Ronk in Concert at the Bottom Line June 2, 2001   Few folk or blues enthusiasts need to be introduced to Dave Van Ronk, the extraordinary singer and guitarist. His name is inextricably linked, first and foremost, to the folk music scene in New York City's Greenwich Village in the 1960s. He played with and knew virtually everyone of musical significance in that decade. Familiarly known as "The Mayor of MacDougal Street," Van Ronk presided over an apartment that served as hangout pad/salon to peers like Bob Dylan, Odetta, Tom Paxton and Peter Yarrow, and a virtual graduate school to the next generation of guitarists, some of whom, like Christine Lavin, achieved broad popularity in their own right.

Dave Van Ronk played the sort of music he liked, with small regard for the boundaries that normally separate jazz and blues and country and folk. He proved in practice that those distinctions don't mean very much. His performances were stripped down to the essentials: emotional and musical honesty. He was a unique individual and musical figure. An engaging
Six Essential Fingerings for the Jazz Guitarist   Guitarists face a sometimes overwhelming number of choices as to where to play a given note or phrase and what fingering to use. While a given fingering for a scale or phrase may be possible, it may not be practical. In this book, jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno lays out six fingerings for the major scales which he has found to be the most efficient in his thirty years of professional playing. These patterns are then used to derive fingerings for the dorian mode, mixolydian mode, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. Illustrations are provided in notation and tablature with fretboard diagrams aiding visualization. By using these fingerings consistently, the guitarist will eliminate all unnecessary fingerings and remove a major obstacle to his or her development as a musician.
West Coast Blues Guitar Play-Along Trax   This booklet/2-CD set has been designed to help the guitarist with soloing studies. These 36 play-along rhythm tracks embody the electrifying feel of the West Coast Blues and provide you with the ability to place new licks and soloing concepts into context. They include slow blues, fast blues, jazzy blues, rumbas, songs with breaks, swings, marches, minor blues, boogies, and many more. A practice section is included featuring nine Play-Along Trax that start at a tempo of 40 beats per minute and go to 200 for progressive lick study. This is a great tool to help you master any lick or song that is too difficult to play at its original speed. The remaining backup tracks are arranged by key, single guitar or band, and tempo. Most of the examples will use the standard 12-bar blues format, while a few use common variations such as 16-bar blues. The enclosed booklet provides the chord progressions plus instruction on how to use the CDs to practice listening and breaks.
L'Esprit Manouche A Comprehensive Study of Gypsy Jazz Guitar This massive book offers a comprehensive study of the Gypsy jazz or Manouche guitar style as perceived by French guitarists Derek Sebastian and Romane, two of the finest modern day practitioners of the Django Reinhardt style.

Each of the book’s thirty-six progressive chapters consists of four parts: A.) Technique developed through exercises, chord progressions/diagrams, and illustrations of fingerboard positions; B.) A harmony lesson with leads in the Manouche style; C.) Soloing techniques based on the harmonic structure of a given theme; and D.) Self-testing materials with answers provided at the close of the book.

The companion CD for L’Espirit Manouche is unique in that it provides 98 play-along MIDI files that exactly parallel the order of the exercises, examples and pieces in the book as well as audio tracks of excerpts from eighteen Romane favorites from the Gypsy jazz repertoire. The MIDI tracks, which can be accessed via most audio players on PC or Macintosh computers, allow
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Bill Evans, Guitar Edition   Bill Evans (1929-1980) is one of the highest regarded jazz pianists in the history of jazz. His harmonic and rhythmic language in combination with superb taste and technical perfection places him in a category by himself. His style of harmonization and improvisation has been an inspiration to countless pianists as well as other instrumentalists in the field of jazz. This text presents numerous musical lines in the style of Bill Evans. These lines have been grouped by the harmony they can be used against. The accompanying play-along CD provides a rhythm section backup for each of the exercises. To help the player master all keys, each section also has a play-along on the CD that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the style of Bill Evans are discussed and examples shown, helping musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further insuring mastery of these ideas. When assimilated into the student's musical vocabulary, these ideas will help students create their own origina
Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos Volume 3   Mel Bay's Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos Volume Three presents nine challenging tunes and improvised solos by some of today’s top jazz guitar players for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist. Contributors include: Ron Afiff, Peter Bernstein, Joe Diorio, Fred Hamilton, Ken Hatfield, Hank Mackie, Steve Masakowski, Joe Negri, and Rick Stone. All of the pieces are in both standard notation and tablature with a biographical sketch of each performer. A companion stereo CD is included, making this an ideal sourcebook for serious students and professionals alike.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Clifford Brown, Bass Clef Edition   Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford’s style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Clifford Brown, C Edition   Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford’s style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Clifford Brown, Bb Edition   Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford’s style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Clifford Brown, Eb Edition   Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford’s style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language.
Gig Savers: Rhythm Guitar Cheat Sheet   Accompaniment patterns for a wide variety of styles are presented in this informative book. Styles covered include folk, rock/blues, country/bluegrass, jazz, and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Many basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught in a simple manner. Materials are presented with rhythmic notation and string numbers only.
Soul Jazz Guitar   Soul Jazz Guitar is a collection of Randy Johnston's tunes and solos specifically designed for the intermediate student. Rather than merely transcribing solos from his CDs, he plays material at a reasonable tempo specifically with the student in mind. There are tunes ("Downtime," "The Philadelphians," and "Rolling at the Summit") that appear on his commercial CDs, but included here are versions that are new and totally unique to this project. There are also some improvisations on some familiar "standard" progressions to help the student deal with these changes when he or she encounters them at jam sessions etc. Randy has tried to present his take on the Jazz language as clearly and faithfully as possible to make the solos easy to learn. He hopes that this will lead the student not just to imitation but also to develop his or her own approach to these progressions just as he developed his own approach from listening to the playing of his role models over the years.
1000 Keyboard Tips   This unique book is a tutor, reference book, songbook and dictionary all in one. It's fun and easy to understand with plenty of informative tips, which makes it well-suited to beginners and amateurs who wish to get the most out of their keyboards.

Split into 12 progressive sections, the book covers practically everything you need to know about electronic keyboards, such as intervals, dominant and subdominant chains, all scales, riffs, licks, phrases, patterns, intros, and endings. Moreover, you’ll learn about improvisation, arranging and composing in Blues, Rock, Pop and Jazz styles.

Finally, various special keyboard voicings, programming drum machines and MIDI make this book an invaluable encyclopedia. The accompanying CD includes many examples and songs to listen or play along to. Most of the material in this book can also be used by pianists.

Gig Savers: Killer Comping A Basic Guide This Mel Bay Gig Saver gives aspiring guitarists ideas about jazz guitar accompaniment in a brief, affordable, yet informative fashion. In jazz, the term "comping" means to accompany, and in some cases, to complement. It is the job of the harmonic instrument (guitar) to provide a background for other musicians to improvise against or a singer to sing against. The idea, when comping, is to make the other musicians comfortable while they play and to help their solos feel "complete." This book gives the guitarist a number of chord shapes and rhythms that can be used when comping in the style of Freddie Green, and in bebop and later styles. There are also blues progressions and an etude to practice applying the concepts.
The Gary Potter Trio: Hotter Than Hot   This concert featuring the Gary Potter Trio was recorded live at Central Station, Wrexham, England, on August 19, 2000. The trio consists of Gary Potter (guitar), Nils Solberg (rhythm guitar), and Andy Crowdy (bass). They perform 10 pieces including Belleville (D. Reinhardt), Limehouse Blues (Braham/Furber), and other standards. Interspersed with the tunes are snippets of an interview with Gary. Gary Potter first came to prominence in 1990 when he appeared in Django Legacy, John Jeremy's film documentary on the Django Reinhardt Memorial Festival in Samois, France. Here was a young, Liverpool based player of wonderful skill, who could play ferocious Chet Atkins licks and combine them with gypsy style flourishes and fast arpeggio runs in a unique style all his own. In the years since then, Potter has developed his playing so that he has become a truly world class player. Although he plays in many styles, it is as an individualistic exponent of the gypsy genre that he really shines. What he brings to this style,
Frank Vignola's Gypsy Jazz Jam   This footage is a backstage look at what Frank Vignola and his friends do best: Jam. Some of the world’s foremost gypsy jazz guitarists let it all hang out on this very special DVD.
Gig Savers: Killer Turnarounds   Killer Turnarounds presents a wealth of concise information about playing over the last two measures of jazz tunes. Commonly called the turnaround, these two measures can be difficult to accurately play over for beginning jazz improvisers. This method systematically breaks down the harmonic structures frequently found at the end of tunes and provides melodic ideas as well as harmonic ideas that will help improvisers sound like seasoned professionals. Presented in standard notation and tab.
Gig Savers: Killer ii-Vs Unlocking Jazz Improvisation This 16-page text provides material to be played over the most common chord progression in jazz, the major and minor ii-V-I. Each section contains harmonic ideas as well as melodic ideas presented in standard notation and tab. A wealth of valuable information is provided in this text for the jazz guitarist wanting some new lines.
One Guitar, Many Styles A Collection of Solo Pieces in a Variety of Styles for Solid-bodied Electric Guitar Much of today's electric guitar centers on playing in a band. We learn the chords, the licks, the solos and sometimes a few of the lyrics. Seldom do we get a chance to play a song by ourselves from beginning to end without band mates or singing. This new book by Berklee faculty and renowned recording artist Jon Finn is a collection of pieces in a variety of musical styles written for unaccompanied solo electric guitar. Techniques covered include pick-and-fingers (reminiscent of Chet Atkins), classical (adapted to electric guitar), jazz, blues, pop, two-handed tapping (like Jennifer Batten or Stanley Jordan) and more. The music is accurately and painstakingly transcribed to match the included recordings. The book also includes pictures and detailed information about playing each piece, both from a technical and artistic point of view. If you want to widen your musical horizons while building up repertoire that you can perform by yourself, this book is for you.
Jazz Guitar Wall Chart   Sample improvised lines, turnarounds, comping patterns, and much more are provided with standard notation, tab and diagrams in this easy to read and understand wall chart. The basics and essentials of playing jazz guitar are compiled in one chart for aspiring jazz guitarists to learn from each day. Pick a lick a day (or week) and guitarists will be playing authentic jazz ideas in no time at all. A stunning photo of a beautiful archtop guitar makes this chart functional as well as beautiful for hanging where guitarists practice.

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Jazz Guitar Chord Substitution Wall Chart   Spice up any chord progression by applying the most common chord substitutions used in Western music. Substitutions illustrated in this chart include vi for I, ii for V, tritone, diatonic chord substitutions, and others. Each concept is presented with a table showing the proper chord assignment in all twelve keys. With string names and the natural notes labeled as they apply to the fretboard, this wall chart provides a wealth of information.

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Jazz Guitar Chord Chart   This chart shows essential jazz chord forms for solo performance and categorizes jazz rhythm chord forms into 6th string root and 5th string root. Finally, "Freddie Green" type rhythm chords are presented with root, 3rd and 5th in the bass. An incredible amount of information in one chart!
Jazz Fiddle Wizard Junior   Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning to intermediate middle and high school violinists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard--a break-through approach for string players who want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm, call and response, articulation, scales, and chord changes in jazz improvisation. The exercises are turned into catchy tunes arranged to work in any configuration of string groups. That is, three-part arrangements for each tune may be played with any number of like instruments or in conjunction with Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. and Jazz Cello Wizard Jr. books. Suitable as a self-instruction book or for use in private and/or group string instruction, Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. contains piano accompaniment parts as well as a CD that provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for every exercise and tune. The appropriate tone and style are modeled by t
Jazz Viola Wizard Junior   Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school violists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard--a breakthrough approach for string players who want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm, call and response, articulation, scales, and chord changes in jazz improvisation. The exercises are turned into catchy tunes arranged to work in any configuration of string groups. That is, three-part arrangements for each tune may be played with any number of like instruments or in conjunction with Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. and Jazz Cello Wizard Jr. books. Suitable as a self-instruction book or for use in private and/or group string instruction, Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. contains piano accompaniment parts as well as a CD that provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for every exercise and tune. The appropriate tone and style are modeled by the
Jazz Cello Wizard Junior   Jazz Cello Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school cellists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard--a break-through approach for string players who want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm, call and response, articulation, scales, and chord changes in jazz improvisation. The exercises are turned into catchy tunes arranged to work in any configuration of string groups. That is, three-part arrangements for each tune may be played with any number of like instruments or in conjunction with Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. and Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. books. Suitable as a self-instruction book or for use in private and/or group string instruction, Jazz Cello Wizard Jr. contains piano accompaniment parts as well as a CD that provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for every exercise and tune. The appropriate tone and style are modeled by the
Getting Into Latin Jazz Guitar   This book is a guide to some of the techniques needed for "getting into latin jazz guitar." There are 5 independent sections: References and definition of terms; exercises and/or pieces which demonstrate various guitar techniques; examples of common Rasgueado patterns; the "Riverboat Suite," studies for developing rhythmic ability and appreciation; and pieces in a variety of different Latin styles. The CD, used in conjunction with the written notation, tablature and chord symbols, gives a clear idea of what is required for players and teachers of all levels. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with guitar and music notation, but glossaries of terms are included for reference. There are a variety of patterns which are employed in the different styles of music; the examples show how to "get into" some basic forms. All the techniques described are playable on the fingerstyle guitar, and the pieces themselves are selected and arranged with performance in mind.
Just Jazz Guitar Articles   It is with great pleasure that we here at Mel Bay Publications, Inc. offer this project by guitar legend Jack Wilkins. Jack’s skills as a session player, jazz player and all around guitar virtuoso have been honed by playing countless gigs and recording sessions. This book compiles many of Jack’s lessons originally written for “Just Jazz Guitar” magazine. Subjects including comping, harmonization, and single-note soloing in the jazz setting are covered in this text by one of the world’s greatest…so practice hard. This material is tried and tested and will make you a better player. The difficulty is intermediate to advanced.
Buscarino Players in Concert   Buscarino players Gene Bertoncini, Ron Afiff, Barry Greene and Corey Christiansen were filmed at the annual Buscarino Players Concert at the Long Island Guitar Show in May of 2002. Fabulous footage of master musicians doing what they do best make this DVD a real treat. The depth of Gene Bertoncini and the fire of Barry Greene and Ron Afiff made this night one to remember. Captured in an almost informal setting at times, these fine players show off the sounds of their stunning guitars hand-built by John Buscarino.
Barry Galbraith Guitar Solos Volume 2 Thirteen Standards This is the second volume of thirteen standards arranged for solo guitar by Barry Galbraith. Facilitating the learning experience, all chord symbols, left-hand fingering, and tablature are included. There is also a companion CD recorded by John Purse. Jim Hall, in his review of the first volume (Just Jazz Guitar magazine, August 2002), said, "The book starts simply and clearly and moves toward fascinating complexity and maturity....a musical life experience trip. If you don't take it, I will." Appropriate for the intermediate to advanced guitarist.
Christmas Celebration - Holiday Jazz   Celebrate a swingin’ holiday season with this perfect party mix of jazzy Christmas tunes. Christmas Celebration - Holiday Jazz features all those cool, yuletide carols that you know and love. This collection of jazz is effervescent and bubbly, creating the prefect soundtrack for holiday fun.
Jack Wilkins: Christmas Jazz Guitar   Jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins' flawless technique and imaginative chordal approach has inspired collaborations with many legendary performers. This CD presents guitar ensemble arrangements of many traditional Christmas favorites as well as an arrangement of a folk tune that appeared in the movie A Christmas Carol and one original tune. Pleasing, light listening for a beautiful time of the year.
Sunday Morning Pianist   This collection of 34 hymns, two with variations, is separated into five groups: treasured hymns with a story; pentatonic hymns; hymns by women composers; gospel, ragtime, patriotic and jazz hymns; variations of hymns. Some favorites include ‘At the Cross’, ‘How Great Thou Art’, ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Joy to the World’, and many others.
Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Guitar   This book focuses on the key elements of the Django Reinhardt Gypsy jazz or jazz Manouche guitar style. The information revealed here was gleaned from years of experience jamming with French Gypsies and studying with masters of the style. A native of France, Stephane Wrembel acquired his skills entirely by ear and has taught scores of musicians worldwide using the method that appears here in text and notation for the first time. Written in English, German and French with all musical examples in standard notation and tablature, Wrembel conveys his knowledge in a logical step by step manner, exposing the reader to the authentic Manouche style as it continues to evolve in France and Holland. Medium to advanced in difficulty, this method is designed for the guitarist who is already familiar with jazz harmony and note locations on the fretboard.
Mark Elf Jazz Interpretations Volume 1 Original Etudes Based on Progression Similar to Stella Jazz Interpretations is a set of five choruses based on the chord changes for “Stella”. They will provide the intermediate student a guide and sound linear approach to playing solid lines. Mark Elf played these examples in real time into a computer and they were transcribed by notation software. It is recommended that after playing through each example that the student learns 1 bar, 2 bar & 4 bar phrases and work them into his or her own solos.
Tal Farlow Live at Bowling Green State University Any Tal enthusiast should have this video recorded live in 1988 at Bowling Green State University. Songs include Misty, Satin Doll, Billie's Bounce, Just Friends and Autumn Leaves. Tal Farlow is backed up by Chris Buzzelli, Jeff Halsey, and Jerry McKenzie.
Playing in the Groove   One of the roles of a jazz guitarist is providing accompaniment. Economy of rhythm and harmony while comping and grooving with a band will get jazz guitarists further with their fellow bandmates than playing lots of bulky, cluttered rhythms and chords. "Playing in the Groove" will demonstrate to jazz guitar students how not to overplay in a small jazz group settings but rather play tasty lines and chords that will impress any soloist. In this DVD, emphasis is placed on locking in with a bass player and drummer and using chord voicings that won't clutter up the harmony. The accompanying chart provides abbreviated but clear and easy to understand musical material that is covered in the DVD.
Basic Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Comping in the Freddie Green Style   Every jazz guitarist needs to be familiar with the accompaniment style of Freddie Green. Freddie Green was the guitarist for the Count Basie orchestra for decades and his sound and comping technique were defining aspects of this legendary group. Four-to-the-bar strumming, essential chord voicings and voice leading ideas are covered in this informative DVD and accompanying chart. A must have for any aspiring rhythm guitarist.
Quartal Harmony: Modern Jazz Comping & Voicings   Quartal harmony deals with guitar chord shapes and chord voicings that are built in 4ths rather than 3rds. This type of harmony is used by pianists and guitarists alike and utilizes voicings that can be used in many settings. Quartal voicings, and their inversions, are displayed in the DVD’s accompanying chart with very clear diagrams making it very easy to learn and understand this type of harmony. The DVD not only presents teaching material, but also provides a play-along essence that will allow students to hear how to apply these great chord voicings.
Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner   Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner is designed specifically for beginning piano students who are looking for fun and modern music material. It begins with chapters on how to find notes on the piano, hand positioning and an introduction to rhythm and musical notation. It discusses posture, explains how to select an appropriate instrument and includes a simple glossary of musical terms. Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner consist of 30 fun piano pieces including Chatter Rag, Friday Boogie, Max's Trot and Blue All the Way, composed by Mel Bay best selling author of Jazz Piano Chords and Jazz Piano Scales, Misha V. Stefanuk. The included CD allows students to enjoy the music and to hear how the pieces should be performed.
Melodic Studies & Compositions for Guitar A Reading Workout for Serious Musicians A collection of studies and compositions written to provide a creative approach to a common problem. Most guitar students have not worked through a methodical approach to reading music notation, which limits their personal progress and sometimes their career development. The author has approached the studies from two directions: horizontal, or up the fingerboard on individual strings, and positional. The first two parts of the book are extensively fingered and designed to make intervals and melodic patterns more visually apparent by repetition of similar ideas in different locations on the neck. The third part contains five extended compositions, which draw from the author’s jazz background. The first four include chord changes for duo practice, as well as challenging melodic lines in a variety of meters that may be used for the study of improvisation. The fifth piece is written in the Indian Raga style. Basic music theory and rhythmic studies are included in the appendices.
Jazz Intros and Endings   Jazz Intros and Endings offers 60 intros and endings for songs in many keys and styles. Ron is a well known and admired guitar player having played with Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. These harmonically rich phrases offer many great ideas and insight into creating your own intros and endings. Book is in standard notation with chord diagrams and has CD featuring all the examples.
Coltrane Changes Applications of Advanced Jazz Harmony for Guitar John Coltrane's recording "Giant Steps" introduced a system of chord progressions and chord substitutions that has challenged even the best jazz musicians. The tri-tonic systems (sometimes referred to as "Coltrane Changes") found in the tunes Giant Steps and Countdown is taught in a digestible way thoughout this method. Etudes show how to reharmonize standard ii-V-I changes with Coltrane Changes. The play-along CD will help students practice and master single-note lines over these chords in all 12 keys. Guitarists will appreciate the chord voicing suggestions. A must have for the serious jazz guitarist.
Rock/Fusion Improvising   Carl Filipiak’s Private Lessons Series on Rock/Fusion Improvising is the perfect vehicle for the rock guitarist who wants to add elements of jazz to their playing. Discover many of the concepts that fusion, jazz, and “jam bands” use. Intervallic harmony, diminished scales and how to use them are just a few topics that are covered. Take your blues/rock licks to another level! This play-along CD includes odd-time signatures, funk and Indian grooves and features Carl Filipiak on guitar and a smokin’ rhythm section, which includes John Thomakos on drums and Steve Zerlin on bass. Also included on one track is world-renown drummer, Dennis Chambers.
Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation   Written for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist, this book assumes an adequate knowledge of chord scales and jazz theory. The topics include playing modally, chord substitutions, Coltrane substitutions, diminished and melodic minor scales as well as dealing with pentatonics. Companion CD included.
The Changes Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Lines & Comping for Guitar The Changes: Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Lines, and Comping is offered for beginning to advanced players as a way to visualize guide tones on the fretboard. From these shapes lines can be created for soloing and voicings can be built for comping and chord melody. Most importantly, the changes of the progression being played can be heard with only a few notes. The simple approach is always best; guide tones are easy to play and are how the ear identifies a chord progression. Embellishing guide tones is what improvising musicians from baroque to bebop to beyond have been doing to make the changes. Companion CD includes all exercises.
Creative Comping Concepts for Jazz Guitar   Pianists are the main sources of inspiration for new developments in jazz guitar comping. Yet guitarists have been slow to develop a comping vocabulary with harmonic sophistication, subtle voiceleading, and rhythmic flexibility on the level of the best contemporary pianists. This book seeks to remedy the situation by articulating a comping vocabulary in the context of six of the most often played tunes in jazz: 12-bar blues, rhythm changes, minor blues, a modal tune, and a couple of standards. The comps are written out in notation and tablature and include rhythms with forward motion, chords built in fourth intervals, parallel constant structure voicings, polychords, slash chords, etc. The focus is on developing a contemporary approach to rhythm, phrasing, chord voicings, voiceleading, chord substitution, and reharmonization. A play-along CD recording of the guitar comps with bass and drums helps get the sounds and rhythms in your ear. The theory of how the comping concepts are applied to the music is explain
Modern Blues Advanced Blues Reharmonizations & Melodic Ideas for Guitar Modern Blues is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and a CD is included in which the more difficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo. The CD was recorded with live drums, acoustic bass and guitar. All the exercises are included on the CD as well as many practice tracks that enable the student to play with a rhythm section. The book covers such topics as reharmonization, exotic chord/scale combinations, intervallic and triadic exercises, alternate pentatonic suggestions and exercises and many other topics.
Jazz Pentatonics Advanced Improvising Concepts for Guitar Jazz Pentatonics… is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and a CD is included in which the more difficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo. The CD was recorded with live drums, acoustic bass and guitar. All the exercises are included on the CD as well as play-along tracks that enable the student to play with a rhythm section. The book covers the minor 7, dominant 7, minor 7(b5) and major (b6) pentatonics and gives the student many etudes and exercises from which to draw improvisational ideas.
Jazz Ear Training Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music Jazz Ear Training: Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music, focuses the student on developing the ability to hear and react to harmonic structures common to the modern Jazz idiom, while adhering to specific melodic phrases. The book and recording include a variety of exercises derived from the major, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales and suggestions on how to play by ear. It was designed with the intermediate to advanced Jazz student in mind who needs to enhance the connection between his inner voice and instrument. It will also help the student "hear" what he may intellectually "know". Though intended for guitarists, this book can serve the needs of any aspiring Jazz improviser. A basic understanding of Jazz theory is recommended before using this book. Companion CD included.
Jazz Guitar Scale Chart   A working knowledge of scales and their applications to chord progressions is paramount for jazz guitarists. Mel Bay's Jazz Guitar Scale Chart provides fingerings diagrams, construction formulas in whole and half steps (in standard notation) and application (usage) for the most common scales used in jazz improvisation and composition. This easy to read and understand chart is packed full of scalar information. A “must have” for aspiring jazz guitarists.
Modern Chords Advanced Harmony for Guitar One of the world’s great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. The companion CD gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts.
Chords/Scales/Arpeggios/Etudes Workout   A technique building regimen built around jazz chords and scale shapes. The basic chord is shown, followed by the appropriate arpeggio and scale. In addition, an “ear stretching” etude is presented for each chord and scale shape.
Beginner's Fingerpicking Guitar: Ragtime, Pop, Blues and Jazz   As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series this comprehensive and thorough collection of fingerpicking guitar lessons contains invaluable tips and instruction implemented throughout the arrangements in this book. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction.
Lesson One: Basic picking patterns for pop songs and rock ballads, shuffle beat/boogie woogie, moving bass lines, playing leads with thumb beat.
Lesson Two: Songs include: “Bill Bailey”, “Cocaine”, “Oh Babe, Ain’t No Lie”, “Maple Leaf Rag” and more.
Lesson Three: Moveable chords, rockabilly leads, chord families, changing keys. Songs: “Nine Pound Hammer”, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, “Wabash Cannonball”, “Bury Me Beneath The Willow Tree”.
Jimmy Bruno Live At Chris' Jazz Cafe   Jimmy Bruno is one of the finest jazz guitarists of our time. From the first note of every performance he captures audiences with his electricity and presence. This most recent performance, filmed live at Chris’ Café in Philadelphia, PA, presents the unique opportunity to witness Jimmy in an intimate jazz setting, while playing to a home town crowd. This new DVD features eight jazz standards performed live by Jimmy Bruno with a tenor sax/drums/organ quartet and includes an up-close and personal interview with the master himself.
Jazz Guitar Lines Workout   The exercises and etudes in this book will help students gain the technique needed to execute great jazz lines. A mixture of technique builders and etudes are all designed to give jazz guitarists a daily workout. All of the exercises in this book are written with the plectrum guitarists in mind, but this doesn't mean that fingerstyle guitarists can't benefit from the exercises as well.
Jazz Scale Workout   In the pursuit of improvisation (jazz or other styles), scales are the “palettes” utilized for creating melodies. Often, scales are only practiced ascending or descending step-wise. “Jazz Scale Workout” by Ken Karsh contains eight measure through-composed continuous eighth note exercises (or “workouts”) utilizing “jazz style” melodies based around the Major, Dorian (minor seventh), Mixolydian (Dominant), and Super-Locrian (Altered Dominant) scales—the most common scales in the jazz idiom. Four basic guitar fingerings for each scale are provided for the foundation of these exercises. Since these scales are the basis for improvising over the frequently utilized ii-V-I progression, the final “workouts” found in this publication cover this area. There are two “workouts” provided for each scale form—one with only the scale tones (labeled “Diatonic”) and the other with “outside” chromatic tones resolving to the diatonic scale tones (labeled “Chromatic”). The “workouts” can and should be tried with different fingeri
Learning Tunes Workout   A comprehensive, concise and practical guide to the important discipline of building an effective and useful jazz repertoire. In the ever-changing landscape of the world of the working musician, "Learning Tunes Workout" provides solid, timeless tools for musical growth applicable to the infinite pursuit of the jazz idiom.
Sweet and Lowdown   Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen's film from 1999, starred Sean Penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the '30s, Emmett Ray. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to Django Reinhardt. The versatile Howard Alden played all of the solo acoustic guitar parts for the movie, as well as coaching Mr. Penn to play guitar for his role (for which he received an Oscar nomination, best actor). This book contains note-for-note transcriptions in both standard notation and tab of Howard's Django-esque interpretations and improvisations of classic standards of the 1930s, as well as original solo guitar pieces written by Woody's longtime musical director, jazz pianist Dick Hyman. Sweet and Lowdown contributed greatly to the recent renewal of interest in and revival of swing and gypsy jazz guitar. Howard's guitar work is a warm and personal example of the timeless musical vocabulary of swing guitar.
Jazz Drumset Basics   Jazz drumming great Danny Gottlieb provides an easy to follow, step by step starting point for the jazz drum student. Whether you are a beginner or a drummer looking to add additional skills and development, this DVD and exercise sheet will provide inspiration and information to cover the basics.
Intermediate Jazz Drumset   Designed to follow Jazz Drumset Basics, this second DVD by Grammy Award winning drummer Danny Gottlieb provides comprehensive exercises and examples, enabling the jazz drum student to progress to a higher performance level. Complete with exercise chart.
Advanced Jazz Drumset   This third DVD in the Jazz Drumming Series by Danny Gottlieb provides the student with many advanced exercises, study tips, and performance ideas. This jam packed study guide provides information and inspiration designed to help the student strive toward the professional performance level.
Jimmy Bruno Live At Chris' Jazz Cafe, Volume 2   Jimmy Bruno is one of the finest jazz guitarists of our time. From the first note of every performance he captures audiences with his electricity and presence. This Volume 2 DVD of the most recent performance, filmed live at Chris' Café in Philadelphia, PA, presents the unique opportunity to witness Jimmy in an intimate jazz setting, while playing to a home town crowd. Volume 2 features seven jazz standards performed live by Jimmy Bruno with a tenor sax/drums/organ quartet and includes an up-close and personal interview with the master himself.
Jazz Guitar Phrasing Workout   A step-by-step method teaching correct modern jazz interpretation and phrasing. Great for reading and for learning to “play in the pocket”. Companion CD allows the guitarist both to hear how the phrases should be interpreted and to play the jazz etudes with a rhythm section.
Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards   An in-depth approach to mastering arpeggios for guitarists, beginning with simple arpeggio studies, this book progresses through simple concepts and tunes then proceeds to tackle some of the great standards that jazz musicians play. The lesson concludes with advanced arpeggio concepts including super-imposition of unusual arpeggios over various chord types to create startling tonal clusters. This is a must-have for all serious guitarists who want to achieve great technique while developing their sense of harmony. Companion CD included.
Mark Elf Jazz Interpretations Volume 2 Original Etudes Based on Progression Similar to "Friends" Jazz Interpretations is a set of five choruses based on the chord changes for “Friends”. They will provide the intermediate student a guide and sound linear approach to playing solid lines. Mark Elf played these examples in real time into a computer and they were transcribed by notation software. It is recommended that after playing through each example that the student learns 1 bar, 2 bar & 4 bar phrases and work them into his or her own solos.
Mark Elf Jazz Interpretations Volume 3 Original Etudes Based on Progression Similar to "All the Things You Are" Jazz Interpretations is a set of five choruses based on the chord changes for “All the Things You Are”. They will provide the intermediate student a guide and sound linear approach to playing solid lines. Mark Elf played these examples in real time into a computer and they were transcribed by notation software. It is recommended that after playing through each example that the student learns 1 bar, 2 bar & 4 bar phrases and work them into his or her own solos.
Jazz Soloing Basics Beginning Jazz Guitar Concepts Geared toward the guitarist who understands basic scales and chords, this DVD and chart will explain and demonstrate a number of the concepts used by jazz musicians. Guide Tones, Targeting, Enclosures, 3 to b9 Movement and a brief refresher coarse on scale and mode applications and chord construction are presented in this DVD and chart.
Fun Pieces For The Piano   This collection of original piano pieces seeks to capture characteristic sounds and musical motifs and styles from around the world, for added interest and enjoyment to pianists of all ages. The themes range from jazz, theater, and vaudeville, to humor, fantasy, and sounds from abroad. Teachers and piano students can use the pieces as an enjoyable change-of-pace from the sonatina, in lessons and recitals. Original piano pieces in diverse styles that are fun to play and hear. Arranged from elementary to early intermediate, easier to play than they sound. A variety of motifs include sounds from other lands, jazz and blues, vaudeville, humor, and fantasy.
Jazz Chords For Rock Guitarists   The transition from rock to jazz can sometimes be a bit intimidating to guitarists, young and old. Jazz Chords for Rock Guitarists, by John G. Maione, endeavors to take the “mystery” out of jazz harmonies and make them accessible to every guitarist. More importantly, this book logically, progressively, and practically builds on the knowledge attained by any guitarist competent in the rock genre, and leads them in a very organized, step-by-step way, to learning and understanding the basic elements of jazz harmony, and to using functional jazz guitar chord forms in their playing. Beginning with a review of basic power and “bar” chords, this text then proceeds to begin “bridging the gap” to jazz by working on basic blues progressions, usually familiar to all rock guitarists, but this time, using basic jazz chord voicings and forms. The student guitarist can then build upon these newly discovered jazz forms learned through the blues, by learning many more related jazz chord forms and voicings, all built on th
Hot Club Session Basic Acoustic Swing Jazz Finally, a great method which will show you how to play the acoustic jazz guitar in the style of players like Django Reinhardt, Oscar Alleman and Eddie Lang - their style is characterized by a powerful rhythm guitar and a vital swinging single-note solo line. Due to the fact that it can be very hard to master the original transcriptions, this book simplifies this style without losing the essence of the original sound. Written in standard notation and TAB, the material can be played by students and players that master the easy to intermediate level on plectrum style jazz guitar. All titles are included on CD, as well as some play along tracks which offer a great possibility to improvise on typical gypsy chord changes and rhythms.
Awakening The Corey Christiansen Quartet Corey Christiansens’s first foray as a headlining artist offers many standard as well as original tunes. Including "Beatrice", “"Darn That Dream", "Alone Together", "All the Things You Are", and five others featuring the great talents of Danny Gottlieb (drums), Mark Neuenschandwer (bass), and pianist Per Danielsson. A great jazz album to add to any collection.

Corey Christiansen Guitar Sessions Record Interview
Vic Juris Inside/Outside Original Play-Along Modern Jazz Guitar Solos Vic played the solos in this collection with the student in mind. Each piece is based on the changes of popular jazz standards and will serve as great etudes for learning advanced jazz soloing techniques. Students will be able to see how to build a solo, use tension and release (“outside” and “inside” playing), build an advanced jazz vocabulary, and develop a motive through a set of changes though careful study of these solos. Each etude has two play-along tracks found on the companion CD. One track is with Vic playing the solos found in the book and the other track is with rhythm section only.
Django's Rhythm   In the world of Gypsy Jazz, the original Quintette of the Hot Club of France achieved an energy output seldom equaled or surpassed for 7 decades or so. Django wanted to have two rhythm guitars behind him when he soloed to give him a full sound. Then when Grappelli soloed, Django would interject himself between Grappelli and the rhythm guitar section. From this vantage point, he would “push” Grappelli with a series of well placed shots, shuffles, and turnarounds that would have the effect of driving the group to a greater energy output as the song approached its conclusion. In this DVD, the classic 4-to-the-bar rhythm is broken down into four separate unsable styles. After that, Django’s syncopated rhythm shots are analyzed and presented by example from a simple backbeat to 2-bar long syncopated strums. My own philosophy is that the rhythm guitar section is the most important component of the Gypsy Jazz group. The rhythm guitar should be in a position to drive and not follow the group. The information
Benedetto Body and Soul A Portrait of Master Guitarmaker Robert Benedetto Over 4 hours of content on 2 DVDs featuring:

A two-hour documentary of Bob Benedetto including a complete biography, interviews with family, friends, players and industry professionals, archtop guitar construction/innovations, and his relationship with Fender Musical Instruments and The Benedetto Players.

The Making of Anima e Corpo, a one-of-a-kind instrument featuring the signatures of eighty of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists.

Never-before-seen concert footage from 2000

Living room “jam sessions” from the early ‘90s featuring Howard Alden, Jack Wilkins, Jimmy Bruno and Bucky and John Pizzarelli

Photo Galleries

Bloopers

DVD-ROM files containing a virtual tour of Bob’s Pennsylvania workshop (QuikTime required), price lists and advertising materials from 1975 to the present and Bob’s log book documenting every one of his almost 500 archtop guitars made to date.
Guitar Journals - Fingerstyle   Mel Bay's latest series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. Included in this wonderful fingerstyle journal are a myriad of tunes in many styles: Easy, Blues, Gospel, Classic, Fiddle Tunes, Thumbpicking, Patriotic, Ballads, Early Jazz, Latin, Celtic, DADGAD, Ragtime and Contemporary. Perfect for the student to professional musician, this wonderful book contains tunes which can be revisited daily. All music in notation and tablature. Hard cover, covered spiral binding and premium stock paper make this a volume so beautifully printed and bound and containing so much valuable information that you will treasure it for years to come!

Guitar Journals - Jazz   Mel Bay's latest series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This incredible volume for jazz includes a wonderful collection of arrangements by jazz greats Joe Diorio, Johnny Smith, Gene Bertoncini, Bucky Pizzarelli and many more. Covering a wide range of areas including Latin, comping, rhythm changes, blues, etc. This is a must- have and is perfect for everyday use for the student to the professional musician. Hard cover, covered spiral binding and premium stock paper make this a volume so beautifully printed and bound and containing so much valuable information that you will treasure it for years to come! Companion CD of examples included.

John Pisano's Guitar Night Calendar   A perpetual calendar containing 202 birthdays of the worlds finest jazz guitarists. Days of the week are not recorded so that the calendar might be revised annually. Illustrated with performance portraits and additional images by noted jazz photographer Bob Barry, the 12x14 portraits are suitable for framing. Features jazz guitarists: John Pisano, Al Viola, Mundell Lowe, Ted Greene, Phil Upchurch, Howard Alden, Joe Diorio, Gene Bertoncini, Laurence Juber, George Van Eps, Herb Ellis, Anthony Wilson, and Ron Eschete.
Joe Negri - Guitars for Christmas   One of the finest musicians that Pittsburgh has every produced, Joe Negri, has released his first ever Christmas album, Guitars For Christmas. Nine guitars, from six-string electric and classical guitars to 12-string acoustic guitars, were used in this solo and duo guitar recording that also features Marty Ashby, Executive Producer for MCG Jazz, guitarist and co- producer on Guitars For Christmas.
Jazz Guitar Made Easy   This collection of jazz solos presents many relatively easy solos based on some of the most common jazz standard chord progressions. Technically, many of these are not overly difficult, but still will posses characteristics that group them within the jazz tradition. Each etude is presented on the accompanying play-along CD which should be used to hear (and copy) articulation, phrasing and other musical elements that cannot be conveyed through musical notation. Each tune has been recorded twice, once with the guitar playing the lead lines and once without. The "rhythm section only" tracks will give students the chance to play with a professional rhythm section and work on issues such as time, groove, and feel.
Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar   In this first of three volumes of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's new Gypsy Jazz Guitar instructional series, "Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar," Jorgenson provides the foundational information and practice material necessary for you to gain an understanding of the Gypsy jazz guitar style. The first half of this volume addresses the important element of Gypsy jazz rhythm. The second half of this first volume addresses soloing. Each volume of this three-part series includes a 2-hour instructional DVD, an audio CD with practice audio tracks, and a full format book which presents all of the theoretical information, chord charts, fret board diagrams, music notation, and tablature for the material presented on the DVD.
Jazz Casual: Count Basie   On this edition of Jazz Casual, Mr. Basie performs in a quartet context. The casually attired, chain-smoking legend improvises on the spot and reminisces with producer/host Ralph Gleason. He shows you a side of himself that completes the picture of one of the godfathers of jazz. As always, the heartbeat of the Basie organization, Freddie Green, is by his side. A collection of rare moments, indeed.
Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie   Dizzy had some of the most musically exiciting and entertaining quintets of the '60s and '70s. The edition of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, seen here features Dizzy on trumpet, Lalo Schifrin on piano, Leo Wright on sax, Chuck Lampkin on drums and Bob Cunningham on bass. The usually ebullient Mr. Gillespie is rather reserved here, but as always his playing is stunning. He would continue to play well into the '90s, but his middle-period work, as captured in this Jazz Casual episode, is remembered fondly by many as some of his most important and enjoyable.
Jazz Casual: Sonny Rollins   Sonny Rollins had only recently returned to performing from self-imposed hiatus of almost two years when appeared on Jazz Casual. Rollins had an amazingly lyrical ability to improvisationally solo around a melody line, sometimes at seemingly inhuman length, and for his knowledge of musical form. In this set, videotaped "live" at KQED Studios in San Francisco on March 3, 1962 Rollins is accompanied by the incomparable jazz guitarist Jim Hall, as well as the great Bob Cranshaw on bass, Ben Riley on drums. This episode of Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual has not been seen in its entirety in 37 years! It represents one of the first national television appearances by one of the true giants of the jazz saxophone.
Razzamajazz for Recorder 1   The jazzy pieces in this book will provide beginners of all ages with the encouragement and confidence they need to sound great! New notes are introduced one at a time. Simple, clear instructions are provided on how to play each new note at the beginning of each section in both the main book and the solo part. In case you don't have an accompanist, a play-along section in both the main book and the solo part. In case you don't have an accompanist, a play-along CD is provided. 29 pages. A separate 13-page pull- out section is offered for the soloist. Some selections include: Two at Twilight; Pineapple Punch; Stardom Waltz; and The Chicken Cluck Waddle.
Razzamajazz for Recorder 2   These jazzy pieces for soprano recorder will give beginners of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to sound really great. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. New notes are introduced one at a time. There are simple, clear instructions on how to play each new note at the beginning of each section in both the main book and the parts. The book starts with five-note pieces and progresses up to ten pitches per piece. And in case you don't always have a pianist, the accompanying CD presents the pieces both with and without the recorder part, so you can play along. 48 pages including pull-out recorder part.
Razzamajazz for Clarinet   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with a 'feel good' accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to ten. When a new note is introduced, it is illustrated in notation and a fingering diagram. The CD includes each piece twice, once with clarinet and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along.
Razzamajazz for Alto Sax   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with a 'feel good' accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to ten. When a new note is introduced, it is illustrated in notation and a fingering diagram. The CD includes each piece twice, once with alto sax and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along. Piano accompaniment is also included in the book along with a pull-out part for the soloist.
Razzamajazz for Flute   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces for flute with a 'feel good' accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to ten. When a new note is introduced, it is illustrated in notation and a fingering diagram. The CD includes each piece twice, once with flute and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along.
Cool and Easy Laid-Back Pieces for Piano Twelve easy pieces for piano with a taste of jazz and blues. These pieces are great for children and anyone wanting to add a little spice to the standard classical repertoire. Students will find seventh chords, blues scale passages, syncopated rhythms, swung eighths, and other characteristics of the blues without being overly challenged. Some suggested fingerings are provided. Sarah Watts, a British composer, has been writing easy jazzy pieces for years. This set is appropriate for early intermediate students.
Razzamajazz for Piano Book 1   Razzamajazz is a book of jazzy pieces for beginners with fun accompaniments on the CD. Notes are introduced one at a time. By the end of the book, students are playing eleven notes, including F sharp and B flat. Each new note is shown with a keyboard diagram and a staff illustration. The pieces in this book will give beginners of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to sound really great. The play-along CD includes all of the pieces both with and without the piano parts.
Razzamajazz for Recorder, Student’s Copy   This fun book of jazzy pieces encourages students in the early stages of learning. This edition gathers under one cover the student parts only for all of the pieces in Razzamajazz for Recorder Books 1 and 2, making them available in a convenient, low-cost format.
Razzamajazz for Cello   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with piano accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to sixteen. The CD includes each piece twice, once with cello and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along.
Razzamajazz for Violin   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with piano accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to sixteen. The CD includes each piece twice, once with violin and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along.
Razzamajazz Duets and Trios for Recorder   This fun book of jazzy pieces for multiple recorders is a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. Written for varying combinations of unaccompanied soprano and alto recorders, the duets and trios in this book will give instrumentalists of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to play well together.
Razzamajazz Duets and Trios for Flute   This fun book of jazzy pieces for multiple flutes is a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. Written for unaccompanied flutes, the duets and trios in this book will give instrumentalists of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to play well together.
Razzamajazz Duets and Trios for Clarinet   This fun book of jazzy pieces for multiple clarinets is a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. Written for unaccompanied clarinets, the duets and trios in this book will give instrumentalists of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to play well together.
Razzamajazz Duets and Trios for Sax   This fun book of jazzy pieces for multiple saxophones is a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. Written for any grouping of unaccompanied saxophones in the same transposition (all B-flat or all E-flat), the duets and trios in this book will give instrumentalists of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to play well together.
Razzamajazz Drum Kit   The jazzy pieces in this book will give you the encouragement and confidence you need to sound really great! A CD is included for you to play along with and there are clear, easy-to-follow instructions. The drum parts in this book should be used as a guide. There is a loose structure to some of the parts which will leave scope for the drummer's musical and creative interpretation. This book can be used alongside Razzamajazz for Recorder, Flute, Clarinet, and Sax.
Razzamajazz Teacher and Pupil Duets for Piano   The jazzy pieces in this book will give you and your teacher the encouragement and confidence you need to sound really great! A CD is provided for practice with both demonstration tracks containing both parts and backing tracks containing the teacher parts.
Razzamajazz for Oboe   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with a fun accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to ten. When a new note is introduced, it is illustrated in notation and a fingering diagram. The CD includes each piece twice, once with oboe and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along. Piano accompaniment is also included in the book along with a pull-out part for the soloist.
Razzamajazz Bassoon   This is a fun book of jazzy pieces with a fun accompaniment to encourage students in the early stages of learning. Although this collection of pieces is not a method book, it can be used in the earliest stages of study to introduce notes. The pieces start with the soloist using just one note, and progress to using up to eight. When a new note is introduced, it is illustrated in notation and a fingering diagram. The CD includes each piece twice, once with bassoon and piano and again with piano only so that the student can play along. Piano accompaniment is also included in the book along with a pull-out part for the soloist.
Miles Davis: Miles in Paris   Recorded during the 10th Paris Jazz Festival on Nov. 3, 1989. This concert video contains 5 songs: Human Nature, Amandla, Tutu, New Blues, and Mr. Pratorius. Featuring Miles Davis on trumpet, Benjamin Rietveld on bass, Joseph Foley McCreary on lead bass, Ricky Wellman on drums, John Bingham on electric percussion, Kenny Garrett on sax and flute and Kei Akagi on keyboards. Also contains interviews with Miles between songs.
Miles Davis & Quincy Jones Live at Montreux   Recorded live at the 25th anniversary of The Montreux Jazz Festival on July 8, 1991 founded and created by Claude Nobs. Featuring Miles Davis playing the classic arrangements of Gil Evans conducted and producted by Quincy Jones. Performed by the Gil Evans Orchestra and the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band.
Duke Ellington - Memories of Duke   MEMORIES OF DUKE is a loving tribute capturing the Duke & his band on their 1968 Mexican tour, filmed at Mexico City's Palacio De Bellas Artes as well as in Guadalajara. Historic scenes from early films and interviews with Cootie Williams and Russell Procope provide counterpoint to this classic jazz delight. 85 minutes. Color and black and white.
Jazz Masters: Vintage Getz Volume 2   This second volume of a concert Stan Getz gave in 1983 in California literally puts you front row center as the great saxophonist plays some of the tunes that extablished his reputation as one of the leaders of jazz bossa nova. Also involved are Jim McKeeley on keyboards, Marc Johnson on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums. With its great outdoor setting and vibrant program, this is music as it should be heard and seen.
Rock Bass Rock, Blues, Reggae, Funk, Jazz, etc. The comprehensive method book for the modern electric bassist including notation and tablature. Today, a good bass player has to be able to play in a wide variety of styles. You have to be able to solo as well as provide a solid groove and the necessary harmonic foundation of a song. This book helps you with more than 150 licks and basic grooves for rock, blues, reggae, funk, jazz, and other styles plus exercises for timing, tapping, slap and other techniques. Learning to play in different positions will help you feel at home on the bass. In addition, a thorough presentation of music theory throughout the text will give you the knowledge you need to branch out into composing, arranging, or producing, or to become a more capable sideman or studio musician. All of the exercises have been recorded on the split-track CD without repeats. Turn the left channel all the way down, and you can practice with just drums, or leave it up to hear the bass part as well. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player loo
The AMA Guitar Chord Book   This is a compact, comprehensive guitar chord dictionary for rock, blues, heavy metal and jazz. It includes power chords, slash chords, chord shapes, and more diagrammed on chord grids. The chords are chromatically arranged in all keys, so that each chord can be found easily. The chords within a key are listing in the order major, minor, dominant seventh and diminished chords. Sixth, ninth, suspended, and altered chords are all included as well.
Masters of Rhythm Guitar   This book and CD set presents rhythm concepts and techniques for rock, blues, soul, funk, reggae, jazz and country guitar. It includes more than 200 grooves in the styles of Scott Moore, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Stevens, James Hetfield, Prince, Bob Marley and other famous guitarists. The aim of this book is to expand the player's repertoire of authentic rhythm grooves in a number of popular styles. Using examples of playing styles of various influential guitarists, the author illustrates their characteristic sounds, playing techniques and harmonic approaches. This, combined with background information and a discography, will provide you with a comprehensive view of the work of each guitarist. This book should serve as a reference work which you can draw on as you need or choose to. In notation and tablature.
Blues Guitar Rules   An in-depth look at the practical and theoretical concepts of traditional and modern blues guitar, covering all the important technical, rhythm and improvisational ideas. The book is divided into three stages: easy blues, blues & blues rock styles, and jazz blues. Stage 1 describes the development and basis of blues guitar, and is particularly appropriate for beginners. Stage 2 goes off more in the rock direction and gives the reader an insight into the concepts and licks of several influential guitarists including Clapton, Hendrix, Robben Ford, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, and others. Stage 3 features a number of concepts that come from jazz that can also be used in a blues context. A great number of examples and blues jam tracks appear on the accompanying CD. In notation and tablature.
Scenes from a Sketchbook   Scenes from a Sketchbook is a collection of nine jazz concert pieces and tunes for tenor saxophone in a variety of styles from ballads to pop songs and bossa nova. Every work in the set is a portrait of a jazz style, a jazz composer, or a jazz musician like Charlie Parker or Stan Getz. The varied compositions are all ar an intermediate level and lend themselves well to live performance. Performance notes are offered for each piece. The companion CD contains both demo (with the soloist) and play-along (without the soloist) versions of each piece. The play-along versions of the tunes on the CD, some of which have been recorded at two different tempos, allow you to create your own improvisations on the theme while accompanied by a piano or a complete rhythm section. Some of the pieces are suitable for inexperienced improvisers while others assume some practical knowledge.
A Little Jazzed Up   This collection features twelve pieces for alto or tenor saxophone solo with piano accompaniment as well as six easy saxophone duets and trios (for either alto or tenor sax duet or trio -- not mixed). The stylistically simple and technically easy motifs and riffs are inevitably attractive and promote lots of fun while playing. All of the pieces in this collection are short and can be used as recital pieces even at the earliest stages of learning. Every piece possesses a stylistically typical melodic turn which, in the course of the piece, is logically developed further in the given harmonic context. Thus the student is not discouraged by having to master a large number of differing stylistic phrases. The piano parts are easy, with the melody shown in C above. Includes piano score and separate parts for alto and tenor saxophone. The "6 Pieces for 2 or 3 Alto or Tenor Saxophone" (without piano) serve as enjoyable training for unison notes as well as purity of tone and uniformity of articulation. Duet and trio p
Youth Album for Piano   This collection of original pieces for beginning to intermediate students continues the tradition of well-known and similarly titled collections by Schumann, Khachaturian and other composers, except that this album concentrates solely on jazz, rock, pop, blues, boogie woogie, ragtime and easy listening pieces which reflect the popular music styles of today. In this book, the stylistically unique melodic turns, chord progressions and rhythmic anomalies of each style are taught in a fun way starting with easiest pieces. The pieces are ordered according to difficulty from easy to quite challenging, thus allowing students at a variety of levels to explore the variety of style encountered in everyday music.
AMA Flute 2000 Book 2   A continuation of the AMA Flute 2000 method book. Includes color photographs and plenty of new exercises. Many of the pieces include simple piano parts, allowing younger students to play music together. The book deals with familiarizing the student with the first two registers and covers the top register up to G3. There is wide variety of repertoire covering the technical elements including favorites such as Papageno's Song, Allegretto from Dvorak (8th Symphony), Mozart Theme and Variations, Pink Panther, and Waltzing Matilda. Some of the pieces explore the jazz and pop genres as well.
Pop Suite for Flute and Piano   This attractive, four-part composition combines classical instrument technique with the feeling of contemporary pop and jazz styles. The four stylistically different movements make this a demanding work that discriminating and curious musicians will enjoy performing. Detailed use of articulations and phrasing markings function to help guide you in interpreting the different styles which range from meditative to muscial and from baroque jazz to unconventional improvisational spontaneity. The level of difficulty is advanced. Text in German and English. A separate flute part is included.
Pocket Rhythms For Drums   Ideal for practicing all drum styles such as rock, fusion, hip hop and Latin! Millions of exercise possibilities are offered including both binary and ternary grooves, such as shuffles, blues and jazz. Many out-noted drum fills facilitate a preparing of the accent figures. A play-along CD is also included at many different speeds for practicing the individual rhythms; this CD with percussion and bass grooves will make practicing fun! In English and German.
Rhythm Guitar Chord System   Commonly referred to as the "rhythm guitarist's bible," this innovative book is a system of guitar chord formation which maximizes power voicing while minimizing left-hand movement! Originally written by Mel Bay in 1947, this landmark publication was reissued in its original typesetting in 1973 to become the definitive text on jazz chords in private teaching studios and university jazz guitar departments around the globe. Mr. Bay's practical, analytical approach to the fingerboard produced this comprehensive system for learning full-sounding orchestral jazz guitar chords.
Guitar Melody Chord Playing System   This is Mel Bay's "landmark" system for playing guitar solos in chord style using popular sheet music. This method is accessible to the intermediate level student and is applicable for pick or fingerstyle performance. In notation and tablature.
Jazz Guitar Method   One of the easiest and most practical approaches to jazz guitar on the market today, this method thoroughly covers the basics for jazz guitar solo performance, including: theory, scales, chords, phrasing, passing tones, and much more. This highly acclaimed study of jazz rhythm chords and their application contains extensive instruction on jazz chord accompaniment and chord substitution. The "user-friendly" text utilizes a "lesson style format" which makes it perfect for both individual study and as a classroom text. Penned by professional jazz guitarist Ronny Lee, this text is highly recommended to anyone who desires a thorough, well-graded course of study for jazz guitar. Written in standard notation with chord symbols and diagrams.
Complete Guitar Improvisation Book   This is an incredibly comprehensive book dealing with every harmonic and technical aspect of guitar improvising. Included are analyses of scales, arpeggios, picking technique, chord progressions, cadences and modulations. In addition, numerous studies and exercises are contained to help you play through the concepts of being taught. The goal is technical and mental mastery of the guitar fingerboard. Tablature is included.
Guitar Class Method Volume 1   This approach really works. It holds my student's interest. These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow.

Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sectio
Guitar Class Method Volume 1   This approach really works. It holds my student's interest. These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow.

Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sectio
Guitar Class Method Volume 1   This approach really works. It holds my student's interest. These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow. Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sections can b
Electric Bass Position Studies   The versatility of the Electric Bass has been drawn the attention of musicians and jazz "buffs" throughout the world. While not a lick book itself, this book will teach you the skills necessary to master many contemporary bass lines and patterns. An ideal supplement to any bass method. This well-written text contains solos, etudes, and various studies in a number of positions. In addition, it integrates position playing with riffs, phrases, and chords. It is a valuable course of study that familiarizes the student with key relationships up the neck.
Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chord Progressions   Johnny Rector has been recognized for years as one of America's top jazz guitar writers. Here, for the first time, he presents an analysis of modern chord progressions, extensions, alternations, substitutions and a "hands-on" series of exercises designed to utilize and apply these important concepts to the guitar fingerboard. This book was written as a self-study guide to the intermediate, advanced and professional guitarist who has not had the opportunity to study material of this kind with a first-class competent teacher-artist, although such a teacher can be of great assistance in learning to apply the material. It shows unusual chord forms and progressions beyond the basics. Written in standard notation.
Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chord Progressions   Johnny Rector has been recognized for years as one of America's top jazz guitar writers. Here, for the first time, he presents an analysis of modern chord progressions, extensions, alternations, substitutions and a "hands-on" series of exercises designed to utilize and apply these important concepts to the guitar fingerboard. This book was written as a self-study guide to the intermediate, advanced and professional guitarist who has not had the opportunity to study material of this kind with a first-class competent teacher-artist, although such a teacher can be of great assistance in learning to apply the material. It shows unusual chord forms and progressions beyond the basics. Written in standard notation.
Saxophone Method   A comprehensive sax method by one of America's top jazz and studio saxophonists. Subjects covered include key studies, chord and scale etudes, solos, high-register studies, vibrato, fingering, and rhythm studies. In addition, an excellent solo and duet repertoire is presented. Applicable to any saxophone.
Studio - Jazz Drum Cookbook   Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective method of dealing with the mastery of drum set coordination by breaking it down into four sections: 1) Ride Cymbal - Right hand; 2) Snare Drum - Left foot; 3) Bass Drum - Right foot; 4) High hat - Left foot.

The author clearly states his goals in writing this book: "It is my sincere wish that the materials presented in [this] text will be of considerable help in developing musical approach to the coordination skills demanded of today's drummer." -John Pickering
Complete Jazz Bass Book   This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions, basic theory, the first position, how to read music, fingering, accelerated fingerboard studies, a fingerboard note location chart to the 12th fret, four-string studies, rhythm studies, syncopated rhythms and dotted notes. The book then introduces the second through seventeenth position, scale and arpeggio studies, accelerated fingerings using two-octave scales and various arpeggios, chord applications, rhythm patterns, extension fingerings, and harmonic minor and harmonized major scales using diatonic 7th chords. Part IV consists of theory for the bassists, chord construction, relating chord symbols and numbers, and the harmonized major, natural, harmonic, and ascending (jazz) melodic minor scales. Diagrams of 26 chords with the transposition charts using "G" and "C" fingerings are included. Each progression covers many playing styles enco
Deluxe Anthology of Fiddle Styles   A critically acclaimed book covering old-time, bluegrass, Irish, blues, Scandinavian, Cajun, Texas, swing and jazz, and twin fiddling styles. This book also covers bowing, chords, chord progressions, kickoffs and endings, and improvisation. The companion recording features David Reiner's solo performance of all the tunes in the book.
George Van Eps Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, Volume 1   The most in-depth, revolutionary presentation of the harmonic framework of music is applied to the guitar fingerboard ever presented. Leads to total mastery of harmonic and technical aspects of the guitar. The material in this landmark series of 3 massive volumes address virtually every aspect of playing jazz guitar representing the fruits of years of the author's investigation of harmony and fingerboard mobility. This series of books leads to total mastery of the harmonic and technical aspects of the guitar. In notation only.
Deluxe Jazz & Rock Bass Method   An excellent and thorough bass method designed to provide a musical foundation and expertise technique and theory in the jazz and rock idioms, ear training, transposition, modulation, syncopation, duets, progressions, substitutions, and much more are covered in this extensive volume. Notation only.
Jazz Exercises for the Piano Volume 1   A musically enjoyable, jazz-oriented study book designed to develop stylistic taste and left- and right-hand techniques. The CD is a stereo listening recording featuring Paul Smith's swinging rendition of each study.
Basic Bass Lines   This superb study book or method supplement for any bass student contains 19 bass rhythm parts in a mixture of popular styles, including shuffles, reggae, rock, swing, standard walking bass, be-bop, "newgrass," syncopated Latin lines, the jazz waltz, and country western. Performance notes are included with each tune explaining how to use position and fingering markings, when to shift position, how to count and play syncopated rhythm patterns, and more. Bass parts are in notation and tablature with fingerings and positions, and guitar lead and chord parts are shown. In addition, there are sections dealing with slap/pop and hammer-on techniques. Includes a handy "base line" manual and a chord arpeggio chart. The unique "one-glance" fingerboard chart shows musical notation exactly where it appears on the frets.
Jazz Ballads   The ability to play ballads and to build harmonic and rhythmic melodies requires special skills. In this unique book, studio musician Paul Smith utilizes original compositions to help the piano student develop these skills. Also presents a number of basic rules and suggestions for playing in this unique style.
The Art of Two-Line Improvisation   This collection of etudes, written during the 1970's, was composed as a reult of Jimmy Wyble's explorations into the musical worlds of counterpoint, harmony and chord melody improvisation for the jazz guitar. The right and left hand fingerings presented in this book were also developed as techniques needed to improvise jazz in two lines. Jimmy uses very standard jazz guitar chord shapes in these etudes; however, these shapes move through the harmony in lines rather than block chord structures. This broken chord technique creates a unique contrapuntal sound that separates Jimmy from the rest of the fingerstyle jazz guitar world. It is hoped that jazz and classical guitarists playing and working through these etudes will see many familiar chord shapes moving in new ways and creating new sounds. These new harmonic sounds combined with beautiful melodies will inspire any quitarist to new levels of musical creativity. Written in notation and tablature. 92 pages.
Fusion Drum Styles   Covers a wealth of coordination studies in a wide variety of styles, including funk, reggae, Latin, fusion, and a number of odd-meter drum styles. The author enumerates the various aspects of drumming which are critical to solid musicianship, shows how these aspects relate to each other and to playing, and demonstrates how, by evaluating our capabilities, we can strive toward a musical balance in our playing. The companion CD is in a stereo play-along format. The goal is fluid, relaxed playing.
Jazz Solos for Piano   Created in the innovative teaching style of jazz great Paul Smith, this book/CD set presents 12 solos and studies in the jazz idiom designed to build strength and dexterity in both the right and left hands. An additional benefit is the book's emphasis on imparting accurate stylistic phrasing to the student. These solos engage students with syncopation and swing, and expose them to jazz-oriented chord structures. Intermediate in difficulty.
Ragtime, Blues & Jazz for Banjo   If you are a banjo player whose enjoyment of music isn't limited to bluegrass and country, you'll find this collection of tunes fun and sometimes challenging. Contains ragtime, blues, old-time jazz, and bluegrass blues, G tuning. Banjo tab. **For five-string banjo.
Jazz Violin Studies   A complete study and reference book which gives string players experience with rhythmic concepts, bowing styles, syncopation, and other jazz violin effects. Includes "licks" of various lengths. The play-along stereo recording has select examples played at various speeds.
Lenny Breau Fingerstyle Jazz   The late Lenny Breau was admired throughout the world for his complex fingerstyle jazz stylings. The first part of this text/CD contains Lenny's guitar workshop dealing with Building the Blues; Three Against Two, and Harmonics at Work. Section 2 presents three great Lenny Breau solos (5 O'Clock Bells; Little Blues, and Freight Train). Written in notation and tablature. Contains Lenny's "master class" on fingerstyle jazz guitar. ***** 3 songs from book are not on CD.
Jazz Studies for Piano   These exercises for the contemporary pianist are musically enjoyable as well as technically demanding, and are written in all keys, rather than just in C. Most of them are figures which may be incorporated into solos that jazz players can play while improvising. These exercises supplement the traditional Hanon and Czerny exercises by moving into a more modern and progressive group of studies which are not found in the older exercises, and focusing less on scale patterns. They are meant to be more fun to play and to give the student a chance to invent his or her own fingerings for the exercises. Two-handed exercises allow the student to work on strengthening the left hand as well as the right hand. The companion CD presents all of the exercises in the book as a guide to proper execution. This book was previously published as Exercises for the Contemporary Pianist.
Joe Pass Guitar Style   This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections, including chord scales, altered scales, ear training, whole tone scales, chord resolutions, improvising, blues, minor blues, modern blues, rhythm changes, 3/4 blues, and includes a transcribed solo recorded by Joe on his album "For Django".
Joe Pass Guitar Chords   One of the finest books available on jazz guitar chords. Joe covers all the bases with two sections on chord forms and chord passages. Chords are divided into six categories: Major, Seventh, Augmented, Minor, Diminished, and Minor Seventh Flat Fifth, each showing substitutions and inversions that Joe would play when confronted with "basic" chord symbols. The chord passage section is divided into nine categories, including such topics as Major Sounds, Diminished Sounds, Augmented Sounds, Standard Patter Chord Substitutions, and other chord progression - related topics.
Trumpet Handbook   No trumpeter should be without this book/CD set! It contains original etudes and studies designed to build and maintain technical proficiency, flexibility, range and endurance. Studies are included on warm-ups, tonguing, vibrato, fingering, lip flexibility, chords, scales, wind tolerance, breath control and jazz phrasing! Ideal for use as a daily practice text. The companion recording is a split- track play-along CD which allows the trumpeter to play every study with a pre-recorded accompaniment.
Christmas Carols for Easy Piano   A collection of the world's most famous carols arranged for piano students. Most are fairly easy and modern, with popular harmonic settings to appeal to young students and audiences alike. Harmonic textures vary from one piece with a single-line countermelody in the left hand to simple block, arpeggiated, or waltz-style chord accompaniments. A few pieces use slightly more elaborate 'boogie' accompaniments with grace notes or jazz-inspired harmonies. Melody lines occasionally move into the left hand for added interest. All of the carols include lyrics. One song, Santa and Me, is written with a separate vocal line and piano part.
You Can Teach Yourself Recorder   William Bay and Mike Buerk teach you, in a step-by-step manner, how to play the soprano or descant recorder. Time signatures, sharps and flats and all of the basic notes are taught. In addition, you will be able to play along with many great recorder songs, ranging in style from classic to Irish ballads to ragtime to jazz to blues! Learn over 70 recorder solos!
You Can Teach Yourself Recorder   A comprehensive yet easy-to-understand recorder method ideal for any age. Incorporates clear visual presentation with a wealth of melodic studies and pieces of all styles. The video features William Bay & Mike Beurk and teaches time signatures, sharps and flats and all the basic notes for the soprano or descant recorder. You will be able to play along with many great recorder songs, ranging in style from classic and Irish ballads to ragtime, jazz, and blues. Learn over 70 recorder solos.
Backup Trax: Swing & Jazz for Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Banjo, Flute & C Instruments   With this book/CD package you'll learn melodies and practice soloing on 12 of the most popular and important chord progressions in the swing and jazz repertoire - cycle of fifths; major and minor progressions with II-V-I, I-VI-II-V-I, I-III-VI-II-V chord changes; major, minor, and 6/8 blues; and much more-- all based on favorite swing and jazz hits. Play along with a hot string rhythm section: featuring guitar, mandolin and bass with lead melodies played on tenor sax. Each melody appears in standard notation for C instruments, guitar tablature, and mandolin tablature. The recording features all of the tunes at slow and regular speeds. Melodies to the tunes are recorded at about one-half speed with only guitar accompaniment before each track with the full band. Instruments are isolated for maximum flexibility. By adjusting the balance control on your stereo you can hear 1) the full band; 2) guitar and bass only (you play the lead melody from the book); or 3) mandolin, melody, and bass only (you play rhythm).
Fingerstyle Jazz Images for Christmas   Fingerstyle jazz interpretations of ten of your favorite Christmas carols by "Guitar Player" fingerstyle columnist, performer, and clinician Howard Morgen. In notation and tablature.
Easiest Guitar Chord Book   A unique, yet simple, format makes this a valuable book for any guitarist. The chords are shown in a tree-dimensional visual format and are classified as easy, standard, full-sounding, barre, jazz, and rock power forms. Chords are shown in each of these categories where applicable. In each key, major, minor, dominant 7th, minor 7th, major 7th, diminished, and augmented chord forms are presented.
How to Create and Develop a Jazz Sax Solo   The purpose of this book is to help the student answer the question, 'What do I play?' It discusses elements of jazz, seventh chords, blues, riffs, vertical and horizontal improvisation, playing through the changes, rhythm patterns, the scalar approach, substitution and much more!
Jazz Saxophone Licks, Phrases & Patterns   Written by one of today's great jazz educators, this is a system for building great-sounding jazz lines. the relationship of the individual lines to chords and progressions is analyzed. In addition, original saxophone studies integrate these concepts with technical proficiency.
Complete Fingerstyle Guitar Book   This comprehensive text covers the spectrum of fingerpicking technique and styles. Preformance and stylistic notes, fingerstyle guitar solos and a listening guide are presented for each section of the book. Sections include; Gospel Songs; Country Blues; Ragtime Blues; Rags and Dances; Appalachian Fiddle Tunes; Celtic Airs; Jigs and Reels; Classic Rags; Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar and Fingerstyle Guitar Duets. All solos are in notation and tablature and are written by noted fingerpicking guitarists Stefan Grossman, Elizabeth Cotten, Dean Sires, Ton Van Bergeyk, David Laibman, Rev. Gary Davis, Duck Baker, Seth Austen, Steve Tilston, John Morris, Sid Percy, Tom O'Farrell, Jim McLennan, Leo Wijnkamp Jr., Lasse Johansson, and Claes Palmqvist. 237 pages. The 2-CD's contain 43 of the 60 songs in this book.
The Jazz Trumpet Primer   This book is for the music student who has had little exposure to jazz. It is intended as an introduction to jazz style and elementary improvisation, and attempts to help students "get their feet wet" without confronting a deluge of jazz theory and scale material. One of the basic goals of this text is to increase aural abilities and reliance on musical intuition, thus enabling the student to become independent of the written page. It is hoped that, by being freed from written notation, the student will begin to draw upon innate musical skills, become more expressive in playing music, whether it is notated or not. The first section of the text shows many examples of the difference between how jazz lines are notated and how they are played, and gives twenty phrases to practice. The second section gives several phrases for "call and response" ear training. Part three contains several blues patterns for the student to practice improvising over. Everything you need to get started playing jazz is here! This prove
Dulcimer Chord Book   Over 500 mountain dulcimer chords for the five widely used modes-- Mixolydian, Ionian, Lydian, Dorian, and Aeolian--plus jazz and four-string chromatic tunings. Includes an explanation and history of modes, transpositions, using a capo, playing dulcimer in jam sessions, and more. Special case size.
Easiest Blues Guitar Book   An easy-to-understand book which teaches basic acoustic guitar blues. With its roots in America, the blues have become one of the most popular forms of music all over the world. Many of the techniques and licks used by the earliest blues players are still used today. This book will show you the basics of the blues. Subjects covered include basic 12-bar progression, common blues accompaniments, the blues scale, single-string solos, and some fine original fingerpicking blues guitar solos. This book provides an ideal foundation for performing blues guitar music. Knowing the information in this book will also help in learning rock and jazz styles. In diagrams, notation, and tablature.
Complete Harmonica Book   A masterful study of all aspects of harmonica performance, this text addresses various harmonica solo styles including : blues harp, power/rock harp, sacred music, jazz harp, and classical styles. this book also contains informative segments on chromatic harp, chord harmonica, and bass harmonica making it one of the most comprehensive volumes available for this instrument.
Complete Book of Bass Essentials   Bunny Brunel has played with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Larry Coryell, Wayne Shorter, Al Dimeola, Al Jarreau, and many other jazz and fusion greats. Bunny has compiled over 250 pages of "nuts and bolts" basics needed to play contemporary bass. Applicable to either 4- or 5-string bass, this comprehensive text covers position playing, utilizing scales and modes, chords and harmony, creating bass lines, improvising, fingering, and much more! In notation only with fretboard diagrams.
Barney Kessel Jazz Guitar Improvisation   This video features one of the world's premier jazz guitarists, Barney Kessel, teaching improvisation concepts. It includes playing what you hear, fills, turnarounds, the building blocks of improvisation, and of course, the blues. Free instructional booklet included. Booklet is in notation only.
Barney Kessel Jazz Guitar Improvisation: Progressive Concepts   This fine instructional video features jazz great Barney Kessel teaching chord formations and sequence playing in six thoughtfully prepared lessons. Ideal for the intermediate to advanced guitarist who requires thorough concepts and ideas with which to work. Free instructional booklet included. Booklet is in notation only.
Barney Kessel Jazz Guitar Improvisation: Chord-Melody Style   Seven clear, precise lessons in developing exciting chordal harmonies. This course will ultimately lead to your own original harmonic style. Includes free instructional booklet. Booklet is in notation only. 45 minute video.
Jazz Violin Solos   A swinging collection of 11 great foot-taping jazz violin solos with piano accompaniment. Selection include Darktown Strutter's Ball; Ballin' the Jack; and St. Louis Blues.
George Van Eps Guitar Solos   This book presents nine original guitar solos written for the six-string guitar by jazz guitarist George Van Eps. His arrangements and chord symbols illustrate advanced harmonic melodic concepts. In standard notation and tablature with carefully annotated fingerings and pick direction indications.
Important Bar Chords and How to Use Them   If you play rock, country, metal, blues, jazz, or almost any other style of music on the guitar, you need to know all the bar chords. Tim McCasland presents the material in a song-by-song method that makes it fun to learn the new chords. You will quickly understand the applications of major, minor, diminished, augmented, and seventh type chords. Tim also shares his extensive recording-studio experience to help prepare the student for professional performance.
Western Swing Guitar Styles   If you have ever heard the sound of rhythm guitar in a good western swing band, you may have wondered how the guitarist achieved that unique chordal sound. While the song might be a simple one--playable with only two or three chords--the western swing guitarist changes chords every two beats, providing a driving and harmonically interesting background for the singers and instrumentalists. This book is designed for intermediate players who have a basic understanding of open chords. It begins with study of the Texas fiddle back-up style and the chords used to enhance this music. The chords and progressions explained in this book can be used in many types of music in addition to western swing and would serve as an excellent transition from open-string folk chords to more of a jazz approach.
Instant Jazz Guitar   Award-winning jazz guitarist Slim Richey is well known for his workshops in the U.S. and throughout the world. Slim shows the appropriate chord types for jazz guitar, and starts you out playing the great jazz licks you've heard on his Jazzgrass album and other recordings.
Chord-Solo Jazz Guitar   In this highly systemized approach, you will learn one of the most satisfying and impressive methods of playing the guitar. Steve will teach you to improvise full-sounding guitar solos by harmonizing the melody notes of standard jazz and pop tunes. Also covered are techniques for adding fills and bass lines to your chord solo arrangements. (60-minutes)
Solo Pieces for the Advanced Flutist   A repertoire collection and piano accompaniment CD for the more advanced flutist. Keyboard accompaniment is included to diverse works such as Diversions on a Prelude (a jazz rendtion of Bach’s famous Prelude I from The Well Tempered Clavier), Fauré’s Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, and Sonata in E flat (BWV 1031) by J.S. Bach. Also included is the popular Fantasia No. 2 in A minor for solo flute by Telemann. All of the accompaniments on the play-along CD are set at a performance tempo and can be used in the practice, studio or recital setting.
John Fahey & Elizabeth Cotten   In 1969, Laura Weber produced GUITAR, GUITAR, a series of TV specials. These 30 minute broadcasts presented a wide panorama of guitarists playing jazz, folk, blues, classical and flamenco styles. Each show focused on the music and thoughts of one musician. In this video we bring together two of these historical shows. John Fahey has been called the father of American Primitive Guitar. His instrumental approach heavily influenced the playing of Leo Kottke, Will Ackermann and a whole generation of "new age" guitarists. In this video, John talks about his sources of inspiration, guitar styles and techniques and general thoughts on playing. Elizabeth Cotten was born in North Carolina at the turn of the century. She was a left handed guitarist that used a right handed guitar which resulted in a very unusual and intricate fingerstyle technique. This became known as "Cottecn-picking". In this video she reminisces about her childhood and learning the guitar. Includes free instructional booklet.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar: Improvisation   This video teaches two great swing standards: Sweet Georgia Brown and Georgia on My Mind. Duck Baker's understanding of the jazz tradition and improvisation makes this lesson especially challenging, Informative, and exciting. The enclosed booklet presents each and every phrase written out in tablature for easy playing. In standard notation. 75-minute video.
The Romance of the Chordal Guitar Sound   Bucky Pizzarelli is a giant on today's jazz guitar scene. He has played with virtually every big name in the business. Along the way, he has been a staff musician with NBC, ABC, Skitch Henderson, and Doc Severinsen, has appeared at Carnegie Hall with George Barnes and Les Paul, has performed at the Boston Pops with Stephane Grappelli, and has played a solo concert at Town Hall in New York city. He has countless albums and jazz tours to his credit. In this fine new text, Bucky presents five original solos written specifically to explore the chordal jazz sound unique to the guitar. In notation and tablature. The accompanying CD has 8 samples and 5 original guitar solos as written and played by one of the world's jazz greats, Bucky Pizzarelli.
Complete Book of Harmony, Theory & Voicing for Guitar   This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the middle strings of the guitar, much of the knowledge conveyed here can be appreciated and used by all jazz musicians, not only guitarists. Topics covered include: Tensions, Voice Leading Chord Scales, Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions, Fourth Voicings, Chromatic Guide Lines, Triad Over Bass Voicings, and much more! The best part of this book, however, is the unique and practical way the author takes modern harmonic concepts and shows you how to apply them in real music situations! Written for the intermediate to advanced music theory enthusiast who wishes to master this facet of music.
You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Guitar   This book is designed to prepare the aspiring jazz guitarist to arrange and improvise in a jazz style. Playing by ear is stressed from the very first exercise. You will learn 12-bar blues, 8-bar blues, and standards, as well as how to create fill-ins, improvise, develop ideas, play comping chords, develop a walking bass line, and more. Scales, chords, and arpeggios for the development of technical skills, ear training and fingerboard knowledge cover the niter fingerboard, and in all keys. You will learn how to develop a tune in a logical manner form the basic tune to a full-blown performance arrangement. In notation and tablature.

The companion CD contains all of the solos in the book (but not the etudes). The tracks are split with solo on the right channel and accompaniment on the left, and the count is given so that you can play along. The pieces are designed to develop technique as well as musicianship.
You Can Teach Yourself Blues Piano   The exciting sound of the blues, born in America, finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar "color" in rock, pop, folk, classical, and other jazz styles. This easy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches you to create your own blue music at the piano. Explanations and examples are given and become even more advanced. This book works more easily for you when you already know a little about reading piano music. Playing the blues teaches you essential music theory in a fun "hands-on" way, so a piano teacher can include this as a part of regular lessons. All the elements of basic blues are here. This is a guide, a textbook, and a teacher. If you study music and want to know how to play the blues style, this is the book for you! The accompanying recording contains 26 of the exercises and examples from the book.
Masters of the Plectrum Guitar   This landmark book of music for the plectrum style jazz guitar took years to compile, write and edit. It contains some of the greatest solos and duets ever written and performed on the plectrum or flatpicked guitar, including works by Carl Kress, Dick McDonough, George Van Eps, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Barnes, Eddie Lang, George M Smith, Al Valenti, Mel Bay, Frank Victor, Harry Volpe, Carmen Mastren, Oscar Moore, Mundell Lowe, Tony Mottola, Al Hendrickson, and Cal Collins. All solos are in notation and tablature while the duets are shown in standard notation only.
Complete Jazz Trumpet Book   A comprehensive study text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, chord studies, and technical studies leading to improvisation. In addition, a theory workbook section teaches scales, modal concepts and chord construction. Includes jazz trumpet studies and trumpet improvising.
Complete Jazz Sax Book   A comprehensive study text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, chord studies, and technical studies leading to improvisation. In addition, a theory workbook section teaches scales, modal concepts and chord construction. Includes jazz sax studies and sax improvising.
Complete Jazz Flute Book   A comprehensive text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, harmony, and technical studies leading to improvisation. For the flute student beginning the serious study of jazz and contemporary styles, this book will help in many ways. Phrasing and interpretation of rhythms are studied through exercises and original pieces. Scale and arpeggio studies will help the student learn both the music theory and technical skills needed to improvise.
Complete Jazz Clarinet Book   A comprehensive study text for students beginning a serious study of jazz. The first part of the book begins by teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato and interpretation of rhythms through exercises and original pieces. Next, the book encourages improvisational skills through both theoretical and technical studies of scales and chords. The second half of the book builds on the skills learned in the first part with an in-depth study of the theory, which underlies improvisational techniques including scales, modal concepts and chord construction. Ear training, particularly the development of the ability to hear chord progressions is also emphasized.
Wes Montgomery Jazz Guitar Artistry   A collection of 14 of Wes Montgomery's great jazz guitar solos transcribed directly from recorded performances. Included are such landmark solos as Work Song; Sack o' Woe; Unit 7; Fallout; Jeanine; Blue Roz; Full House; Mi Cosa; Doujie; Missile; Blues; and others. All solos are in notation and tablature. Most of the pieces can be heard on Riverside's "Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings." The new revised edition matches the recordings much more closely than the first edition, with more detailed rhythms in several pieces. All of Wes' original solos are faithfully transcribed here in notation and tablature for your study. The book also contains general performance notes, a chronological discography, and a touching biographical essay.
Wes Montgomery: The Early Years   The artistry exhibited by Wes Montgomery ultimately led to a redefinition of jazz guitar. These transcriptions from Wes' landmark early recorded work capture him in contrasting settings and roles as a sideman, leader and with various group configurations. All solos were carefully transcribed in notation and tablature from Wes' ori- ginal Riverside recordings. Selections include: Scrambled Eggs; Compulsion; Terrain; Ursula; Lolita; Tune Up; Says You; Delirium; and No Hard Feelings.
Juan Serrano - Sabor Flamenco   A brilliant collection of 10 original flamenco solos as performed on the Concord Picante album of the same title. Selections include: Entre Olas (Rumba); Los Panaderos (Castillian Dance); Cubanita (Danza Cubana); Gorrion (Bolero Rumba); De Totana (Tarantas); Patio Gitano (Bulerias); Alcaiceria (Granainas); Luna Y Clavel (Farruca); Romance Flamenco and Bailando (Sevillanas). All solos are written in notation and tablature.
Complete Modern Drum Set   This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, author Frank Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. Briggs states, "He believes the more you know about different styles and the inner workings of time and phrasing, the better your ability to contribute to the music at hand. The clearer you see the parallels or the common threads that tie these concepts together, the more freedom you will have to express yourself." The music is challenging and suitable for the advanced drummer. Styles include odd meters, metric modulation, tuplets, funk, Latin, mid and up-tempo swing, and fusion.

This set includes the Complete Modern Drumset CD, which is a play-along for drums with full stereo versions of the music charts included in the book. Sketch, Electric, Red Moon, Home, Funky Track, Jazz Swi
Complete Modern Drum Set  

Re-edited from the original masters, this companion DVD to Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drum Set Book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-one play-along tracks, CueLink™ and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today.

Addressing a multitude of styles such as jazz, Latin, rock, R&B, African and more, Frank Briggs presents masterful performances and concepts to guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more.

This DVD features complete performances of Red Moon, Home, Along the Mohawk, Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Dru

Complete Modern Drum Set   The Complete Modern Drumset video is among the first of its kind... a true video book. Fast-paced and packed with information like the Modern Drumset book; it covers everything from 40 international snare drum rudiments to African rhythms, Polyrhythms, R & B, Hard Rock, Jazz, Odd Meter, Reggae, Latin, Shuffles, Second Line, Linear Patterns, Fusion, Metric Modulation, Superimposed Meters...etc. In addition, it contains motion exercises and a melodic drum solo in an AABA form called Along the Mohawk - a big hit on Frank's most recent clinic tours. Complete performances by Redd Moon, Home & Sketch/ Electric from the Complete Modern Drumset play-along CD are included as well. There is over 80 minutes of solid rock drumming here and a perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drumset book. Most of the styles include musical examples so you can hear what the patterns sound like in context also. So get your video remote and your book and let's get busy!
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Teaching Your Guitar to Walk A very well-written book teaching the popular fingerstyle bass/chord "walking" jazz guitar technique. This book is made to order for the novice fingerstyle jazz guitarist who wants to tie chord progressions together with great sounding bass lines. Through short exercises and original compositions, Paul Musso establishes theoretical ground rules for a systematic approach to playing creative bass lines. Technical and harmonic concepts are gradually introduced with the goal that students are able to lay down authoritative bass lines of their own invention. In notation and tablature.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Teaching Your Guitar to Walk A very well-written book teaching the popular fingerstyle bass/chord "walking" jazz guitar technique. This book is made to order for the novice fingerstyle jazz guitarist who wants to tie chord progressions together with great sounding bass lines. Through short exercises and original compositions, Paul Musso establishes theoretical ground rules for a systematic approach to playing creative bass lines. Technical and harmonic concepts are gradually introduced with the goal that students are able to lay down authoritative bass lines of their own invention. In notation and tablature.
Joe Pass in Concert   This video presents Joe Pass in a 1991 solo concert at Christ College, Brecon, Wales playing what he called "songs from our American Heritage". The half dozen performances are breathtaking examples of Pass's improvisatory gift for extensively exploring and enhancing several kinds of music. The artistry of fingerstyle guitar appears at one of its creative pinnacles in the hands of a disarmingly modest genius who said: "I'm just a guitar player who happens to play music influenced by jazz".
Complete Blues Bass Book   A very thorough study of blues bass lines covering many different blues styles from Texas swing to jazz and rock blues. Along with specific instruction and analysis, plenty of sample blues bass lines are included. Great for beginners to advanced players, this book will teach you everything you need to know to play the blues. In notation and tablature.
Complete Blues Bass Book   A very thorough study of blues bass lines covering many different blues styles from Texas swing to jazz and rock blues. Along with specific instruction and analysis, plenty of sample blues bass lines are included. Great for beginners to advanced players, this book will teach you everything you need to know to play the blues. In notation and tablature. This package includes a play-along stereo CD demonstrating most of the exercises in the book. Most of the exercises are recorded with bass and drums only, with the last few lessons adding electric guitar.
Complete Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar   This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more. Alan De Mause has filled the companion CD to capacity with 90 examples of music from his landmark text. The recording features nylon-string guitar throughout in both solo and midi-accompanied settings. A full range of jazz guitar stylings is offered, starting from square one and proceeding through advanced fingerstyle solo material.
Complete Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar   This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more. Alan De Mause has filled the companion CD to capacity with 90 examples of music from his landmark text. The recording features nylon-string guitar throughout in both solo and midi-accompanied settings. A full range of jazz guitar stylings is offered, starting from square one and proceeding through advanced fingerstyle solo material.
Barney Kessel Rare Performances 1962-1991   This video captures almost 30 years of rare performances from 1962 to 1991. Barney is seen playing in a trio setting, solo and with his friends - jazz guitarists Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd. These performances capture the unique artistry of this great American musician.
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume One   Since first meeting in the 1920's, neither jazz nor the guitar have ever been the same. This swinging celebration of the union presents four legends of jazz guitar: Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, and Herb Ellis. "Of all the ways to improvise," say Kessel, "the most stimulating and demanding is jazz". The four artists here demonstrate stunning command of the fingerboard alongside inspired explorations of standards, blues and ballads. Explosive cascades of notes as well as languid pools of music pour from these maestro's imaginations and fingers. "The object for me," said Joe Pass, "is to play music, to communicate, not to show hard things or fast things." While guitarists will note plenty that's hard and fast in this video/DVD, somehow these masters make even the impossible appear effortless. "That's class." The booklet for the DVD is not included, but can be accessed and downloaded from guitarvideos.com. Running time: 85 minutes.
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume One   Since first meeting in the 1920's, neither jazz nor the guitar have ever been the same. This swinging celebration of the union presents four legends of jazz guitar: Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, and Herb Ellis. "Of all the ways to improvise," says Barney Kessel, "the most stimulating and demanding is jazz". The four artists here demonstrate stunning command of the fingerboard alongside inspired explorations of standards, blues and ballads. Explosive cascades of notes as well as languid pools of music pour from these maestro's imaginations and fingers. "The object for me," said Joe Pass, "is to play music, to communicate, not to show hard things or fast things." While guitarists will note plenty that's hard and fast in this video/DVD, somehow these masters make even the impossible appear effortless. That's class." The video includes a 24-page comprehensive booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs and details on the tunes. Running time: 60 minutes.
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume Two   Virtuosity tempered by taste and informed by imagination is a constant force in this collection of brilliant jazz guitar performances. "The thing is to make music," Kenny Burrell once observed, "no matter what the tempo. That, to me, is the most demanding part of anything. It's not the physical or the technical part. It's just the idea of making it musical". The high-wire act of balancing virtuosity and musicality meets it match in the remarkable artists seen in the second volume of Legends of Jazz Guitar, featuring Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, and Grant Green. An 18-page booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs, and details on the tunes performed on this DVD can be downloaded from guitarvideos.com.
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume Two   Virtuosity tempered by taste and informed by imagination--it's a constant force in this collection of brilliant jazz guitar performances. "The thing is to make music," Kenny Burrell once observed, "no matter what the tempo. That, to me, is the most demanding part of anything. It's not the physical or the technical part. It's just the idea of making it musical". The high-wire act of balancing virtuosity and musicality meets it match in the remarkable artists seen in the second volume of Legends of Jazz Guitar, featuring Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, and Grant Green.
Walking Bass   The modern electric bass guitar patterns presented here are designed to teach the student guitarist and bassist the basics of playing effective "walking bass line" accompaniment for instrumentalists and vocalists. This is a no-nonsense book that gets quickly to the heart of the matter. It would best be appreciated by the intermediate to advanced student already familiar with the fundamentals of electric bass guitar technique. Written in notation and tablature, Walking Bass provides a thorough grounding in chord theory as applied to the electric bass. The accompanying CD recording is very helpful in grasping the aural concepts presented in the book.
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume Three   The guitar's odyssey in jazz is presented afresh in Vestapol's third compilation of prime performances from six of the idiom's movers and shakers. These men are among the most exemplary band members to choose the guitar as their means of expression. The initial inspiration for most of them was Charlie Christian, who blazed trails jazz guitarists still tread a half century later. Christian swung in the direction of bop, and his disciples (foremost among whom are seen here) boldly carried the guitar into that next phase of jazz. Aside from their fervor for the potential of the guitar in the evolution of jazz, many of these artists have similar backgrounds: Southern or Southwestern, and of roughly the same generation. But their individuality is abundantly clear in performances ranging from meditative ballads to speed-of-sound boppers. Underlying it all is an exhilarating sense of triumph over that apparent oxymoron, jazz guitar. Having proven that the guitar is indeed a first rate medium for jazz expression, the
Legends of Jazz Guitar Volume Three   The guitar's odyssey in jazz is presented afresh in Vestapol's third compilation of prime performances from six of the idiom's movers and shakers. They appear in nine varied performances captured between 1964 and 1987. A feast for guitar gluttons, these stunning snapshots of imagination and energy in flight will dazzle jazz lovers of every bent. Features Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, Pat Martino, Herb Ellis, and Charlie Byrd.
Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns   Not just another book of scales and patterns, this is a method that trains the mind, the ears and the fingers to work in perfect synchronization to respond instantaneously to any given chord progression. This ability is of paramount importance to any musician who wants to improvise in the jazz idiom. Leading jazz players have used this method for years, but this is the first time it has been published in book form. The author offers a comprehensive guide to improvisation on any instrument through chord changes in any key. A great source book for dozens of scales from the traditional major and minor forms to the modal scales used by jazz musicians. Even scales from other cultures Arabian, Balinese, Iranian, Hungarian, can be found here. A must-have for any musician who aspires to improvise with authority.
Complete Book of Jazz Guitar Lines & Phrases   An important addition to the improvising jazz guitarist's library, this thoughtful blend of text and musical examples focuses on the vocabulary of modern jazz and some of the applications of modern harmony. With examples written in standard notation and tablature, Jacobs offers instruction on bebop style phrases, playing fourths, inside-outside playing, pentatonic, whole-tone and symmetrical scales, slash chords, polychords, hip lines, fingerings and much more. The companion CD presents the material in the text played with chord accompaniment.
The Bongo Book   Here's an entire book devoted to the all too often overlooked Latin instrument, the bongo drums. Trevor Salloum guides you on an inspired informative, and educational musical journey; offering many valuable insights of playing this instrument as well as revealing its colorful history. This text features jazz, rock, Danzon, Mozambique, and bomba patterns with fills, exercises, and performance techniques to get you going in these styles. Maintenance, characteristic rhythmic patterns, and important artists in the evolution of bongo technique are also covered in depth. The companion CD features recordings of the rhythm patterns discussed in the book.
Fingerstyle Guitar Gig Book   This collection of 146 fingerstyle transcriptions and arrangements covers a wide variety of styles including dozens of popular and jazz standards as well as blues and country songs, sea chanteys, folk ballads, sacred, gospel and Christmas melodies, Celtic and patriotic tunes, children's songs, classical and wedding music, and select Piburn originals. The book is designed as a resource for guitarists in virtually any solo performance situation. The result of years of experience as an arranger/composer and performing guitarist, this book provides a goldmine of tunes for the fingerstyle player. From Greensleeves and The Girl I left Behind Me to ‘Round Midnight and The Girl from Ipanema, this comprehensive anthology has it all. You’ll be able to compile your set lists for a broad array of venues from this single source! Intermediate to advanced in difficulty with all tunes appearing in standard notation and tablature.
Martin Taylor Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Video   How do you play a bass-guitar duet on a single instrument? How do you accomplish this without sacrificing the feel and swing of the music? Martin Taylor is the master of this technique and in this unique lesson, he demonstrates his style and technique with five classic jazz standards. His playing demonstrates a clear register separation and crisp chordal sophistication inspired by his keyboard heroes, Bill Evans and Art Tatum. 64 minute video.
Jazz Accordion Solos   The goal of this book is to bridge the gap between classical/traditional accordion solos and professional jazz-styled solos. The accompanying recording follows the music as written but with added rhythm, rubato, and slight improvisation.
Irish Session Tune Book   This book is the ideal primer for anyone wishing to participate in an "Irish session". This musical gathering is apparently quite different than a blues, jazz or bluegrass jam session in that it is customary at Irish sessions to play in tight unison with the other musicians, adapting appropriate tempos, rhythms, and ornaments in an attempt to fit in with the "groove". The "Irish Session Tune Book" features 300 reels, hornpipes, polkas, slides, and slip-jigs written without chord symbols for the melody instruments commonly played in Irish Sessions. The author shares a wealth of melodies collected over the past 10 years, the majority learned by ear at Irish sessions: fiddle, accordion, tinwhistle, tenor banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, etc. Authentic ornamentation is suggested for each tune with the admonition that ornamentation may vary from region to region and chorus to chorus.
Jacques Stotzem: Selections from 2 Bridges,Straight On &Clear Nigh   Jacques' compositions are not content to sit in a track of predictability, but move into areas touched by jazz and classical influences. They are so integrated that the whole ends up being greater than the sum of the parts. This wonderful collection features 15 lyrical fingerstyle solos of intermediate difficulty.
Cello Method - Featuring the Little Cello   This innovative CD provides a comprehensive overview of easy cello music. Christine Watts and Michi Tashjian take an upbeat approach to presenting original blues and jazz tunes as well as charming original dances and animal songs such as Elephants, Polar Bears, Ponies, and Snakes. Classical favorites by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky are also introduced. Inspiring and lively piano music written and played by Michi Tashjian demonstrates how cello and piano complement each other. To delight young listeners, live animal sounds are added to songs like Bingo, Old McDonald, Country Fair Day, and Song of the Sea. For the youngest listeners, the beautiful and versatile voice of Jacqueline Familant sings the words, and adds a descant to nursery rhymes such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hot Cross Buns, I'm a Little Tea Pot, and Hush Little Baby. This imaginative and fanciful introduction to cello music is for the entertainment, inspiration, and education of young people. This CD does not exactly follow
Melodic Junction   With improvisation there is no regulation. Pat Martino Real time is improvisation created in the moment. The musical examples presented in this book are designed to demonstrate a concept and in themselves do not constitute actual improvisation. This is referred to as set time. This book demonstrates a radical approach to improvisation and is intended to provide food for thought, acting as a catalyst for creating your own ideas in real time. Written in standard notation and tablature.
Mandolin Crosspicking Techniques   This methodology book designed for the intermediate to advanced mandolinist offers you, as a mandolin player, a new voice. Or, if you're already crosspicking, many new ideas can be added to your arsenal. Each song includes a preparatory study that allows you the opportunity to gain a solid footing before attempting the piece itself. These studies can be applied in other areas as backup ideas, song ideas, or take offs for improvisation. Styles discussed are: Two-String, Bluegrass, Fiddle, Classical, and Jazz/Ragtime. Written in tablature.
Mastering the Guitar Book 1B   Mastering the Guitar is an innovative, exciting way to learn the guitar. Co-authored by William Bay and Mike Christiansen, this extremely comprehensive method applies the internationally acclaimed Mel Bay teaching concept to the vast array of musical styles and techniques found in today's music. Written in notation and tablature, it covers guitar solo and accompaniment styles ranging from Celtic, to Classic, to Cajun; from Flamenco to Fiddle tunes; from Renaissance, to Rock, to Reggae; from Baroque, to Blues, to Bluegrass; from Latin, to Country, to Jazz. A special feature of this method is that it teaches both flatpicking and fingerstyle solo accompaniment techniques. Book 1B covers the keys of D, A, E, F, D minor, and B flat. In addition, book 1B has over 130 solos and duets and over 40 comprehensive scale and picking studies. Numerous chord progression studies and chord accompaniment pieces and etudes are also included. A companion double compact disc set is available for this book. We feel that Mastering
The Music of Thelonious Monk Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar   Thelonious Sphere Monk was a towering figure in the history of modern jazz. He possessed a unique piano style perfectly suited to his visionary approach to composition and improvisation. He is perhaps best remembered as the composer of some of the classics of modern Jazz- Round About Midnight, Blue Monk, Light Blue, and Lulu's Back in Town- all of which are presented for fingerstyle guitar on this video. A Monk once said, "The only cats who are worth anything are the ones who take chances." It is challenging to play Monk's music on any instrument. In this video, Duck Baker draws on his experience as one of the world's consummate fingerstyle and takes plenty of chances in capturing Monk's bittersweet harmonies on the six strings of the guitar. Baker clearly explains and demonstrates his arrangements in an engaging fashion to create an effective guitar lesson. As a bonus, rare footage to Thelonious Monk performing in concert with Charlie House is included in this outstanding instructional video.
Tone Poems II for Mandolin   Here is the long-awaited second volume of David Grisman's mandolin/guitar conversations. This time, versatile jazz guitarist Martin Taylor collaborates with Grisman, taking frequent solo flights on classic standards. Over the past 25 years or so, Grisman has developed a style of mandolin music called "dawg" music, after his nickname. The tunes in this collection, taken from the CD of the same name, are presented in order of difficulty. The slower the tunes feature more of David's tremolo technique. As the tunes progress from a slow to moderate tempo, more of David's signature licks and technique appear. Performance notes for each piece are included. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes the CD. Two tunes from the CD are not in either companion book: Unforgettable and Here's That Rainy Day.
Tone Poems II for Mandolin   Here is the long-awaited second volume of David Grisman's mandolin/guitar conversations. This time, versatile jazz guitarist Martin Taylor collaborates with Grisman, taking frequent solo flights on classic standards. Over the past 25 years or so, Grisman has developed a style of mandolin music called "dawg" music, after his nickname. The tunes in this collection, taken from the CD of the same name, are presented in order of difficulty. The slower the tunes feature more of David's tremolo technique. As the tunes progress from a slow to moderate tempo, more of David's signature licks and technique appear. Performance notes for each piece are included. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes the CD. Two tunes from the CD are not in either companion book: Unforgettable and Here's That Rainy Day.
Tone Poems II for Guitar   At last! Here is the long-awaited second volume of David Grisman's lyrical mandolin/guitar conversations. This time, versatile jazz guitarist Martin Taylor collaborates with Grisman, taking frequent solo flights on classic standards. Martin is one of the finest jazz and fingerstyle guitarists in the world, and these two artists have an uncanny ability to play off of each other's talents. Martin's guitar is there to provide ever interesting support behind mandolin melody, or to burst forth in a chorus. Martin is equally at home with a hot jazz improv or with a fingerstyle jazz arrangement. The tunes are listed in order of difficulty, whether they are flatpick or fingerstyle. Many of these transcriptions provide the guitarist with at least one way to play an improvised section, which the player is free to alter. All of the selections are in notation and tablature. Two tunes from the CD are not in either companion book: Unforgettable and Here's That Rainy Day. 144 pages
Blues Harmonica Starter Kit   Includes Blues Harp Book/CD set, Harmonicare Chart, and a Hohner Bluesband harmonica in the key of C. The book discusses the 12 Bar Blues, a touch of jazz, country fills (licks), and country tunes in blues style. The chart shows in considerable detail procedures for pinpointing and fixing common harmonica problems.
Jazz Classics for Fingerstyle Guitar Volume 2   In this second lesson of Jazz Classics for Fingerstyle Guitar, Pat Donohue presents three arrangements: Ain't Misbehavin'; Georgia On My Mind; and Big Blind Bluesy. Pat describes in detail his arrangements as well as how to improvise upon the tunes. Features 1941 archival footage of Fats Waller performing Ain't Misbehavin' and Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson playing a piano boogie duet from 1942. The overall theme of this series of lessons is to show the roots of Classic Jazz via archival footage; how to arrange a jazz composition and then how to improvise around the arrangement using various techniques. Split-screen viewing is used showing what both hands are playing. A tab/music booklet is included.
Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar Volume 2   Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar three part video series presents an intense and challenging study of jazz guitar ideas. In this second volume the following subjects are discussed: - Creating the improvised line. - Substitute chords. - Importance of the minor/major 7th sound. - The jazz (ascending melodic) minor scale and related chords. - How to apply the jazz minor scale to standards. - Repositioning altered chords to fit single-note fingering options within the jazz minor spectrum. - Vocabulary of the improvised line. - Blues phrasing to a more sophisticated bebop-type of line. - Guitaristic devices that advance the music, i.e. string-bending, octaves and fingering. - How to play/improvise on, "Autumn Leaves", as a solo guitar per- formance or within a small group context. - More involved chords and improvisation with John Coltrane's, "Moments's Notice". Free instructional booklet included. 70-minute video
Drum Lessons for Kids of All Ages   Intended for the beginning drum student, this book contains many essential reading and playing skills for the snare and drumset. These studies are integrated in a logical, sequential order. For example, a new rhythm is introduced and studied on the snare drum, then later applied as a beat and then a fill. The same rhythm will appear later in the book for review and then in one of the playalong tunes. This way each concept is reinforced and utilized in different ways. Because of the need to stress the importance of dynamics and their role in the proper execution of playing a piece, dynamic markings are included in many of the snare drum exercises. The author has gone to extreme measures to provide a fun and humorous way of learning to play drums while at the same time implementing the fundamental tools necessary to be a proficient musician. The companion CD presents eight playalong tunes with and without the drums.
String Bass Fundamentals   In this video, John Reid teaches you the proper left and right hand techniques involved in sound production and playing of the string bass. Learn how to stand correctly with the instrument to prevent fatigue and other problems. Learn correct "traditional" or "classical" left hand fingerings through the use of exercises and scales. Learn finger and hand exercises designed to develop enhanced muscle strength, endurance, and coordination. Learn the essential elements of proper bow technique (both French and German). It doesn't matter if you are an electric bass player wanting to learn the string bass as a second instrument, or just a beginning string bass player. It doesn't matter what type of music you intend to play on the string bass, including bluegrass, rock-a-billy, jazz, classical etc., this video is a must for starting you out right. 50 minute video.
Jazz Guitarist's Thesaurus   Exposure to new material and the relating of this material to one's own approach are extremely important skills for the jazz guitarist. The Jazz Guitarist's Thesaurus constitutes an excellent resource manual for linear jazz improvisation ideas and illustrates many concepts to help broaden improvisational skills. This book offer an expansive vocabulary of licks, phrases, and endings in five harmonic sections: Major, Minor, Dominant, Altered Dominant, and Minor 7b5. Through dozens of 3 to 8-measure examples accompanied by insightful comments, the author methodically reinforces the understanding of improvisation as it relates to music theory and the fretboard. Throughout, students are encouraged to develop their own analytical skills and hands-on explorations. All examples are shown in standard notation and tablature.
All Blues for Jazz Guitar   Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band to small combos to a solo context. This book is divided into 4 sections which addresses 12-bar blues progressions, 3-note Freddie Green-type chords, shuffles, swing riff comping, chord scales, linear bebop comping, modal concepts, triads over bass notes and a wealth of chord voicings and inversions. Includes over 110 music examples, 45 complete 12-bar choruses, and a CD with 30 tracks. It also offers a helpful glossary of jazz terminology. Written in standard notation and tablature.
You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano   This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano for those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a comprehensive dictionary of traids, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth, and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous "fakebook" and a "songbook" consisting of several of the author's progressively arranged compositions.
You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano   This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano fro those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a comprehensive dictionary of traids, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth, and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous fakebook and a songbook consisting of several of the authors progressively arranged compositions.
You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano   This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano for those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a conprehensive dictionary or triads, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous "fakebook" and a "songbook" consisting of several of the author's progressively arranged compositions.
Mastering the Bass Book 1   Mastering the Bass is a thorough method for both electric and upright bass designed to guide bassists to mastery. It begins with building strong time and rhythmic skills, a firm foundation upon which all bass playing must be rooted. Following this, students learn a wide range of grooves and practice reading all styles of music: Blues, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Fusion (including odd meters), Jazz, Latin, Baroque, Classical and more. Ear training incorporated into the method improves the students' listening skills, teaching students to hear chord progressions, melodies and rhythms. Theory lessons help students understand how the bass functions in music. Students also study improvisation of both bass parts and solos on chord changes, articulation (finger and bowing technique), performance goals, visualization, and more. Each volume moves logically to the next level Even seasoned players can fill holes in their technique by going through the method from Book I and moving on to greater technique as well as a deeper unde
Martin Taylor in Concert   In this concert recorded at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Martin Taylor explores all the facets of his dynamic solo style. Taylor has delighted audiences worldwide and drawn critical acclaim from some of the world's finest musicians. Titles include Georgia; I Got Rhythm; and many more.
Key to Five-String Banjo Home Improvisation Workshop This insightful book is about sound perception and execution on the banjo. Its purpose is to shed light on simple aural connections unique to this instrument, including closed-position as well as open-string fingerings found throughout the entire fretboard. In notation and tablature.
Understanding Guitar Chords   There are many ways to play and categorize chords and many schemes for cataloguing them. This book focuses on understanding the ways that chords are made, enabling the student to figure out how to play a new chord in several different positions. This is not a technique book, but rather a step-by-step method of understanding guitar chord symbols and the musical sounds they represent. The author's goal in writing this book was to empower the reader with the ability to play from sheet music, jazz charts, or lead sheets, all of which is accomplished through chord and fretboard diagrams, standard notation and tablature, and plain English. This book is recommended for seasoned players who want to enrich their harmonic palettes as well as for beginners who need help in conquering the initially abstract quality of the guitar fretboard.
Bucky Pizzarelli: A Life in Music   For more than half a century, John "Bucky" Pizzarelli has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional jazz alive. The lists of big bands and vocalists with whom Bucky has performed and recorded reads like a veritable Who's Who of Jazz. This 208 page book offers a brief history of the jazz guitar, a generous dose of biographical information about Bucky, plus short sketches of dozens of other jazz stars of his era. From gigs in his teen and his professional debut with the Vaughn Monroe Orchestra to his work in studio bands, command performances at the White House, and beyond - Bucky's life story is told here largely through the eyes of his many illustrious associates. The comprehensive discography provided in the appendix will be welcomed by all Pizzarelli fans. In addition to performance and publicity photos, this book is further enhanced by many casual snapshots of Bucky and friends as well as black and white shots of a few Bucky's oil paintings. Jazz guitarist, record
Jazz Casual: Woody Herman and the Swingin' Herd   Woody Herman was the only featured artist to appear on "Jazz Casual" more than once. Herman's band included some of the best players in the field: Sal Nistico, Jake Hanna, Bill Chase, Nat Pierce, Chuck Andrus...the list goes on and on. Woody's "Jazz Casual" performances represent a magnificent portrait of Woody Herman and his Swingin' Herd in their prime.
The Music of Django Reinhardt Forty-Four Classic Solos by the Legendary Guitarist with a Complete Analysis The solos of Django Reinhardt are an endless source of inspiration and amazement for any musician. In this exciting book, the author has compiled precise solo transcriptions (in notation only), as well as a thorough analysis of each. There is also a complete "how to" section that is like a book in itself. This book contains some of Django's best work. It covers a period of 17 years, from Django's first trio and quintet recordings to one of his last bop-influenced sessions, "Live at the Club St. Germain." Multiple versions of many solos are included to show Djangos' musical development over his long career. Studying the music of the master of Gypsy Jazz can help lay a solid foundation for your own sound and style.
Jazz Band Rhythm Guitar   Information needed to function within a jazz band. It is important to understand that while jazz is played on the same instruments as other types of music, it has its own language. This book deals with specific jazz idioms: swing, shuffle, bebop and Latin. A basic working knowledge of the guitar through rock, blues, or folk music, (including barre chords), will produce gratifying results. Knowledge of the note locations on all strings, (especially the E and A strings) and a working understanding of the relationship of all the notes on the various strings will make the information in this book immediately accessible. The book also provides information on how to interpret a jazz chart. The clarity and insight of this method, makes it a "must have" for any big band performer.
Funky Beats & Breaks   Funky Beats & Breaks was written with the intermediate to advanced drummer in mind. All the exercises and concepts in this book were conceived within the author's personal lesson program. The benefits of this book are many; not only will the student will also expand his or her rhythmic and conceptual vocabulary.
Tone Poems II   Tone Poems II features mandolin master David Grisman and guitar virtuoso Martin Taylor in a jazzy sequel to the highly acclaimed Tone Poems project by Grisman and flatpicking great Tony Rice. On Tone Poems II, Grisman and Taylor re-create the "vintage voices of the jazz age" with a repertoire of 19 standards (played on 41 classic instruments) spanning a range of 70 years, from George Gershwin's "Swanee" to Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence." Along the way, you'll hear a quartet of rare Lloyd Loar-signature models on "It Had to Be You," Irving Ashby's (Nat "King" Cole Trio) D'Angelico Excel guitar on "Unforgettable," and many other classic "axes" on tunes like "Over the Rainbow," "Blue Moon," and "Mood Indigo." Two tunes from the CD are not in either companion book: "Unforgettable" and "Here's That Rainy Day."
Doc & Dawg Guitar Solos by Doc Watson Arthel "Doc" Watson and David "Dawg" Grisman's musical friendship goes back to the early 1960s. The CD Doc & Dawg from the Acoustic Disc label captures some of their private sessions created during Doc&'s visits to David's home studio over the years. These transcriptions from that CD give Doc's guitar parts in notation and tablature with chord symbols. All fourteen selections from the CD are included, encompassing a variety of musical styles that exhibits all the warmth, joy and artistry of Doc's playing. Selections include an easy-going Bill Monroe blues, "Bluegrass Stomp" a racing "Soldier's Joy" a bright, jazzy "Sweet Georgia Brown" the folk favorite "Frankie and Johnny," and more.
Doc & Dawg   Arthel "Doc" Watson and David "Dawg" Grisman's musical friendship goes back to the early 1960s. The CD Doc & Dawg from the Acoustic Disc label captures some of their private sessions created during Doc's visits to David's home studio over the years. The transcriptions found in this book give Doc's guitar parts in notation and tablature with chord symbols. All fourteen selections from the CD are included, encompassing a variety of musical styles that exhibits all the warmth, joy and artistry of Doc's playing. Selections include an easy-going Bill Monroe blues, "Bluegrass Stomp," a racing "Soldier's Joy," a bright, jazzy "Sweet Georgia Brown," the folk favorite "Frankie and Johnny," and more.
Graded Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos   A collection of tunes/studies that are accessible to the intermediate player, yet extremely musical. Many of the tunes are derived from jazz standards and may by used as variations or chords solos. Written in standard notation and tablature, each piece is accompanied by brief performance notes. A wide range of musical styles makes this book fun and challenging. Intermediate in difficulty.
Guitar Crosspicking Technique   Crosspicking technique on guitar is similar to bluegrass banjo, filling in all of the spaces between melody notes with a steady stream of harmony notes. With applied crosspicking technique, the guitar becomes a forceful solo instrument capable of filling a room with colorfully supported melodies. Not only does the guitar support itself, but crosspicking technique also works effectively for supporting other lead instruments and vocals in many styles of music including classical, rock, country, bluegrass, jazz, and new age. The methodology section of this book offers the intermediate to advanced guitarist many new ideas which can be added to their arsenal. The book also includes a full songbook section with an even wider repertoire to pursue. All of the lessons and songs are written in tablature only, so you don't have to read music, just count!
Improvising Solos for Guitar   This book presents step-by-step instruction on how to build an improvised guitar solo in four stages: Motive, Development, Climax, and Closing Gesture. The book also includes five types of solos: swing, funk, ballad, blues, and Latin. These last five solos are in the form of songs to give players a more realistic sense of how improvisation works. Written in standard notation and tablature with chords grids.
Walking Bass Solos [for Guitar]   This book teaches guitarists how to play chords and bass lines simultaneously while providing insight to bass line construction. Includes exercises to enhance the playing of chord changes and bass lines, plus bass solos that illustrate specific styles including walking blues, jazz swing, and bossa nova. Exercises include: Constructing Walking Bass Solos Root - 5th; Root - 5th - Leading Tone; What Is a ii-V-I Chord Progression?; The Major Walk; Root - 5th and Octave; Slow Blues Line; 12-Bar Blues Progression No. 1; 12-Bar Blues Progression No. 2; 12-Bar Blues Progression No. 3; Putting It All Together; and New Bossa. 40 pages Written in notation and tablature.
Mastering the Guitar Book 2A   Absolutely the best, most comprehensive new method available for guitar. Introducing the innovative new "Zone Concept" for learning position playing. Over 150 solos and duets in the keys of C, G, D, and B minor. Companion compact disc is available. Musical styles: bossa nova, Latin, fiddle/tunes/ hornpipes/reels, Celtic music, ragtime, baroque, jazz, swing jazz ballads, American folk ballads, rock, early-American hymnody, be-bop, blues, samba, and tango. Concepts presented: basic improvisation, rhythmic variation, velocity studies, sight-reading, passing tone studies , chord progression studies, arpeggio studies, dropped-D tuning, blues, blues turn-arounds, licks/fills/ breaks, bass runs, principles of memorization, chord studies, minor pentatonic scale, principles of successful practice, priciples of successful performance, movable power chords, and rock comping. New Composers featred: J.S. Bach,Carcassi, Moaazni, Giuliani, Carulli, Vivaldi, Handel, Sor, Galilei, Tarrega, Debussy, H.L. Clark, St. Jacome, C
Mastering the Guitar Book 2C   Mastering the Guitar is an innovative, comprehensive method for learning the guitar. Level 2 Book C includes a wealth of challenging and creative guitar solos, duets and studies in the keys of A-flat,F-minor, G-minor,D-flat, and B-flat minor. Special concepts presented in this volume include: basic improvisation, rhythmic variation, barre chords, key of A-flat/closed position, passing tone studies, harmonized scales, western swing, fingerstyle performance, chord progression studies, blues, chords, common rock and blues licks, bass string chords, Latin rhythms, and comping. Guitar solo material provided in rock, jazz, bluegrass, Latin, blues, Baroque, Renaissance, and from a wide variety of historical periods and contemporary musical styles. Mastering the Guitar 2C Double CD set is a recording to accompany the volume of the same title. These CDs contain most all of the solo and duet settings found in the book as performed by William Bay, Mike Christiansen, and John McClellan.
Concepts for the Classical and Jazz Guitar   Presents twenty, four-bar exercises written by Jimmy Wyble followed by exhaustive harmonic, rhythmic, and scale permutation of the four-bar exercises by Ron Berman. Accompanying CD contains recordings of exercise permutations. This text gives insight to the vast melodic and harmonic possibilities available to composers and arrangers of guitar music. Examples should be used as ideas for improvisations, compositions, or springboards for new original material. Any musical idea, as shown in this book, may be permutated to create almost limitless original ideas. Exercises are presented in standard notation only.
Jazz Time Part One - The Basics   A collection of 120 drum set exercises designed to help the beginning to intermediate drummer develop coordination, independence and accompanying skills between the snare and bass drum while keeping steady jazz time on the ride cymbal. The play-along tracks will help students develop the ability to recognize the 12-bar blues and 32-bar AABA form, two of the most popular song forms in jazz music. Practicing with the tracks will also help you develop better clock time and should inspire some creative interaction with the recorded music. Exercises include patterns using quarter notes, quarter and eighth note combinations, and triplets and other combinations. The 32-bar AABA song form is practiced with and without drums, and at slow and fast tempos with a bass track. The 12-bar blues form is practiced with various combinations including drums, bass, both, or neither. All tempos from the CD are indicated in the book. A helpful glossary of musical signs and symbols is also included.
BackUp Trax: Basic Blues for Guitar   Learn to play 14 classic blues the best way--by doing! This booklet and CD provide your backup band as you explore Country and Urban, Acoustic and Electric, Delta, Texas, Chicago, Slide Guitar, Alternate Tuning, Traditional, and Modern styles in many different major and minor keys and in a variety of tempos. Melodies are first presented on the recording at a slow speed with just guitar, then repeated at regular speed with the band. Finally, you can play along with the hot blues rhythm section alone, and you’ve got the makings of a dynamite blues jam session. You’ll play all the leads and solos! Repeat a tune or passage as many times as you want at slow or regular speed. We’ll jam all night long! Beginners and intermediate players can practice basic skills. Advanced players can hone their improvisation chops. The split track recording allows you to hear either just the melody from one speaker, just the rhythm section from the other, or both for maximum flexibility and specific study. The booklet includes melod
World of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar   The evolution of jazz guitar continues as evidenced in this video featuring the talents of Martin Taylor, Tommy Crook, Jim Nichols, Duck Baker, and Woody Mann. Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz for solo guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers- pianists, horn players, bassists, and singers as well as guitarists in jazz, blues, and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz guitarists is their ability to simultaneously play (or imply) all elements of music rhythm, harmony, bass, and melody- without accompaniment. A biographical booklet is included.
Chet Baker Live at Ronnie Scott's   Chet Baker's performance on this DVD is both fragile and passionate. Baker is joined by Van Morrison and reunited with Elvis Costello, with whom he recorded "Shipbuilding," at Ronnie Scott's intimate English club. In interviews conducted by Costello, the pain and happiness hidden behind the jazz legend's wrinkled, tired face pour out like so many notes. Chet recalls winning a spot with Charlie Parker's band at the tender age of 22, but humbles himself by confessing to a lifelong addiction to drugs. But through it all, it seems one constant remained in his life, which always brought him back from the abyss and made his triumphs ever so much sweeter—the cool, sweaty, dark, and ethereal sounds of that West Coast "cool school" jazz. The DVD version features 5.1 audio, a Chet Baker discography, and a trivia subtitle track. [58 MIN.; 5.1 AUDIO; COLOR; NOT RATED.]
Jazz Casual: B. B. King   This 1968 episode of Jazz Casual, B.B. King's first national television appearance, can't help but remind us of that other, pre-fame B.B. King. His slimmer, youthful appearance and his soft, boyish speaking voice combine to almost belie the powerful blues performer, and presence, that he was, even then. Performing with B.B. here is his longtime organist James Toney, who still tours with him today.
Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck   This episode of Jazz Casual features the Dave Brubeck Quartet performing Paul Desmond's 1961 jazz classic Take Five. This lineup of the quartet, with Brubeck on piano, Desmond on alto sax, Senator Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, was considered by many, including Ralph Gleason and Brubeck, himself, to be the best of the Brubeck Quartet lineups to date.
Jazz Casual: Witherspoon & Webster/King/Brubeck   A three video set of rare performances and interviews with jazz legends B. B. King, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Witherspoon and Ben Webster. Witness the Dave Brubeck Quartet at their peak in these stirring performances, including their signature tune, "Take Five." The King of the Blues, B. B. King, rocks the house in his first-ever national television appearance originally aired in 1968. Jazz/blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon joins forces with tenor sax legend Ben Webster in this unforgettable episode originally aired in 1962.
Improvisational Techniques for Jazz Guitar   This book/CD is a treasure-trove of improvisational techniques. Twenty-nine techniques are covered including: arpeggios, targeting, chromaticism, side-slipping, negative tonal space, poly-rhythms, resolution, melodic expansion and more. Anyone interested in the art of jazz improvisation, regardless of ability, will find this book indispensable. Jay guarantees something for everyone. All examples are presented in standard notation and tablature. Companion CD includes all examples.
John Pizzarelli - Jazz Guitar Virtuoso   Jazz guitar sensation John Pizzarelli plays ten original jazz compositions. Performing is John Pizzarelli on seven-string guitar, Ray Kennedy on piano, and John's brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass. Selections include: Email Special; Eps Frets (Tribute to George Van Eps); St. Louiselle; After You've Gone; Seven on Charlie (Onward Charlie Christian Soldiers); Just a Skosh; Rosslyn; John's Blues; Oh, How My Heart Beats for You; and Splendid Splinter.
101 Amazing Jazz Bass Patterns   This book/CD set teaches 101 jazz bass patterns played over chords and chord progressions that are fundamental to the harmonic language of jazz. This is a very useful collection of major, Dorian, and Mixolydian patterns, eight bar patterns, turnaround patterns, and more. Because each pattern is played over a common chord progression, it will be easy to apply these examples in performance. In addition, you'll experience a noticeable improvement in your knowledge of the fingerboard, technical facility, harmonic vocabulary, and the ability to conceive and express modern musical ideas. This book includes a glossary of jazz scales and basic theory for the jazz musician. Ideal for those who currently play blues, country, folk, classical or rock, and desire to venture into jazz. A companion CD is included. Written in standard notation and tablature.
Jeff Linsky Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos   This book and DVD package brings together Jeff Linsky's Mel Bay Artist Series Video, Latin Guitar Jazz, with music for all the pieces in notation and tablature. There are some direct transcriptions, but there are also arrangements of the pieces and analysis of Linsky's style, his techniques and his approaches to certain musical problems. Jeff Linsky is one of the finest guitarists on the contemporary jazz scene. He is well respected for his polyphonic solo guitar improvisation and for his fun and lively compositions. Just Jazz Guitar Magazine has commented, "In this collection of Linsky originals, you will hear plenty of imagination, melodic and harmonic inventiveness and sheer joy. Jeff's ability to create memorable melodies and dazzling improvisation is a joy to experience."
Jazzstix - Jazzy Moments for Keyboard Book One   JazzStix is an exciting series of jazz and blues solos and ensemble music that will have you playing your instrument in a style hot enough to swing the soul of even the coolest blues player. This book contains twelve excellent pieces for the elementary player of the five octave electronic keyboard, complete with suggested voice and rhythm settings. Chord symbols are provided for those who want to use automatic accompaniment features on their keyboard.
Jazz Casual: McRae/Tormé/Rushing   Between 1960-1968, the Jazz Casual TV series presented jazz music to American audiences in an intimate, informal setting on a regular basis. Conceived, created, produced, and hosted by noted music critic Ralph J. Gleason, selected episodes of these half-hour shows are now available for the first time since their original airing. Each tape also contains an original Rhino-produced short on Gleason’s life and times. Legendary vocalists Carmen McRae, Mel Tormé, and Jimmy Rushing’s respective appearances on Jazz Casual are featured on this DVD. Includes two audio options (original mono or enhanced 5.1 audio) and animated menus. [90 MIN.; COLOR/B&W; NOT RATED.]
Jazz Casual: Basie/Gillespie/Coltrane   Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and John Coltrane's Jazz Casual performances in one package. An incredibly intimate performance from the legendary jazz pianist/ bandleader, Count Basie. Coltrane's only US television appearance is captured in this priceless footage. Dizzy had some of the most exciting and entertaining quintets of the '60's and '70's, and this episode of Jazz Casual captures this magic during his most important and enjoyable period. A stunning performance.
Pioneer Suite American Classics for Solo Guitar, Vol. 1 This collection will help spark an interest in the development of an American repertoire for the classical guitar. Traditional Scottish and Irish tunes were transformed by the African rhythms of banjo players, which in turn influenced popular music and led to ragtime, jazz and blues. The amount of folk music in America is staggering. The nineteenth century gave birth to many unique American styles and its songs are an important part of our musical heritage. Even today, quite a few of the tunes in this collection will seem very familiar. Written primarily in standard notation, the exceptions being those tunes in altered tunings which logically appear in tablature only.
Learn to Play Brazilian Jazz Guitar   Brazilian jazz is the combination of the energizing rhythms of Brazilian and North American jazz music. Playing this style requires special skills not normally taught to the guitar student. This comprehensive book is designed to provide the guitarist with all that is necessary to understand and play Brazilian jazz such as chord structures, chord progressions, rhythms, decomposition, memorization, arranging, improvisation, notation, chord symbols and accompaniment as well as an overview and history of this coloful music. Solos are provided that implement various concepts and skills learned. They include: Amor Docy (Sweet Love); Passaciaille (Theme and First Variation); Bossa Barocco (Bossa Baroque); Bossa Improviso (Impromptu Bossa); Minuet (from "The Notebook of A.M. Bach); Choro Classic (Classical Choro); Choro Menor (Minor Choro); De Vez em Quando (Once in a While); Marcha Populaire (Folk March); Melodo de Lua (Moody Melody); Samba Sonolento (Sleepy Samba); Samba Feliz (Happy Samba); Sonhador (Day Dreamer)
The Genius of Joe Pass   Few guitarists in the jazz idiom have reached the level of virtuosity that Joe Pass established and refined throughout his career. His playing in group settings was flawless, but his true genius was revealed as a solo guitarist who could simultaneously play all elements of a jazz or blues tune - melody, rhythm, chord harmonies, bass lines and rapid-fire improvised passages - all with an impeccable sense of taste and style that wowed critics and listeners around the world. This video offers excerpts from various performances from 1962-1982 that capture the essence, brilliant technique and enormous talent of Joe Pass. In a brief interview segment, Joe discusses his guitaristic roots and his thoughts on his music. Joe Pass has inspired legions of players, yet he remains unsurpassed as the most genial jazz guitarist of our time. Running time: 115 minutes. A 24-page booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs and details on the tunes performed on this DVD is not included, but can be accessed and dow
The Genius of Joe Pass   Few guitarists in the jazz idiom have reached the level of virtuosity that Joe Pass established and refined throughout his career. His playing in group settings was flawless, but his true genius was revealed as a solo guitarist who could simultaneously play all elements of a jazz or blues tune - melody, rhythm, chord harmonies, bass lines and rapid-fire improvised passages - all with an impeccable sense of taste and style that wowed critics and listeners around the world. This video offers excerpts from various performances from 1962-1982 that capture the essence, brilliant technique and enormous talent of Joe Pass. In a brief interview segment, Joe discusses his guitaristic roots and his thoughts on his music. Joe Pass has inspired legions of players, yet he remains unsurpassed as the most genial jazz guitarist of our time. Running time: 75 minutes (VHS) A free 24-page booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs and details on the tunes is included with the video.
Fingerpicking Blues and Rock Guitar   Fingerpicking Blues and Rock Guitar by Felix Schell is designed for the beginning to intermediate fingerpicking guitarist. The book has three main chapters. The first chapter depicts 12-bar blues accompaniments in different styles such as country-blues, rock, Latin, minor-blues, R&B and jazz. Also included are sections on improvising scales and intros & endings. In the 2nd chapter the student can find some original fingerpicking blues solos and in the 3rd there are rock blues solos. This material is great for guitar teachers and their students, but is also for the self-instructed guitarist who would like to become familiar with the fingerpicking blues and rock style. All examples and tunes are written in standard notation and tab and they are recorded on the companion audio CD.
Jazz Theory Handbook   Jazz Theory Handbook is a complete guide to all the essential topics of jazz theory, suitable for all treble instruments. Its approach is clear and concise, realistic and practical. This book will help you to understand how contemporary jazz players think, and to apply theory concepts in your own playing. Subjects are introduced progressively, with each new one based on those introduced before. Topics include chord building, harmonic movement, modes, II-V-I licks, polychords, blues, rhythm changes, how to learn tunes, practice techniques, playing outside, and more. All of the book's musical examples are performed on the accompanying CD, along with sample solos and 3 play-along tracks with a great rhythm section. Jazz Theory Handbook is designed for both self- study and classroom use.
Secrets of the Greats Drumset Exercises for a Professional Sound Secrets of the Greats is aimed at the intermediate to advanced drummer who wishes to incorporate triplet patterns into their repertoire. The triplet is the secret weapon of many of the great players in jazz, rock, Latin and fusion. This book details a systematic approach to learning to use triplets in patterns, fills and solos. The companion CD includes recordings of many of the techniques as well as solos incorporating these skills. A great gift for every drummer!
Time for the Future Polyrhythm in Harmony Many polyrhythms and polymeters (simultaneous combinations of more than one rhythmic pattern) exist in today's music, with some being so common they could be referred to as "rhythm licks." This book presents a unique and comprehensive approach to polymetric applications of various rhythms over common chord progressions and song forms in 3/4 and 4/4. Although the rhythms are written primarily for instruments with chordal capabilities, non-chordal instrumentalists interested in rhythmic development and contemporary phrasing may also benefit. Polymetric rhythms will force a variety of harmonic anticipations and delays which can have a profound and beneficial effect on harmonic, melodic, and improvisational phrasing. In addition, the focused attention and expanded awareness needed to master these exercises can also help in your sensitivity and response to the surrounding environment and your interactions with other musicians and audience.
All Blues Soloing for Jazz Guitar   The most complete guide to jazz/blues soloing ever written! This comprehensive book details the sounds, elements, and approaches that make the blues such an integral part of the jazz vocabulary. Moving from blues progressions to fingerboard organization to phrasing, essential blues scales, riffs, lick development, and an array of advanced concepts and devices, including substitute scales & extended super arpeggios are covered. Throughout this process 38 solos, over 100 music examples, and hundreds of licks are featured. Written in notation and tablature.
Jazz Lines   This collection of 35 original melodic jazz studies for plectrum style guitar offers a complete sightreading workout in a variety of time signatures and keys. Includes pieces in the less "friendly" guitar keys with multiple flats. All selections are written in standard notation and tablature with suggested fingering and guitar accompaniment chords. The companion CD presents all of the tunes in the book. With its swing eighths, divers time signatures and syncopated rhythms, this book makes a great supplement to any jazz guitar method.
Improvising Method for Piano   The purpose of this book is to familiarize students with the rules of improvisation in the style of jazz music through a series of exercises supported by a large number of examples intended to develop their ear, their rhythmic melodic, and harmonic sense, and their imagination. This method is aimed at all musicians, especially pianists, who want to improvise but who do not know how to start to study improvisation. The carefully graded series of examples and exercises in this book will help develop the improviser's reflexes and will serve as a springboard from which to develop original concepts and improvisations.
Swing Jazz Duets Trumpet Edition   Features 12 jazz, blues and swing-inspired original pieces for two unaccompanied trumpets. Intermediate to advanced in difficulty. Titles include: Bay Ridge Bounce; The Regal Beagle; Al B Seeing Ya; Brooklyn Baby; Cellar Swing; Al Bee's Blues; Brownstone Bounce; What More Can I Say? and more. Written in standard notation.
Swing Jazz Duets Clarinet Edition   Features 12 original jazz, blues, and swing-inspired pieces for two unaccompanied B-flat clarinets. Intermediate to advanced in difficulty. Titles include: Bay Ridge Bounce; The Regal Beagle; Al B Seeing Ya; Brooklyn Baby; Cellar Swing; Al Bee's Blues; Brownstone Bounce; What More Can I Say? and more. These original duets were conceived to aid the student in developing jazz style and sight-reading ability while benefitting from the ensemble experience.
Drop-2 Concept for Guitar   Drop-2 chord forms have been used by guitarists in all musical genres for years. The concept refers to 4-way, closed voicings in root position or any inversion, dropping the second note from the top by 1 octave, hence the term "drop-2". In practice, a nifty guitar harmonic symmetry occurs as drop-2 chords are invariably played on any four successive strings, muting or avoiding the remaining 2 strings. This collection will open up a new world of harmonic possibilities for the beginning to intermediate guitarists, and will shore up the basics and provide added harmonic visualization for the advanced player. Chapter on comping the chord soloing applications are also included. Written in notation and tablature.
Drop-2 Concept for Guitar   Drop-2 chord forms have been used by guitarists in all musical genres for years. The concept refers to 4-way, closed voicings in root position or any inversion, dropping the second note from the top by 1 octave, hence the term "drop-2". In practice, a nifty guitar harmonic symmetry occurs as drop-2 chords are invariably played on any four successive strings, muting or avoiding the remaining 2 strings. This collection will open up a new world of harmonic possibilities for the beginning to intermediate guitarists, and will shore up the basics and provide added harmonic visualization for the advanced player. Chapter on comping the chord soloing applications are also included. Written in notation and tablature.
Great Guitars of Jazz   Herb Ellis, the late Tal Farlow, and Charlie Byrd exemplify the breadth of American jazz. These elder statesmen of the guitar shared well over a century of combined knowledge and experience with styles covering a vast spectrum of the music, from straight-ahead swing and be-bop to bossa nova and beyond. The thread that bound these radically different players was their debt to Charlie Christian, the first electric jazz guitarist and the common inspiration for their lifelong dedication to musical excellence. Billed as the Great Guitars, a performance by this remarkable group offered a crash course in the history of jazz guitar. Selection include: Seven Come Eleven; Angel Eyes; and many more.
The First Chord Book for the 7-String Guitar   This book offers a great starting point for the 6-string guitarist who is adapting to the 7-string guitar with the seventh string tuned to A, one octave below the fifth string. Readers will gain insight to the chord conversion process as the proceed through the book. Major, minor, and dominant 7th chords are addressed with an emphasis on the top note in the chord as the "melody note" and the lowest note as the "bass note" as used in melody/chord playing. After presenting the basic chord shapes, the author offers right-hand technique exercises which illustrate the myriad opportunities for developing walking and alternating bass lines as well as exploring the expand chord/melody options afforded by the 7-string guitar. This book would make a fine addition to the library of the beginning to advanced 7-string guitarist. Written in standard notation and tablature plus easily read chord diagrams. Further Recommendations: Complete Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Book (95434) by Alan de Mause.
Hints & Tips for Advanced Ukulele Players (Hawaiian Style)   Learn the inner secrets of trick and novelty ukulele playing as well as the basics of advanced jazz-type chord substitution. Add color to your solos with this goldmine of little-known techniques. If you can already pick and strum the basic melody of a song, you can use the ideas in this manual to learn how to express your creativity. How-to instructions include: "wah-wah," chime and bongo effects, vamp runs, multiple tremolos, the rhumbas strum, pencil percussion, the "bend," "two-on-one-uke," speed picking, ukulele electronics, and more. A useful bonus is a 13-page section on basic and advanced chords featuring five to seven different ways to play the same chord up the fretboard.
Noels for Flute and Piano   Celebrate the holiday season with Mel Bay's collection of Christmas carols arranged for flute and piano. Contemporary tonal colors and harmonic progressions enhance these delightful arrangements. Carols are extended through variations to extend duration and add melodic interest. Each piece modulates to the next so that the entire collection may be performed as an extended suite. The diversity of styles range from a quasi-jazz rendition of 'We Three Kings of Orient Are' to a contemporary version of 'Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly'. Guaranteed to please the audience and performer alike. Features a 48-page keyboard accompaniment plus a 16-page flute pull-out section. Includes accompaniment CD.
Ukulele Heaven - Songs from the Golden Age of the Ukulele   A wonderful tribute to the ukulele and its leading advocates, past and present. Contains seventeen classics and eight new tunes as well as an in-depth historical essay illustrated with original sheet music covers. Classic selections include: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?; All That I Ask of You Is Love; They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii; Sierra Sue; Any Time; Pasadena; Somebody Stole My Gal; Blue; and more. All tunes are shown with complete lyrics and chord diagrams. Includes a select discography of CD's featuring ukulele artists and a list of uke web sites.
Fun with Bongos   Interest in the bongos has surged recently with the inclusion of this versatile percussion instrument in almost every type of music, whether it be classical, rock, flamenco, jazz, Latin, Middle Eastern, East Indian, or newgrass! Fun with Bongos provides a simple guide to playing the bongos for those without any previous musical experience. This book teaches the reading of percussion notation, basic bongo technique, plus simple rhythms and their application. In addition, it develops familiarity with the construction, nomenclature, and characteristics of the bongos. Includes instruction on selecting and tuning bongos, basic music terminology, and correct playing position with hand strokes illustrated in drawing and photographs. Includes Spanish text.

Fun with Bongos constitutes the first level in a series of books which includes The Bongo Book (Book/CD, intermediate level, MB96005BCD and Bongo Drumming/Beyond the Basics (Book/CD, advanced, MB97851BCD)
Fun with Bongos   Recent interest in bongos has surged with the inclusion of bongos in almost every type of music including classical, rock, flamenco, jazz, Latin, Middle Eastern and East Indian. Fun with the Bongos was written to provide a simple guide for someone without any musical experience who wants to learn to play the bongos. The book is designed to teach drum notation, basic bongo technique, simple rhythms and their application. In addition it develops familiarity with the construction, nomenclature and characteristics of the bongos. Fun with the Bongos is the first level in a series of books written by the author. Includes Spanish text.
Fun with Bongos   Recent interest in bongos has surged with the inclusion of bongos in almost every type of music including classical, rock, flamenco, jazz, Latin, Middle Eastern and East Indian. Fun with Bongos was written to provide a simple guide for someone without any musical experience who wants to learn to play the bongos. The book is designed to teach drum notation, basic bongo technique, simple rhythms and their application. In addition it develops familiarity with the construction, nomenclature and characteristics of the bongos. Fun with the Bongos is the first level in a series of books written by the author.
Wes Montgomery - Belgium in 1965   As with all great jazz players, Wes Montgomery's timeless music transcends vogue and anachronism with a vibrancy which remains as relevant today as when it was first conceived. Perhaps the greatest tribute to Wes is the reverence in which he is held by other jazz musicians and the continuing popularity of his recorded legacy. The 1965 Belgian 'Jazz Prisma' session recorded on this video affirms Montgomery's status as a jazz guitar legend, and offers a glimpse of why he is so respected as a jazz guitarist and composer. Tunes performed include: Impressions; Twisted Blues; Here's That Rainy Day; Jingles; and The Boy Next Door. Running time - 25 minutes
101 Red-Hot Jazz-Blues Guitar Licks & Solos   This book/CD set teaches the art of playing jazz-tinged blues phrases and solos over the modern chord progressions associated with “jazzy,” uptown blues. Ideal for any lead guitarist who wants to advance from pentatonic blues playing to more complex, "hip" soloing concepts, the goldmine of licks showcased here will take your ears and fingers to new places. Every lick and solo from the book is recorded note-for-note at a moderate tempo on the companion CD. All in standard notation and tablature.
101 Essential Blues Progressions   This user-friendly book and CD shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions. The book covers chord substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. An absolute goldmine for all musicians, students, blues songwriters, recording studios, ad agencies, and anyone who plays blues music. This truly amazing learning/reference work, designed for beginners and pros alike, also contains an appendix featuring a wealth of information about modern blues progressions and how to create them.
Doc Watson - David Grisman in Concert   Doc Watson and David Grisman have been friends since the 1960's when the then teenage Grisman was knocking out veteran performers at New York City folk clubs. For Doc, aside from the pleasures of picking with an old friend, the rewards of playing with David are simple: "He knows music...he knows what it's about." Coming from a master musician, that is the highest of praise. In this unique concert video, Doc and David along with Doc’s touring partner, guitarist Jack Lawrence, present their blend of country, jazz, bluegrass, old-time, and folk music. Running time: 70 minutes
Doc Watson - David Grisman in Concert   Doc Watson and David Grisman have been friends since the 1960's when the then teenage Grisman was knocking out veteran performers at New York City folk clubs. For Doc, aside from the pleasures of picking with an old friend, the rewards of playing with David are simple: "He knows music...he knows what it's about." Coming from a master musician, that is the highest of praise. In this unique concert video, Doc and David along with Doc's touring partner, guitarist Jack Lawrence - present their blend of country, jazz, bluegrass, old-time, and folk music. Running time: 70 minutes.
Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos Volume One Formerly titled 2000 Jazz Guitar Mel Bay's Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos presents a generous collection of 67 challenging pieces designed to enhance the repertoire of the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist. Many of the world's finest jazz guitarists of the latter half of the 20th century are represented, including John Abercrombie, Cal Collins, Mickey Baker, Jim Ferguson, Sal Salvador, Buddy Fite, Jerry Hahn, Rick Haydon, Sid Jacobs, Bucky Pizzarelli, Charles Chapman, and many others. The selections include both new pieces and some of the best previously published pieces from the latter half of the 20th century. Standard notation and tablature are offered for most pieces (a few are notation only), along with a biographical sketch of the performer. A set of 3 companion stereo CD's is included, making this an ideal sourcebook for serious students and professionals alike. Join with Mel Bay Publications, Inc. in celebrating the new millennium with music.
Jazz Fiddle Wizard   Jazz Fiddle Wizard is a book/CD set tailored for string players who want to learn to improvise in the jazz tradition. The book contains practical theory lessons, presenting rhythms and scales that are immediately put to use. Concepts are introduced progressively, requiring comprehension of previously introduced techniques and terminology. Each lesson includes a theory section and an exercise or performance section. The companion CD provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for each exercise and tune. It is assumed that the reader/player has a basic technical command of the instrument and reads standard music notation at an elementary level or higher. Jazz Fiddle Wizard works in conjunction with the www.jazzfiddlewizard.com website, offering a unique interactive experience in which the reader is invited to pose questions directly to the author. This method has been field-tested on college students and other players at different level of technical proficiency and various backgrounds. Bottom line - IT WORKS!
Bebop Blues   Mel Bay's Bebop Blues book introduces the jazz language to the intermediate guitarist who already has a basic knowledge of the blues. Many guitarists are familiar with basic twelve-bar blues progressions and how to solo over this form using minor pentatonic scales, blues scales, and common blues licks. The material presented in this book will build on these basic blues playing concepts of adding color, expression, and sophistication to their music. The examples and exercises included here are easy to understand and enjoyable to play. Topics such as modes, bebop scales, enclosing (targeting), jazz comping, and chord construction are covered in standard notation as well as tablature.
A Concise History of the Electric Guitar   A Concise History of the Electric Guitar by Adrian Ingram, one of the world's leading jazz guitar experts, charts the exciting history of the electric guitar from the early decades of the 20th century to the present day. The author covers the entire range of styles and personalities whose impact shaped the destiny of the guitar and made this varied and versatile instrument the predominant factor in so much popular music. Intended for the general public, music students, and, of course, all guitar players, this book combines scholarly research and an intimate knowledge of the music business with a unique awareness of the history of the instrument, pickups, amplifiers and technical innovations of all kinds. Thus the work provides not only a concise history of the electric guitar in all its aspects but also a clear statement of trends and developments of some of the most significant popular music of recent decades.
A Concise History of Jazz   John Robert Brown presents an enthusiastic and authoritative account of a century of jazz. Written in a clear and engaging style by a well-known British author and jazz educator, this book offers an affectionate introduction to the people and places that are of worldwide importance in the history of this wonderful music.
A Concise Guide to Musical Terms   Of size and style to slip easily into a pocket or instrument case, John Robert Brown's Concise Guide to Musical Terms contains most words and terms that will be encountered by the classical, jazz or pop musician in the classroom, rehearsal room or recording studio. Essential expressions, instructions and technical messages from a variety of languages are defined within these pages, in a reference book which combines clarity and precision with scholarly insight. With its convenient pocket format, this book will fulfill a vital role for the widest possible range of readers.
Famous Mandolin Pickin' Tunes QWIKGUIDE (Formerly Great Mandolin Pickin' Tunes) Dic Bruce is a musician, writer, and 'journeyman namdolinist' with a strong belief in teaching a wide range of material, from bluegrass and jazz standards to classics, waltzes, polkas, and other ethnic music. The choice of material in this 5 1/2" by 8" QWIKGUIDE reflects that philosophy. This book is not meant to be a mandolin method but a collection of fun tunes to play. The selections in this book are in no particular order, although the easier tunes are grouped toward the front. Performance tips are given at the front of the book for each tune. All the tunes are in notation and tablature. The accompanying CD is set up so that you can play along with each tune at both regular and slow speeds. You can also adjust the balance control on your stereo to hear both mandolin lead and accompaniment, just mandolin lead, or just accompaniment.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
All Blues Scale for Jazz Guitar   The only book to exclusively focus on the blues scales as it applies to jazz guitar. This book features a wealth of information, including many scale patterns, six complete solos, and diverse accompanying grooves that use a wide array of chords, tempos, and rhythmic feels.
Django Legacy   Django Reinhardt's name is synonymous with gypsy guitar. This extraordinary video explores the influence of this great jazz musician and how his music has spread worldwide. Babik Reinhardt (Django's son), Bireli Lagrene, Boulou & Elios FerrÈ, The Gypsy Kids, Gary Potter, Serge Krief, and The Stochelo Rosenberg Trio are featured as well as a rare short film clip of Django performing. 52 minutes. From the video cover: All over Europe there are guitarists striving to master every tune in Django Reinhardt's repertoire, every nuance of his style. Many do so for traditional as well as musical reasons, for Django was a gypsy and his music is a strong strand of gypsy culture. Watching gypsy musicians - and this documentary is full of them - learning, repeating and rephrasing Django's musical language, you come to see Django less as a jazz stylemaker and more as a cultural archetype. The focus of this documentary is the annual festival held in Django's honor at Samois-sur-Seine... from the devotees you hear most of t
The Guitar of Lonnie Johnson   Lonnie Johnson blended blues and jazz styles, performing with blues shouters like Bessie Smith and Texas Alexander on one hand, and Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington on the other. Now learn essential exercises and tips as they are presented in this compilation of tunes by this legendary musician. As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book contain valuable lessons, but as an added bonus, the three accompanying CDs contain three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction to make the style and technique of Lonnie Johnson something that anyone can learn. Master instructor Woody Mann teaches you step-by-step to play these selections: Away Down in the Alley; Woke Up This Morning With Blues in My Fingers; Go Back to Your No Good Man; Blues in G; and Stompin' 'Em Along Slow. Written in standard notation and tablature.
John Renbourn Fingerstyle Guitar Folk, Blues & Beyond; Celtic Melodies & Open Tunings; & The Jazz Tinge This comprehensive Guitar Workshop Audio Series book/3-CD set brings together a variety of fingerstyle arrangements featured in three of John Renbourn's video lessons. Illustrates unique and exciting fingerstyle techniques in the performance of traditional ballads and other tunes, using standard and several alternate tunings. In notation and tablature. Includes an extensive discussion about the tunes in the collection.
Flatpicking Guitar Festival   A collection of 16 hot, intermediate-level flatpicking guitar solos from five of the leading exponents of this technique, plus a CD featuring performances of all of the tunes. David Bromberg is known as the leader of one of the most successful acoustic bands of the 1970's and 1980's. The Kitchen Girl, a fine Kentucky tune, is an example of Bromberg's good taste in choosing material. Dick Fegy is a master picker of fiddle tunes and is the most heavily-featured player in the collection. San Francisco Bay area favorite Eric Thompson crosses old-time with traditional Irish playing. Michael Aumen contributes three tunes associated with Clarence White and a very interesting version of Soldier's Joy, with a flair that pushes the limits of the hot country style. Richard Lieberson is a fine bluegrass picker who has developed a convincing swing jazz style with exciting results, and a touch of humor. Written in notation and tablature.
Play Jazz, Blues, & Rock Piano by Ear, Book One   This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to-understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you’ll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts.

Book One is designed for students who are brand-new to playing music by ear and improvising. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed. You’ll want to have a CD player with headphones at your keyboard—a portable CD player will do the job!
Celebrate the Piano Book 3   This piano method for intermediate students by experienced author and teacher Gail Smith makes music interesting and fun while teaching the skills essential to becoming a great pianist. The Celebrate the Piano series combines theory, exercises, and a wide variety of musical styles into one book per level, making teaching easier than ever. Gail Smith's signature palindrome exercises are a special feature which help build sight-reading skills. Book 3 builds the student's repertoire, skills, and knowledge with blues, jazz, pop, folk music, Native American songs, hymnody, improvisation study, classical selections, and composer biographies in rhyme.
Famous Jazz Bass Chord Progressions QWIKGUIDE   This 5 1/2" by 8" QWIKGUIDE shows bassists how to play along with popular jazz chord progressions. The examples demonstrate how to use triads, arpeggios, scales, and passing tones in swing, be-bop, bossa nova, and ballad styles. The sample bass lines are all written in tablature for the 4-string bass, making it easy to learn fingerings and positions. The included CD presents each example twice, once as bass solo with accompaniment (piano and drums) and then as accompaniment only.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Jazz Tunes QWIKGUIDE   This 5 1/2"x8" QWIKGUIDE book/CD offers 17 original jazz and swing tunes from the prolific pencil of our company president and editor- in-chief, William Bay. All selections are shown in standard notation and tab with metronome markings and a rich palette of suggested chords. While these single-line melodic pieces are intended for the plectrum guitarist, the diverse rhythms in various keys and meters with occasional ventures to the mid and upper fretboard would make good sightreading material for the fingerstyle or classic player as well. The attached companion CD includes all of the selections in the book.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
The Holiday Gig Book Solo Settings for Classical and Fingerstyle Guitar This book offers guitarists a graded selection of 71 carols for the holiday season. Most of the arrangements are graded variations in that each tune starts with an easy reading beginner arrangement (excellent for students and the last minute "reading" gig) and ends with intermediate settings using techniques such as tremolo, jazz voicings, and three voice counterpoint. All of the music in this book is typeset in landscape format so that no page turns are required, and printed in standard notation only with suggested left-hand fingering. The book fits beautifully on any folding music stand and (because of the low landscape format) leaves plenty of room for any standard clip-on light. The Holiday Gig Book is an excellent source of holiday tunes for the working guitarist.
Complete Accompaniment Method for Guitar   This unique and effective method will help beginners and more experienced players develop both pick-style and fingerstyle accompaniment abilities with the guitar. The streamlined approach is unique in its efficiency and comprehensiveness. The material encompasses a wide range of strumming and fingerpicking patterns that apply to an infinite number of songs in the rock, folk and country music styles along with ethnic, spiritual and children's music. Also included is a section on moveable chord forms that provides the means for a repertoire that embodies jazz standards, show tunes and beyond. Written using strum notation, standard notation, chord diagrams, and tablature.
Salsa & Pepper Ten Latin Jazz Solos for Piano These ten pieces cover most of the bases between Salsa and Bossa Nova. They use many idiomatic rhythm patterns and harmonies, and are designed to provide the intermediate pianist with exciting repertoire. The enclosed CD with piano recordings of every song in the book is a good reference guide for proper interpretation of the pieces.
Jazz Piano Chords   This informative volume provides a chord reference for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with the most basic intervals, the text explains how chords are built and how they are used in different performance settings. After covering the basics, advanced chord types such as 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, drop voicings, and the blues chord are presented and explained. The functions of chords are described, as are substitutions, clusters, and polytonal clusters. Numerous charts are provided which can be helpful for practicing and for quick and easy reference as to which can be used with given bass notes. The Melody Harmonization Charts show chords based on fourths. Learning to use these chords will help the pianist play with more harmonic variety, color, and interest.
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Jazz Piano Scales & Modes   Following the best-selling Jazz Piano Chords, this informative volume provides a scale reference and practice tool for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with diatonic, pentatonic, symmetrical and exotic scales, more advanced composer and jazz scales are introduced. The following discussion of polytonality, alternating scales, using scales with chords and scale chords represents the dominating concepts of contemporary jazz. The book ends with extensive 12-key libraries of scales, and scales arranged by chords. Learning to use these scales will help any pianist play with more tonal and modal variety, color, freedom and interest.
Keyboard Guide - Chords, Scales & Modes in all Keys   This 'Keyboard Guide' shows the chords and their voicings, scales and harmonic relationships - in short, the building blocks of Western music - in compact form. This practical overview of chords, keys and harmonic relations has been specially designed with the jazz, rock and pop keyboardist in mind. It features a structure that makes it useful for beginners as well as advanced musicians, enabling students to improve their musical understanding. For beginners, the guide shows the basic scales, easy inversions, intervals and related keys with fingerings. For more advanced players, the guide shows numerous major, minor, seventh, diminished and augmented chords in several inversions, as well as modal, pentatonic and blues scales starting on the key note. All chords and scales are shown both on a keyboard diagram and in standard treble clef notation. Also included for those who wish a more thorough study is a chapter on the theory behind the various types of chords and scales.
Guitar Chords - More Than 4000 Chord Voicings, Slash Chords   By Norbert Opgenoorth and Jeromy Bessler. This half-size guitar chord reference book has been designed with the working and studying guitarist in mind. It features an overview of more than 4000 chords and their most popular voicings in rock, pop, and jazz. Additional chapters on playing techniques, chord synonyms, power chords and slash chords can be helpful to further improve your understanding of music and to enhance your creative potential. The chords are arranged alphabetically by root, ascending chromatically.
Essential Styles for Bass   This book was designed to demonstrate the many different styles music available for bassists to play, and to give the student ideas as to what to play in different situations. There are many other method books available for bass that teach all sorts of styles and techniques. This book shows you how, when, and where to use all the wonderful information found in those books. It will help you get a better understanding of most of the contemporary styles that will get you started on your journey as a working and playing bassist. The styles covered are Blues, Rock and Roll, Country, Funk, Latin, Jazz, and Rhythm & Blues. Examples are in notation only for four-string bass. The CD includes most of the examples from the book.
The Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs Examples of Over 40 Styles When Leo Fender invented the electric bass in the early 1950s, little did he know the musical revolution that would follow. Dozens of musical styles were born as a direct result of his invention. Mel Bay’s Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs is an overview of over 40 different musical styles, covering 50 years of electric bass playing. Through a wide variety of stylistic examples, this book explores many musical genres that may have never existed without the electric bass guitar. These examples will undoubtedly add diversity to your musical vocabulary and supplement your style.
Jazz Scales for Guitar   This book will teach guitarists how to construct and play the scales and modes used in jazz improvisation. Through the study of these scales, students will expand their musical vocabulary for jazz improvisation. Scales are presented in standard notation, tab, linear diagrams showing the scales intervallic makeup, and fingering patterns. Recordings of the chord progressions and etudes are provided so the student can hear how these scales may be used in real life situations.
Adventures in Jazz   This book was inspired by the need for catchy jazz repertoire suited for small hands while remaining fun and challenging for students of all ages. The pieces in this book provide students with fragmented ideas for use in later improvisational studies. The simple harmonic progressions of these pieces also lend themselves easily to transposition, an idea that most students are not exposed to in beginning studies. The accompanying CD demonstrates each piece. The pieces can be used with any methodology as a springboard for students' improvisation and composition, or as part of the larger JazzKids curriculum (www.jazzkids.com), which offers opportunities for musical excitement and expression by augmenting traditional reading skills with original jazz repertoire, improvisation, performance, and parental involvement.
Music of Duke Ellington   Martin Taylor's guitar playing has been greatly influenced by jazz pianists. In this unique video lesson, Martin applies his fingerstyle jazz genius to the music of the great American composer Duke Ellington. Five of Duck's compositions are presented. These are complex and challenging arrangements for the advanced guitarist. Includes a free tablature music booklet.
Music of Jimmy Van Heusen   Jimmy Van Heusen wrote some of the all-time great jazz standards. In this unique video lesson Martin Taylor applies his fingerstyle jazz genius to six of Van Heusen's best known compositions. These are complex and challenging arrangements for the advanced guitarist. Free tablature booklet included.
Jazz for the Electric Blues Guitarist   Taught by Adrian Ingram. Jazz For The Electric Blues Guitarist provides a valuable lesson for those who wish to introduce sophisticated jazz lines and more advanced chord concepts into their playing. This information-packed lesson takes the player on an exciting journey from the basic "jazz" blues progression to advanced chord substitution. Turnarounds and chord families, together with further elaborations and inversions are also discussed, in an easy to understand way, which will spice up your blues playing in no time. As the video unfolds, Adrian Ingram reveals the secrets of jazz substitution and improvisation, showing how the fundamental concepts can be used to lift your blues playing onto a higher plateau. Coloristic devices, such as Charlie christian's worry notes and Wes Montgomery's octaves are also discussed. 76 minute video.
Funk and Fusion Concepts   Offers the beginning to professional drummer a variety of approaches to playing funk and fusion styles on drum set. Styles including soul/funk, funk/rock, funk/shuffle, hip-hop, jazz/rock, Latin/funk, reggae/funk, calypso/funk, and New Orleans funk are covered with many written examples. Ostinato rhythms, fills, thought provoking systems, two-handed ride cymbal grooves, odd meters, accent studies, stepped hi-hat, shifting, groove transcriptions, and coordination exercises are also taught in this text. The accompanying CD contains recordings of selected examples. A suggested listening sheet (albums by funk and fusion masters) has been provided to help guide the listening of aspiring funk and fusion drummers. Funk and Fusion Concepts is a must for drummers who want to learn these popular styles.
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing Light JS111 Guitar Strings   GAUGES: 011 (E), 015 (B), 019W (G), 025 (D), 035 (A) & 047 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing Medium Light JS112 Guitar Strings   GAUGES: 012 (E), 016 (B), 020W (G), 027 (D), 037 (A) & 050 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Bebop Light BB112 Strings   GAUGES: 012 (E), 016 (B), 020 (G), 028W (D), 036 (A) & 050 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Bebop Medium Light BB113 Strings   GAUGES: 013 (E), 017 (B), 021W (G), 030 (D), 038 (A) & 053 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld George Benson Jazz Nickel Flatwound GB114   Gauges: 014 (E), 018 (B), 021w (G), 031 (D), 041 (A) & 055 (E)
Jazz Guitar Chord Workout   This book has been designed to give beginning jazz guitar students a jazz chord “workout.” Most of the exercises in this book have been developed around chord progressions found in most jazz standards. Some of the exercises will be short and others long, but each exercise should be played fluidly and by doing so, proper technique will be acquired.
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing Extra Light JS110 Guitar Strings   GAUGES: 010 (E), 014 (B), 018W (G), 023 (D), 033 (A) & 044 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Bebop Extra Light BB111 Strings   GAUGES: 011 (E), 015 (B), 019 (G), 026W (D), 034 (A) & 047 (E).
Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Bebop Medium BB114 Guitar Strings   GAUGES: 014 (E), 018 (B), 022W (G), 032 (D), 040 (A) & 055 (E).
Gypsy Jazz Guitar   Ian Cruickshank was inspired by the music of the extraordinary Gypsy, Django Reinhardt. Ian presents a step-by-step approach to the principle ingredients of rhythm, traids, chords, diminished licks, arpeggios, octaves, solo lines, and other tricks and devices.
Essential Guitar Chords/Barre Chords - Best Bet Jazz Chords QWIKGUIDE   This exhaustive yet compact (5 1/2"x8") QWIKGUIDE chord reference shows chords from simple triads through myriad extensions of the dominant seventh chord, all in grid format only. All voicings and variants of chords are shown chromatically from the root tone beginning with C, Cm, C6, C7, C diminished, C augmented, etc. Chords are further subdivided into categories including chords with individually fingered strings, barre chords, and rock power chords. A special segment of the book offers "Best Bet Jazz Chords" - a selection of the most commonly used jazz forms. The book closes with a group of four 12-bar blues progressions.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Complete Jerry Hahn Method for Jazz Guitar   This jazz guitar book is a compilation of three books formerly published as Volume 1 - Scales and Exercises, Volume 2 - Patterns and Solos and Volume 3 - Improvisation Course and Chord Studies. This comprehensive edition covers all of the facets of jazz guitar study including all of the primary scales and arpeggios in five positions. There are several exercises to help increase technical facility including an excellent cross-picking exercise. Also there is a large single line section that includes jazz vocabulary and ideas to be played over certain chords and progressions. Learning and memorizing these single line studies expands the student's improvisational concepts and technique. The chord section includes the primary chord forms found in jazz and contemporary music as well as examples of turn-arounds, variations on twelve bar blues, and modal comping. The harmonized bass line section has four chord studies in a Freddie Green style. The Improvisation Course is a unique systematic approach to teaching impro
Cafe Benedetto   To those who have never attended a Benedetto Players concert you are about to experience a magical and musical evening with Jimmy Bruno, Jack Wilkins, Adrian Ingram, Andy Mackenzie, Gerry Beaudoin, Frank Vignola, and Howard Alden. The size of the room lends itself to the ambiance that the Benedettos are seeking- an intimate setting where they can converse with friends and appreciate the talents of this select gathering of musicians. They play jazz because it is in their soul, displaying a depth of feeling and virtuosity that is unsurpassed in any genre of music. This is a "must have" video for any aficionado of great guitars and great jazz guitar players. 83-minute.
Jimmy Bruno & Jack Wilkins Live From The Theatre at Washington, Virginia The artistry of Jimmy Bruno and Jack Wilkins is extraordinary. Here is an opportunity to enjoy their music, as performed on handmade Benedetto guitars, in a warm, intimate setting. It doesn't get any better than this... the music is so superb that it sounds rehearsed. Like Sinatra, Bennett, Davis, and others, Jack and Jimmy are among the elite in what they do... truly "Close Encounters of the Jazzy Kind!"
Thomastik-Infeld George Benson Jazz Nickel Flatwound GB112   Gauges: 012 (E), 016 (B), 020w (G), 028 (D), 039 (A) & 053 (E)
Thomastik-Infeld George Benson Jazz Nickel Roundwound GR112   Gauges: 012 (E), 016 (B), 020w (G), 030 (D), 038 (A) & 053 (E)
La Bella Electric Nickel Plated Wound El-Xl-Extra Light   Nickel plated steel gauges. Sizes: 9, 011, 016, 024, 032 & 042. Extra of first and second.
La Bella Electric Flat Wound Stainless 20PL Light Strings   Flat wound stainless gauges. Sizes: 11, 015, 020w, 028, 039, 52 Extra of first and second.
La Bella Electric Flat Wound Stainless 20PM Medium Strings   Flat wound stainless gauges. Sizes: 13, 017, 023w, 031, 042, 53. Extra of first and second.
La Bella Electric Black Nylon-Tape Wound 800M 6 String   Black nylon tape wound gauges. Sizes: 14, 018, 036, 046, 056, 067. Extra of first and second.
Martin Taylor Jazz Guitarist   In this unique video lesson, Martin Taylor discusses various aspects of his approach to fingerstyle jazz guitar. He presents right-hand techniques, harmonics, walking bass lines, improvisation, playing melodies in and out of tempo, and practice routines.
Jazz Structures for the New Millennium   Joe Dioro is an accomplished guitarist and composer as well as a respected music educator. In this book he combines his skills to present innovative "intervallic designs" for the guitar. Written in standard notation and tab, these linear, often 12-tone flavored studies reflect Diorio's jazz roots and compositional mastery. Due to the harmonic ambiguity of these lines, the author recommends an experimental approach in applying these examples in various melodic and harmonic settings. The companion stereo CD features Diorio's performance of each of the 96 studies in the book.
Early Jazz for Fingerstyle Guitar   This is a collection of jazz music arranged for fingerstyle guitar and spanning the years from the turn of the last century until the end of the 1930s. There are classical ragtime numbers, jazz band tunes, stride piano, and blues. All are a part of an important musical legacy that shaped the beginnings of popular music. Written in standard notation and tablature.
Complete Joe Pass   Music critics and performers alike have hailed Joe Pass as one of the finest jazz musicians to have ever lived. This book effectively combines five previously published books by Joe Pass in a single comprehensive volume including his insights on harmony, melody, and phrasing as well as transcriptions of recorded solos and Joe Pass/Herb Ellis duets. The transcribed solos are: Bay City Blues, Foxy Chick and a Cool Cat, Time In, Blues in G, Dante’s Inferno, and Grçte. The duet selections are: Bonnie, Jazz Waltz, Some of These Days, G Blues, Hot Stuff, and Ballad. All selections appear in standard notation only with chord symbols written over the staves. The solo and duet selections are intermediate to advanced in difficulty.
Fretboard Basics for Guitar Scales, Arpeggios, Modes, and Exercises This collection of studies and pieces in notation and tablature presents several major, minor, and pentatonic scales, speed studies, and etudes to build your speed and dexterity on the guitar fretboard. The C, A, G, F and D fingerings are presented as a way to cover the full range of the guitar neck in any key. Transition exercises help you shift from one position to another within a key, and modes are presented with exercises in various positions and ideas on how to apply them. Diminished scales, melodic minor scales, and two Bach inventions round out the study. Mastery of these exercises will lead to greater fluency throughout the entire fingerboard. The CD demonstrates all of the exercises.
Jammin' the Blues Volume 1   This volume in the Frank Vignola play-along series contains useful, well-structured solos for 16 chourses of the blues in the most common keys. Funky, bluesy, and bop oriented lines allow you to feel and hear what it is like to play a well-constructed solo. Some of these etudes have been recorded at both a slower practice tempo and at performance tempo. In the performance tempo renditions, the solo segments are ofte followed by numerous choruses featuring the rhythm section only. This format allows for individual practice of the written solos or elaboration of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally, during the "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12 or 24 measures. These solos provide an opportunity for the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Jammin' the Blues Volume 2   This volume in the Frank Vignola play-along series contains useful, well-structured solos for 14 choruses of the blues in the most common keys. Funky, bluesy, and bop oriented lines allow you to feel and hear what it is like to play a well-constructed solo. Some of these etudes have been recorded at both a slower practice tempo and at performance tempo. In the performance tempo renditions,the solo segments are often followed by numerous choruses featuring the rhythm section only. This format allows for individual practice of the written solos or elaboration of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally, during the "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12 or 24 measures. These solos provide an opportunity for the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Jammin' the Blues Volume 3   This volume in the Frank Vignola play-along series contains useful, well-structured solos for 11 choruses of the blues in the most common keys. Funky, bluesy, and bop oriented lines allow you to feel and hear what it is like to play a well-constructed solo. In the performance tempo recordings, the solo segments are often followed by numerous choruses featuring the rhythm section. This format allows for individual practice of the written solos or elaboration of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. The solos provide an opportunity for the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Rhythm Changes Volume 1   The Frank Vignola Play-Along Series contains solos which have been written and recorded over blues and rhythm changes in many different keys. Learn more about commonly used chord changes by having the opportunity to jam on them extensively. Some of these etudes have been recorded both at a slower tempo for learning and at performance tempo. The performance-tempo recordings of the solos include numerous choruses of rhythm section only. This allows for individual practice of the written solos or practice of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally, during these "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12, or 24 measures. This allows the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece. The Frank Vignola Blues and Rhythm Changes series gives any student of jazz guitar great ideas for playing solos over two of the most popular musical forms in jazz. It is recommended that the
Rhythm Changes Volume 2   This volume in the Frank Vignola Play-Along Series contains nine solos which have been written and recorded over blues and rhythm changes in many different keys. One of the etudes has been recorded both at a slower tempo for practice and also at performance tempo. The performance-tempo recordings of the solos include numerous choruses of rhythm section only. This allows for individual practice of the written solos or practice of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally, during these "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12, or 24 measures. This allows the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece. The Frank Vignola Rhythm Changes series gives any student of jazz guitar great ideas for playing solos over one of the most popular musical forms in jazz. Written in notation and tablature.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, I
Rhythm Changes Volume 3   This volume in the Frank Vignola Play-Along Series contains ten solos which have been written and recorded over blues and rhythm changes in many different keys. The performance-tempo recordings of the solos include numerous choruses of rhythm section only, allowing for individual practice of the written solos or practice of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally, during these "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12, or 24 measures. This allows the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece. The Frank Vignola Blues and Rhythm Changes series gives any student of jazz guitar great ideas for playing solos over two of the most popular musical forms in jazz.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Jazz Solos Volume 1 Improvised Solos over Standard Progressions These jazz solos are play-along jazz standard chord progressions for guitar with Frank Vignola's solos written out. Each track has plenty of time for the student to jam along and work out ideas for commonly used jazz standard chord progressions.
Jazz Solos, Volume 2 Improvised Solos over Standard Progressions These jazz solos are play-along jazz standard chord progressions for guitar with Frank Vignola's solos written out. Each track has plenty of time for the student to jam along and work out ideas for commonly used jazz standard chord progressions.
Ivor Mairants - Jazz Guitar   Ivor Mairants (1908-1998) was known widely for his sensitive and musical approach to jazz and to teaching. In this, his last work, one can feel the lifetime of experience coupled with the skill of a great communicator. The clarity of thought shown by this last manuscript of Ivor's comes from his understanding of classical guitar. He doesn't waste any notes in these pieces, nor does he obscure the musical qualities of any piece by over-complicating the harmony. Reading through this book and working the pieces carefully should give a guitarist a strong feel for what is meant by 'economy' in jazz. Some of the pieces are like single line solos, some are like jazz ballads, and some are like classical guitar pieces with a jazz flavor. This volume combines works written over a period of several years. Written in notation and tablature for fingerstyle or flatpicking guitar.
Improvisation: Bridging the Gap, Treble Clef Edition   This book is intended for players with limited or no jazz playing experience who wish to develop their own style of improvisation at an acceptable performance level while achieving personal musical goals. The challenge of playing more interesting and difficult progressions of the jazz standard repertoire requires a thorough knowledge of scales and chords. The three sections of this book build this knowledge by focusing on technical facility, chord knowledge, and improvisation styles. Theory topics covered include major and minor scales and arpeggios, blues scales, pentatonic scales, whole tone scales, diminished scales, the cycle of dominant 7th chords, balancing phrases, chord structures and substitutions, and turnarounds. Improvisation styles taught include embellishing a melody, the melodic line approach, the vertical (chordal) approach, and a combined approach. The companion CD provides backup for many of the exercises. This edition is written in the treble clef for trumpet, flute, saxophone, guitar, clar
Improvisation: Bridging the Gap - Bass Clef Edition   This book is intended for players with limited or no jazz playing experience who wish to develop their own style of improvisation at an acceptable performance level while achieving personal musical goals. The challenge of playing more interesting and difficult progressions of the jazz standard repertoire requires a thorough knowledge of scales and chords. The three sections of this book build this knowledge by focusing on technical facility, chord knowledge, and improvisation styles. Theory topics covered include major and minor scales and arpeggios, blues scales, pentatonic scales, whole tone scales, diminished scales, the cycle of dominant 7th chords, balancing phrases, chord structures and substitutions, and turnarounds. Improvisation styles taught include embellishing a melody, the melodic line approach, the vertical (chordal) approach, and a combined approach. This edition is written entirely in the bass clef for string bass, trombone, electric bass, euphonium, and other bass clef instruments.
50 Two-Hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass QWIKGUIDE   In two-hand tapping on electric bass, your right and left hands both play notes. This is a fairly new concept on bass. New techniques and ideas are being created regularly. Tapping is being applied to all sorts of musical styles including blues, alternative, jazz, funk, and even classical. This book presents 50 brief exercises to practice the tapping technique, with each example demonstrated on the accompanying CD. Try applying the techniques in this book to your favorite styles of music.
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Neshamah Traditional Jewish Melodies Arranged for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar Transcriptions from Neshamah, Tim Sparks's ground-breaking recording for Tzadik Records of traditional Jewish melodies arranged for solo guitar. Neshamah is a Hebrew word meaning "soul," and in these soulful pieces, Sparks explores the music of the Jewish Diaspora, from the Caucasus to the Carpathians, from the Black Sea to Bosnia, from Jerusalem, Istanbul, Sarajevo, to New York's Lower East Side. Using a unique blend of bluesy string bends, jazz harmony and middle-eastern scales, he sheds new light on these tunes through the prism of fingerstyle guitar. Neshamah received wide critical acclaim in many publications around the world, including Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Player, Akustik Gitarre, Acoustic Guitar Japan, Dirty Linen, The Wall Street Journal, CDNOW, All Music Guide and the Amazon.com Editor's Top 100 CDs of 1999. The entire recording has been transcribed here, including an appendix with the complete solos. Several of the arrangements are accessible to intermediate level players whi
Jazz Etudes & Exercises for Classical Guitar   The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo guitar gives the student practice in playing this rhythmic pattern as well as working on other important skills. The etudes are written in notation only in different jazz styles: Swing, Latino, Bossa Nova, Blues, and Jazz Rock. These etudes develop the ability of the right hand to sound as if two or three instruments are playing simultaneously. All of the etudes have bright melodies and rich jazz harmony. They are intermediate in difficulty. The exercises feature numerous skills, including Swing style, walking bass, Latin style, finger speed, various rhythmic combinations, and broken lines.
Walking Bass Lines for Guitar   This book and CD teaches excellent techniques to use for walking bass lines on guitar when playing in a duet format, either with another guitar player or with a singer or other instrumentalists. The idea of this book is to give a few answers to the question, "How do I harmonize walking bass lines when I've never done it before?". We will take the principal chords, major 7, 6, dominant 7, minor, diminished, and minor 7 flat 5 and walk bass lines on the sixth or fifth string. Written in notation and tablature.
101 Red Hot Bluegrass Guitar Licks and Solos   In music, the term "bluegrass" describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass guitar licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D, and A minor. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition, several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in bluegrass, country, and folk music. All 101 examples are recorded on the companion CD with guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo. Whether you are a fan of old-time country music, traditional bluegrass, or newgrass, you are sure to find lots of great ideas in this new collection of bluegrass licks. So, grab your instrument, put on the CD, pull up a chair, and let's start pickin'.
101 Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin Licks and Solos   In music, the term "bluegrass" describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass mandolin licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D, and A minor written in notation and tablature. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition, several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in bluegrass, country, and folk music. All 101 examples are recorded on the companion CD with guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo. Whether you are a fan of old-time country music, traditional bluegrass, or newgrass, you are sure to find lots of great ideas in this new collection of bluegrass licks. So, grab your instrument, put on the CD, pull up a chair, and let's start pickin'.
Jazz Piano Christmas   A seasonal follow-up to Beegie Adair's best selling titles The Frank Sinatra Collection and The Nat King Cole Collection. The Beegie Adair Trio (piano, bass, and drums) presents fourteen Christmas favorites with a jazzy touch. It's spirited listening for a beautiful season.
Play Jazz, Blues, & Rock Piano by Ear, Book Three   This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to-understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you’ll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts.

Book Three will acquaint you with a number of common chord sequences, which in turn, will help you to play literally thousands of songs. Click on “Contents” for more details. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed. You’ll want a CD player with headphones at your keyboard—a portable player will do the job!
Larry Coryell Jazz Guitar Exercises, Scales, Modes, & Techniques Larry Coryell discusses and illustrates scales, modes, finger exercises, improvisation and chords. This book offers notation, tablature, and three audio CDs for the intermediate to advanced student.
Interviews with the Jazz Greats...and More!   Here is a collection of insightful interviews with many of the most prominent figures in today's guitar world. Presents 25 articles selected from Charles Chapman's extensive work as a music journalist, including legends such as Johnny Smith, Tim May, Martin Taylor, John Abercrombie, George Benson, John Scofield, and Howard Alden. An interview with renowed luthier Robert Benedetto is included as an added bonus. This book illustrates the passion these guitarists have for their art, the respect they have for music and one other, and their desire to pass their art and sentiments on to others.
Solo Jazz Guitar Method   This book is designed to teach any guitarist to compose chord melody arrangements for the guitar, at a pace which is comfortable for both the beginner and the advanced student. Every method used is discussed at length with over 50 musical examples given. The accompanying CD will assure the student that he or she is playing the examples correctly. Topics include: harmonization and re-harmonization methods, analyzing melodies, dealing with extensions, creating slash chord harmony, etc. This book is a must- have for anyone interested in performing as a solo guitar player. Two full-length arrangements are included which cover the material presented. Written in notation only with chord symbols and fretboard diagrams.
Play Jazz, Blues, & Rock Piano by Ear, Book Two   This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to-understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you’ll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts.

Building on the fundamentals introduced in Book One, Book Two introduces a whole new world of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic possibilities. Click on “Contents” for details. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed. You’ll want a CD player with headphones at your keyboard—a portable CD player will do the job!
The Contemporary Guitar An Anthology of New Music This collection of new music, written by composers who are or who have been performing guitarists themselves, presents intermediate to advanced concert works that explore the musical and technical diversity of the contemporary guitar. Each composer offers a unique musical and technical perspective of what the contemporary guitar is. The harmonic language ranges from jazz to atonality, the styles vary from blues to minimalism, and the cultural influences span from Eastern European to Celtic. The composers include Delpriora, Gilardino, Hudson, Johanson, Kenyon, Marron, Mearns, Ourkouzounov, Piorkowsky, and Van der Veen. The music is standard notation only.
All Intros and Endings for Jazz Guitar Bebop, Swing, Latin, Ballads The fifth book from Jim Ferguson, All Intros & Endings features dozens of hip intros and endings that you can use not only for gigs, but also as a staring point for developing your own ideas. There are chord progressions, voice-led ending chords, vamps (bebop, swing, Latin, and ballads), extended ideas, classic intros, and many concepts which are designed to provide the player with the material to fuel his or her own creativity. It includes sections on the major #11 and minor-major 7th chords, and symmetrical devices. Notation and tablature with a 44-track CD.
Gig Savers: Intro to Jazz Lines for Serious Players Many of the essential concepts of jazz soloing are presented here in an easy to understand fashion. Chapters on Digital Patterns, Guide Tones, and Targeting will get just about any guitarist soloing with the jazz language. All examples are presented with fretboard diagrams, standard notation, and tab.
Gig Savers: Killer Chords for Serious Players   Killer Chords presents the basics of chord construction in an easy to understand manner. Many chord voicing techniques for guitar are presented in a concise, but thorough manner. Triads, seventh chords, chords with tensions and embellishments, and their inversions are taught using closed positions, Drop-2, Drop-3, Drop-2 and -4 and quartal harmony voicings. This relatively small book contains a wealth of chord knowledge with explanations that are easy to understand. Presented in standard notation and tab.
A Guide to Octave Mandolin & Bouzouki   Twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablature, with a stereo CD (left channel melody, right channel accompaniment). Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time, the Celtic style "woven texture" accompaniment unique to the instrument is fully notated. Unique to the book are melodic Irish ornamentation, blues, jazz, American fiddle tunes with variations and improvisations (all fully notated), and a chapter "Breaking Away From Block Chords" extending knowledge of the fingerboard.
Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos Volume 2   Mel Bay's Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos Volume Two presents 11 challenging tunes, improvised solos and solo guitar arrangements designed to enhance the repertoire of the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist. Some of the world's finest jazz guitarists are represented, including Chris Buzzelli, Corey Christiansen, Mark Elf, Jim Farquar, Dave Frackenpohl, Barry Greene, Randy Johnston, Bill Purse, Dave Stryker, Frank Vignola, and Craig Wagner. All of the pieces are in both standard notation and tablature with a biographical sketch of each performer. A companion stereo CD is included, making this an ideal sourcebook for serious students and professionals alike.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Joe Pass   Presents hundreds of improvised melodic lines played by Joe Pass. Each of the melodic lines are grouped in the harmonic situation in which they were originally played (i.e. all minor lines are presented together and all dominant seventh lines are presented together, etc). The companion play along CD has a "live" rhythm section playing single chord vamps as well as vamps covering all twelve keys for each harmonic situation. An etude over the changes to Satin Doll shows how to apply the various lines and create improvised solos.
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Two To Tango and Millennium Duet   These two pieces for classic guitar duo were composed for the Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo. "Two to Tango" is a tango rhapsody for two guitars using mainly tango rhythm combined with that of the milonga, another Argentinean dance closely related to the tango. The interaction of the two guitars playing single lines at times and then changing roles between the melody and the rhythm makes it more interesting for both players. "Millennium Duet" was written as a homage to Chet Atkins. The piece opens with a brief reflection of country and western rhythmic ideas, with a melody of a different character. It later moves on to other patterns, at times combining some Latin American rhythms with a little touch of jazz harmony. This book includes two separate guitar parts and a combined score written in standard notation only. The companion CD features the premiere recording of the pieces by the Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Violin   This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Alto Sax   This collection of jazz etudes with an accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Tenor Sax   This collection of jazz etudes with an accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Trumpet   This collection of jazz etudes with an accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Guitar   This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Bass/Trombone   This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CDs gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.
Walking Jazz Lines for Bass   The bass has been called "the most important instrument in any band." The bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes, keep the "time flow" or "pulse" steady, and keep the form of the song together. This book is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, Latin and country music. By explaining the basics of intervals, chords, and scales the author builds a framework for understanding bass line patterns. Then the book presents one- and two-measure patterns that can be used in playing the blues, rhythm changes, the II-V-I progression, and 20 popular jazz standards. The book is written in standard notation with chord symbols. The CD gives you the opportunity to play with one of the finest rhythm sections around. It is in stereo, with the bass and drums on the left and piano and drums on the right. Since the examples in the book are presented both with sample bass l
A Common Sense Approach to Improvisation for Guitar   The goal of this book is to provide a concept for guitarists that will help them go quickly to the core of the harmonies that must be dealt with in order to improvise over chord changes. Joe Negri shows how you can assimilate harmonies and quickly determine a common denominator that you instantly visualize on the fingerboard. From this 'cell' harmony you will be able to build or create single-note melodic lines. Joe Negri has taken the fundamentals of music theory and made them applicable and relevant to the improvising guitarist. One of this book's secrets is the use of basic triadic shapes as an organizational tool to demystify improvisation. This "keep it simple" approach allows improvisers to hear and unveil melodic lines that are right under their fingers within simple triadic shapes. These studies are packed with the basic information the student needs in order to use the chord tones as melodic focal points. Written in notation and tablature.
Jazz Blues Styles   Jazz Blues Solos presents guitar solos in the styles of Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins, and other jazz blues greats. Within the context of the blues, this book teaches: styles of jazz blues; jazz ideas, phrases, and licks; jazz syncopation, the rhythmic language of jazz; jazz phrasing, the breath of jazz; how to use the triplet, altered chords, and slash chords; how to reharmonize the blues; a new innovative vocabulary of jazz chord sequences; how to use fragments of the chords to outline the harmony and create interesting new sounds; and how to play walking bass lines with chords. Diorio's "Right Brain Guitarist(R)" approach helps to direct your playing with your intuitive sense as opposed to your logical sense. The accompanying CD will help convey the subtle nuances of the music.
Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos Volume 2   This collection of twelve challenging fingerstyle guitar solos in notation and tablature presents works by both relative newcomers and seasoned world-class performers. This eclectic group of compositions should appeal to players and listeners alike, be it country, blues, ragtime, jazz, Celtic, or gorgeous ballads that suit your fancy. It will require serious practice for most guitarists to master these tunes, but the rewards should be commensurate whether you play strictly for your own enjoyment or make your living in whole or in part as a guitarist. Featured artists include: Andrea Benzoni, Tommy Emmanuel, Jody Fisher, Michael Fix, Jim Goodin, Lars Johansson, Michael O'Dorn, Larry Pattis, Bill Piburn, Preston Reed, Colin Reid, and Rick Ruskin.
Contemporary Mallet Method   This text provides the newcomer to the vibraphone or marimba with valuable information on many of the basic mallet techniques. In addition, it provides a clear understanding of beginning jazz theory and offers some excellent musical exercises. This book is intended for those keyboard-mallet percussionists who have an interest in four-mallet playing. This often neglected technique allows the percussionist to play more complicated music, and often makes the execution of musical passages easier and clearer than playing with only two mallets. Except for chapter 5 on vibraphone dampening, this book and the techniques it offers can be applied to all of the mallet instruments.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Charlie Parker, Guitar Edition   Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other harmonic frameworks. To facilitate proficiency in all twelve keys, each sectin of the book has a chordal play-along that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the Charlie Parker style will also be discussed with examples provided. This will help musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further ensuring their mastery.
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Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Charlie Parker, Bass Clef Edition   Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other harmonic frameworks. To facilitate proficiency in all twelve keys, each section of the book has a chordal play-along that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the Charlie Parker style will also be discussed with examples provided. This will help musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further ensuring their mastery.
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Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Charlie Parker, E-Flat Edition   Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other harmonic frameworks. To facilitate proficiency in all twelve keys, each section of the book has a chordal play-along that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in Charlie Parker style will also be discussed with examples provided. This will help musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further ensuring their mastery.
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Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Charlie Parker, C Instruments   Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other harmonic frameworks. To facilitate proficiency in all twelve keys, each section of the book has a chordal play-along that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the Charlie Parker style will also be discussed with examples provided. This will help musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further ensuring their mastery.
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Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Charlie Parker, B-Flat Edition   Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other harmonic frameworks. To facilitate proficiency in all twelve keys, each section of the book has a chordal play-along that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the Charlie Parker style will also be discussed with examples provided. This will help musicians analyze each of the ideas presented, further ensuring their mastery.
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The Martin Taylor Guitar Method   The Martin Taylor Guitar Method offers you the chance to study with one of the giants of jazz guitar. Hailed by guitar legend Chet Atkins as "One of the greatest and most impressive guitarists in the world today..." and celebrated by New York's Jazz Times as "Europe's finest guitarist," Martin shares the secrets of his style for the first time in this amazing tutor.

Learn how Martin creates solo guitar arrangements of jazz standards via a series of progressive studies aimed at introducing guitarists of intermediate level and beyond to the world of arranging and solo performance.

All music examples are transcribed in standard notation with tablature and played by Martin himself on the accompanying CD. You won't get a better chance to study with one of the instrument's true masters!
All Solos and Grooves for Jazz Guitar   Do you want to develop greater fingerboard familiarity and improvisational fluency, and learn a lot of licks at the same time? Then, regardless of your level, this book is for you. The goal of this book is to demonstrate how fingerings can be applied in a realistic jazz setting, and to help players get a better handle on negotiating the guitar's fingerboard and improvisation in general, while learning a hip solo over a cool background. This book has a number of dynamic features, including... - A methodical, position by position look at improvisation. - A focus on phrasing. - Cool, repetitious grooves that give the player a chance to develop skills without the added complication of having to change to a new scale or key center. - Swinging solos that cover the range of a given fingering or position. - Formulas for the major modes and a variety of other scales. Each solo contains a number of hip phrases, licks, and patterns that take advantage of the related scale position and fingering. In addition to develo
Play-Along Jazz Standard Chord Progressions   In this book and CD master jazz guitarist Frank Vignola has taken eight different jazz standard chord progressions and recorded rhythm guitar parts so you can play along and learn these most commonly used chord progressions. He has also written out a jazz solo for each of the eight tunes. These are recorded at slow and faster tempos for practice. The first chorus of every track has both the solo and the rhythm guitar, and the rest of the choruses have just the rhythm guitar for you to jam along with. The notation for each tune includes a jazz solo written out in notation and tablature and also a chord chart.
Paulo Bellinati Plays Antonio Carlos Jobim   Paulo Bellinati is one of Brazil's most accomplished contemporary guitarists. In this video he performs twelve pieces by Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of Latin jazz's best known composers, accompanied by Cristina Azuma. 46 minutes.
The Complete Laurindo Almeida Anthology of Guitar Solos   Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists, who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of serious musical study. Stylistically, his compositions synthesize his classical background, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, traditional Brazilian music, and American jazz. This collection presents Almeida's solos preserving the original left and right hand fingerings. The fingering is unique and tells us something about his skills as a professional guitarist. It also reflects the Brazilian school of guitar technique in the 1930's. Written in standard notation only.
Master Accordion Scale Book With Jazz Scale Studies This book has been designed to develop the professional or recreational accordionist further toward advanced musicianship. Why do we practice scales? The great jazz accordionist, Art Van Damme, when asked what he practiced, replied, "Only the fundamentals!" The fundamental classical and jazz scales with explanations are presented here in a clear, concise format. For best results use this book with or after the Chord Melody Method for Accordion.
Complete Arpeggio Study Method   Knowing your arpeggios is essential to becoming a complete guitarist. In this book you will find written out all of the arpeggios that you will need to learn and commit to memory. This book includes Major 7, Major 6, minor 7, minor 6, dominant 7, augmented, and diminished arpeggio studies for guitar at the beginner/intermediate level. It is left to the student to explore all of the different fingerings that are possible.
Comping the Blues   Twelve rhythmic comping studies with chord grids, notation and tablature. The Frank Vignola Comping the Blues book shows guitar accompaniment in a short, precise manner. The comping etudes use a "stabbing" chord style, only throwing in chord voicings at the important places, not ringing throughout the entire piece. Frank shows us that less is definitely more. To get the full idea of Frank's exercises in this book, listen to the CDs from his Jamming the Blues series. Frank uses these exact ideas in those recordings.
240 2-Bar Jazz Guitar Riffs   In this book, Frank Vignola presents 2-measure riffs to use over specific keys in major, minor, dominant 7th and blues groupings. Each section includes 60 2-bar riffs, five riffs for each of the twelve keys. Use these as fills, solo material, or as melodic ideas to create your own riffs/solos.
120 2-Bar ii-V Riffs   In this book you will find 120 2-bar ii-V riffs--ten different riffs for each of the 12 keys. Learning these riffs in all possible positions and using as many different fingerings as possible will help students learn the fingerboard and find the best fingerings and positions for them.
Jazz Scales for Bass   This book will give bassists insight into many of the scales used in jazz. Each scale is presented with standard notation, tablature, and fingering patterns for both one octave and two octaves. The book starts with the basic major scales, then delves into the modes (Lydian, Phrygian, etc.), altered scales, bebop scales, pentatonic scales, blues scales, and symmetric scales (diminished scales, whole-tone scales, and chromatic scales). If you are not familiar with these terms, don't fear; they are explained clearly in the book. Along the way, the authors offer advice and exercises to help you use the scales in improvisation. While not going into great depth or giving numerous examples for each scale, this book will give the bassist a thorough understanding of the wide variety of scales available for improvising. Plan to spend some time practicing and working out your own patterns once you have mastered the ones in the book. The scale fingerings presented are applicable to both electric and upright bass. Recordi
Ultimate Chops 16 Steps to Total Musicianship for Contemporary Instrumentalists These exercises are intended to help the serious musician internalize the vocabulary of music that comprises most jazz and classical genres today. They will not only enhance one's fluency with the various musical elements, but they will also help develop the ear, an important aspect that has been glaringly absent from many current pedagogical approaches. The young musician may find these exercises challenging at first, but patience and diligence on the part of the serious student will be rewarded with a strong fundamental knowledge of the basics of music. More advanced musicians and professionals will find these exercises invaluable for shoring up any weak areas in their training, reviewing chords and scales, and providing a means for maintaining current skills.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Clifford Brown, Guitar Edition   Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford’s style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language.
Getting Into Jazz Guitar   This book provides the aspiring jazz guitarist a comprehensive knowledge of the compositional and performance techniques of jazz through an understanding of key-center music, improvisation, and visual-tactile relationship with the guitar. Writing in a casual, conversational style, Jackie takes you through examples, etudes, and exercises combining the use of chromaticism, arpeggios, scales, and modes. You will explore effective, new concepts that will surprise and inspire you. The companion play-along CD includes a "live" rhythm section. Written in standard notation and tablature.
First Lessons Flute   Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book and CD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly, playing position, and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First Lessons CD is perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. Assemble your flute, pop the First Lessons CD into your player and have fun while you learn to play. Bullet Points: •
First Lessons Flute   Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD, and DVD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly, playing position, and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First Lessons CD and DVD are perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. Bullet Points: •
A Cool Yule - Jazz Christmas   On a crisp winter's eve, nothing warms the heart and soul like good friends, a toasty fire, and some cool Christmas jazz. A Cool Yule features some of the great musicians of American jazz performing renditions of well-loved holiday favorites. From the masterful piano works of Gene Harris on "I'll Be Home for Christmas" to the lush vocal stylings of Mary Stallings on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," A Cool Yule is a fun, jazzy collection of music that will add warmth and elegance to all of your holiday occasions.
A Cappella Style with the Blenders - Christmas   The Blenders are an internationally renowned four piece male vocal group combining R&B, jazz, and pop influences. Their unique style of vocal harmonies and up-beat arrangements combined with a dash of whimsy make Sugo Music's Christmas A Cappella Style with the Blenders arguably their finest recording to date.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Bill Evans for Piano   Bill Evans (1929-1980) is one of the highest regarded jazz pianists in the history of jazz. His harmonic and rhythmic language in combination with superb taste and technical perfection places him in a category by himself. His style of harmonization and improvisation has been an inspiration to countless pianists as well as other instrumentalists in the field of jazz. This book of original musical studies and analyses by Corey Christiansen and Per Danielsson is designed to help you develop your own personal improvising style. It presents numerous musical lines with chord symbols in the style of Bill Evans, grouped by the harmony they can be used against. The accompanying play-along CD provides a rhythm section backup for each of the exercises. To help the player master all keys, each section also has a play-along on the CD that modulates around the circle of fourths. Some of the techniques used in the style of Bill Evans are discussed and examples shown, helping musicians analyze each of the ideas presented,
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Cannonball Adderley, Guitar Edition   Many of the devices and techniques used by "Cannonball" Adderley are covered in this text. In addition to the theory chapters, many melodic lines and phrases in the style of "Cannonball" Adderley are presented. All the lines have been transposed into one key and grouped by the harmonic background they can be played against. The accompanying play-along CD enables to students to first practice the material in one key, and then master each line in all twelve keys, working around the circle of fourths.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Cannonball Adderley, C Instruments Edition   Many of the devices and techniques used by "Cannonball" Adderley are covered in this text. In addition to the theory chapters, many melodic lines and phrases in the style of "Cannonball" Adderley are presented. All the lines have been transposed into one key and grouped by the harmonic background they can be played against. The accompanying play-along CD enables the students to first practice the material in one key, and then master each line in all twelve keys, working around the circle of fourths.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Cannonball Adderley, B-Flat Instruments Edition   Many of the devices and techniques used by "Cannonball" Adderley are covered in this text. In addition to the theory chapters, many melodic lines and phrases in the style of "Cannonball" Adderley are presented. All the lines have been transposed into one key and grouped by the harmonic background they can be played against. The accompanying play-along CD enables to students to first practice the material in one key, and then master each line in all twelve keys, working around the circle of fourths.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Cannonball Adderley, E-Flat Instruments Edition   Many of the devices and techniques used by "Cannonball" Adderley are covered in this text. In addition to the theory chapters, many melodic lines and phrases in the style of "Cannonball" Adderley are presented. All the lines have been transposed into one key and grouped by the harmonic background they can be played against. The accompanying play-along CD enables to students to first practice the material in one key, and then master each line in all twelve keys, working around the circle of fourths.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Cannonball Adderley, Bass Clef Edition   Many of the devices and techniques used by "Cannonball" Adderley are covered in this text. In addition to the theory chapters, many melodic lines and phrases in the style of "Cannonball" Adderley are presented. All the lines have been transposed into one key and grouped by the harmonic background they can be played against. The accompanying play-along CD enables the students to first practice the material in one key, and then master each line in all twelve keys, working around the circle of fourths.
Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane, Guitar Edition   Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style in notation and tablature grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, t
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane, C Instruments Edition   Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harm
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane, B Flat Instruments Edition   Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harm
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane, E Flat Instruments Edition   Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harm
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane, Bass Clef Edition   Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harm
Jazz Guitar Ensembles, Level 1   These beginning to advanced jazz guitar ensembles are written for four and five guitars by some of the best guitar ensemble arrangers in the business. Arrangers include, Barry Greene, Dave Frackenpohl, Steve Schenkel, Andrian Ingram, and Chris Buzzelli. Not only are these fine performance pieces for ensembles, they are good material for sight-reading. These graded volumes follow Mel Bay’s guitar grading system. Each chart in all three levels offers students the opportunity to improvise with rhythm guitar and, in some cases, background figures.

Level I presents simple rhythms, is technically easy and all of the parts are primarily played in first position. These are perfect for beginning guitar classes and students who are starting to read standard notation. Each volume contains five pieces for the price of what one ensemble piece usually costs.
Jazz Guitar Ensembles, Level 2   These beginning to advanced jazz guitar ensembles are written for four and five guitars by some of the best guitar ensemble arrangers in the business. Arrangers include, Barry Greene, Dave Frackenpohl, Steve Schenkel, Andrian Ingram, and Chris Buzzelli. Not only are these fine performance pieces for ensembles, they are good material for sight-reading. These graded volumes follow Mel Bay’s guitar grading system. Each chart in all three levels offers students the opportunity to improvise with rhythm guitar and, in some cases, background figures.

Level II increases in difficulty in each category and explores upper regions of the fretboard; perfect material for high school level or beginning college ensembles. Each volume contains five pieces for the price of what one ensemble piece usually costs.
Jazz Guitar Ensembles, Level 3   These beginning to advanced jazz guitar ensembles are written for four and five guitars by some of the best guitar ensemble arrangers in the business. Arrangers include, Barry Greene, Dave Frackenpohl, Steve Schenkel, Andrian Ingram, and Chris Buzzelli. Not only are these fine performance pieces for ensembles, they are good material for sight-reading. These graded volumes follow Mel Bay’s guitar grading system. Each chart in all three levels offers students the opportunity to improvise with rhythm guitar and, in some cases, background figures.

Level III contains arrangements that will challenge many college guitar ensembles. Reading in all positions and advanced technique is required for each of these pieces. Each volume contains five pieces for the price of what one ensemble piece usually costs.
Barry Galbraith Guitar Solos Thirteen Standards Barry Galbraith was one of the best jazz guitarists of the 1950's. He was also a fine music reader who would write out his own arrangements of standards for his students. Both his playing and his writing are very straightforward. This book takes thirteen of Barry's rough, hand-written arrangements and adds chord symbols, left-hand fingering, and tablature. The companion CD was recorded by John Purse and includes both a normal speed and a slow version of each tune. Also included in the book are quotes about Barry from many other famous musicians, a 7-page article on Barry by his son Don, an obituary by George Russell, and numerous pictures of Barry at different times in his life.
Jimmy Wyble's Solo Collection   This collection presents the genius of Jimmy Wyble's solo guitar compositions. Presented in standard notation and tab, each written piece with an accompanying CD track represents the guitar mastery of Jimmy Wyble. Lyrically written, eloquently harmonized and thoughtfully played, these pieces are sure to add depth and originality to any solo guitarist’s repertoire.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Wes Montgomery   Wes Montgomery took jazz guitar to a new level when he came to the public's attention in the late 1950's. Known for his fluid lines and his big jazz guitar sound, Wes influenced thousands of guitarists in the styles of jazz, blues, and rock. This book will present some of the soloing techniques that Wes used as well has present many melodic ideas (lines) similar to the way he played over the chord progression in many jazz standards. Because the major and minor ii-V-I progression are the most widely used chord progression in jazz standards, the lines in this text will work over these progressions. The accompanying CD contains many play-along tracks (vamps of one chord and vamps around the circle of fourths) that the student should use to practice the material in one key and then master it in all twelve keys. By learning the techniques used by Wes Montgomery, guitarists will add to their own improvising arsenal. As improvising musicians add to their collection of musical ideas, their ability to express themselv
Modern Jazz Guitar Styles   A unique book and CD package including extensive chapters on soloing, chords, rhythm and effects. With in-depth exercises on modern scale applications and intervallic choices, developing individual chord voicings, incorporating rock and funk concepts, exploring elements from world music such as odd meters and polyrhythms, and ideas for developing your own sonic textures and approach to tonal manipulation. Each section features an essay illustrating the musical history and specific innovations of modern jazz guitar masters, with insightful commentary accompanying each concept and example. The last section thoroughly analyzes studio performances of two original compositions incorporating all the above materials. Modern Jazz Guitar Styles provides the serious student or professional seeking to broaden his palette with a comprehensive overview of the current state of jazz guitar.

Getting Into Guitar Improvising A Systematic Approach to Soloing For all guitarists interested in improvising, the material in this method can apply to any style of music. This integrated approach to soloing provides numerous musical examples promotes an understanding of the theory behind improvising, and also promotes better visualization of shapes on the fingerboard through the use of fingerboard diagrams. The material presented in this comprehensive book ranges from fundamental concepts such as understanding modes and scale and chord relationships, to the application of various scales, arpeggios, and chromaticism. In addition, more advanced areas are explored, such as combining scales, using extensions, and superimposing. Includes standard notation and tablature as well as fingerboard diagrams. The included CD demonstrates many of the examples in the book.
Chords Galore A Systematic Approach to Voicing Chords on Guitar Having developed two of the most prolific and respected guitar programs in the world (Berklee School of Music in the 1960s and University of North Texas in the 1980s), Jack Petersen is arguably the most influential academic jazz guitar teacher of our time. Mick Goodrick and John Abercrombie, to drop a couple big jazz guitar names, and countless other great players all went through the "School of Jack Petersen." This book presents Jack's revolutionary systematic chord voicing techniques for guitar. This easy to use system is a must for anyone serious about learning and understanding chords on guitar. Concepts of root position chords, inversions and a number of other voicing tricks are covered with standard notation, tab, and chord diagrams.
Getting Into Jazz Fusion Guitar   In Getting Into Fusion Jazz Guitar, author Scott Miller presents the most common scales and modes used in fusion and other contemporary music styles. Each of the modes of the Major, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Diminished, and Whole-Tone scales is explored in depth, presented in conventional as well as three-note-per-string scale patterns. Correct modal chord voicings for each mode are provided in standard notation as well as tablature. Also included is a play-along CD containing one or two chord vamps for each mode, to aid the student in capturing the essence of these exotic sounds used in contemporary music. Although Getting Into Fusion Jazz Guitar is geared for intermediate or advanced students, the material is presented in a logical, easy to understand fashion, allowing all guitarists to benefit from the information presented.
Bucky Pizzarelli Master Jazz Guitar Solo Collection John “Bucky” Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive. For more than half a century, “Bucky,” as he is affectionately known, has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional jazz alive. Bucky is well known for his work in groups as well as his solo outings. This significant collection offers a look at Bucky’s famous brand of chordal guitar solos and chord melodies. Its 31 tunes include “Darn That Dream,” “Sweet Lorraine,” “One Morning In May,” and other great standards, some arranged for 6-string guitar but most for 7-string. A “must have” for any jazz library. Standard notation and tablature.
7-String Jazz Guitar Chord Chart   A handy yet complete guide to 7-string jazz guitar chords. Shows rhythm chords with root, 3rd and 5th in the bass along with great sounding chord extensions ideal for rhythm or solo performance.
50 Tunes for Bass, Volume 1 Traditional, Old Time, Bluegrass & Celtic Solos 50 Tunes Volume 1 for Bass is one book in a 5-book series. The 50 Tunes series is a collection of Bluegrass, Old Time and Celtic tunes for ensembles, families and individuals. This book contains the same 50 tunes as those found in the other 4 books of the series, but carefully designed for the bass.

The parts in this book range from beginner to advanced and are arranged in "basic," "active" and "solo" levels. Basic, a standard accompaniment mode is the simplest level of bass playing. Active bass is a mixture of basic accompaniment and "walking" which is common in jazz music. Solo bass--which involves fast, syncopated melodic phrases--is the most complex level of bass playing. All parts are written in standard bass clef notation and 4-line bass tablature. Companion CD’s included.
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Grant Green for Guitar   Grant Green was one of the most innovative jazz guitarists of the 1960s. His horn-like lines, original tone, and superb sense of time elevated him to being one of Blue-Note Records first call session players as well as a respected bandleader. This book covers many of the techniques Grant used in his playing and provides many melodic lines in the style of Grant Green for minor, dominant seventh, short and long ii-V, major, and minor ii-V chord progressions. Chapters on double-slurs, double-stops, pentatonic and blues scales as well as chapters on the basics of the jazz language will help guitarists understand and play the music of Grant Green. Presented in standard notation, tab and fretboard diagrams, this book comes with a play-along CD that will assist guitarists in mastering this material.
Quartal Harmony & Voicings for Guitar   This book contains a study and breakdown of "harmony in 4ths". The introduction of quartal harmony in modern jazz began in the 1960's. Compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane such as "Impressions" and "So What" showcased chord voicings derived from quartal harmony. The purpose of this book is to show guitarists how to function in an area of harmony mostly dominated by keyboard players. Common uses of quartal harmony are demonstrated and analyzed. Exercises and compositions in the style of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and others are included. Companion CD contains demonstrations of all exercises.
Jazz Duets, Violin Edition   A refreshing collection of beginning to intermediate original pieces for violin duet. Selections include: Al See Ya Later; Today’s Special; After You; Beagle Mania; Blues for Two Rush Hour; Hot Tamale; Around the Clock; Good Morning Sunset; New York Blues; Let Us Play for Awhile; Close Shave; and Al B’s Dream.
Barrage, Volume 1   Barrage is a hot young touring group of seven violinists, one percussionist, one kit player, guitarist, bass and keyboard players, performing a mix of original world beat music by Dean Marshall, with infectious and irresistible energy. Barrage combines jazz, swing, Celtic roots, rock, klezmer, country, calypso and every musical style in between to create an eclectic and electrifying assault on the senses. After hundreds of requests for the music of Barrage, this volume of sheet music has finally been produced. The texture of the music has been simplified from the group's seven parts down to 1 to 3 violin parts, with various markings included (bar numbers, fingerings, and bowings) which can be useful in group situations. In terms of difficulty, these arrangements are definitely written for the more intermediate to advanced player. The companion Enhanced CD has two exciting applications: You can print the piano/guitar accompaniment sheet music from your computer, and you can insert the same CD in your stereo fo
Three Coloured Pictures for guitar Contemporary classic guitar solo in standard notation only. A set of three movements with different atmospheres. Riff-based material is carefully worked out with inspirations from Jazz and Blues. (16 pages, ca. 11 min.) Recorded on DAM911CD "Szenario" by the composer.
Fünf Kinderlieder ohne Worte für Gitarre (Five Children's Songs Without Words for Guitar)   Contemporary classic guitar solo in standard notation only. A set of contemporary miniatures in the jazz / folk idiom. This work has been recorded by the composer for Daminus Records on "Espérance d'Été" DAM933CD (11 pages, 13 min.)
Carlo Domeniconi: Minyo   Variations on a Japanese folk song for solo guitar, written in notation only. Composer Carlo Domeniconi was born in Cesena, Italy, in 1947 and studied guitar with Carmen Lenzi Mozzani. He is known as a concert artist in both the classical and jazz idioms, and has played and taught throughout Europe. In recent times he has become known as a distinctive composer for the guitar, often showing regional folk influences in his compositions.
Carlo Domeniconi: Pork-Pie Variations for two guitars   Pork-Pie Variations is based on the jazz theme by Charles Mingus for classical guitar duet. This piece is best suited for advanced guitar players. Performance notes provide additional insight into interpretation. Standard notation in combined score format.
ˇTú Puedes Tocar La Guitarra Ya! Guitarra Electrica 3 (You Can Play the Guitar Now! Electric Guitar 3) Recomendada por maestros en todo el país, la serie en DVD de Mayas Music provee su reconocido material educativo en un formato divertido y fácil de usar para que cualquier persona pueda empezer a tocar en corto tiempo! Presenta acceso directo a áreas específicas para que puedas aprender y repasar a tu propio paso... todo con sólo tocar un botón y desde la comodidad de tu hogar!
Este tercer curso ofrece un nivel más alto de enseñanza para el músico intermedio y avanzado. Aprenderás ritmos más avazados incluyendo salsa, merengue, cumbia, cha-cha-chá, ranchera, country y jazz. Cubre acordes, arpegios y escalas pentatónicas mayores, menores, rock y blues.

Recommended by teachers everywhere, this series of DVDs from Mayas Music provides proven educational material in a fun and easy-to-use format, so that anyone may start to play in a short time. The menus provide direct access to specific areas so that you may lear
Essentials of Jazz Guitar   ADRIAN INGRAM is widely recognized as one of the foremost authorities on jazz guitar. He has written extensively on the history, players, styles and instruments of the genre. As an educator he ran the prestigious jazz guitar course at Leeds College of Music for almost 15 years, during which time he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) for his outstanding contribution to music education. He holds masters degrees in music education and music performance.

"A scholar as well as a professional guitarist for over 30 years, Adrian Ingram is a respected and prolific writer ... one of jazz guitar's most gifted players as well as its foremost historian."

Bob Benedetto

This DVD lesson covers everything you need to know about the basic language of jazz. It teaches clearly and concisely all of the necessary techniques required for advanced jazz guitar playing.

The Essentials of Jazz Guitar is not only vital for those new to the genre, but also of value to season
Playing & Understanding Jazz Guitar   Jazz is one of the most challenging and satisfying styles of music you can play on the guitar. This video lesson presents a very clear and thorough introduction to jazz guitar. You will study all the licks, chords, scales and theory that you will need to know to get started.

In this 75 minute lesson, Fred Sokolow shows you:

Chord construction and chord types, including inversions and diminished chords

Scalewise progressions and how to use them

Circle-of-fifths progressions and how to play and recognize them

Chord comping, chord soloing and playing single-note solos to standards like I Got Rhythm, Honeysuckle Rose and Watch What Happens

How to improvise solos using scales and chord-based licks

How to solo over II-V-I standard changes

A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.
Jazz Chord Solos for Beginners   If you love old standards like Georgia On My Mind and Ain't Misbehavin' but always thought that only advanced guitarists could play jazz, you'll love Fred's easy-to-play jazz chord solos. In this video, you'll learn six timeless tunes from start to finish: how to play backup while you sing them, and how to play a beautiful chord-melody solo/instrumental for each song. The tunes are arranged for beginners. There are no difficult chords, and Fred goes over the tricky spots in each tune before playing it. Then you'll watch him replay the song, slower, on a split screen with close-ups of both hands. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely heard introductory verses to three of the songs. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music, chord grids, and lyrics) in the booklet that comes with this video. Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. This lesson will get you started and Fred's relaxed teaching style makes it easy.
Understanding Chord Progressions   When you know how chord progressions work, it's much easier to learn new songs. And when you understand a song's chord structure, you're not just memorizing letter names; in fact, you can play the tune in any key. Learning how songs are put together also develops your musical ear and enhances your appreciation of music in general.

In this lesson, Fred draws from several musical genres (rock, blues, jazz, pop and country) to illustrate many standard types of chord movement and song structures. You'll learn about chord families, the twelve bar blues, circle-of-fifths changes, diatonic chord movement and more. Along the way you'll learn how to play and comprehend the progressions of many classic tunes, including All of Me, Every Day I Have the Blues, Blue Skies, Your Cheatin' Heart, Blue Moon, Mister Sandman, Honeysuckle Rose, Like a Rolling Stone, Ain't Misbehavin', I Got Rhythm and more.

Fred explains everything in terms of the guitar fretboard, so you'll not only learn to play these
The Gershwin Songbook   George and Ira Gershwin's beautiful songs are timeless jazz standards, and they sound great on guitar. In this video, Fred plays and teaches six complete Gershwin arrangements, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental chord solos for each tune. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely heard introductory verses to the songs, as well as ad-lib instrumental solos. After playing each tune, Fred gives you a rundown on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it slower, on a split screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music and chord grids) in the booklet that comes with this video. Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. 77 minutes
The Gershwin Songbook Guitar arrangements George and Ira Gershwin's beautiful songs are timeless jazz standards, and they sound great on guitar. In this dvd, Fred plays and teaches six complete Gershwin arrangements, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental chord solos for each tune. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely-heard introductory verses to the songs, as well as ad-lib instrumental solos.

After playing each tune, Fred gives you a rundown on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it slow-er, on a split screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music and chord grids) in the booklet that comes with this dvd.

Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. This lesson will get you playing some of the classiest jazz tunes ever written: They Can't Take That Away From Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Our Love Is Here To
The Cole Porter Songbook   Cole Porter's beautiful, witty songs have become timeless jazz standards, and they sound great on guitar. In this video, Fred plays and teaches six complete arrangements of Cole Porter gems, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental chord solos for each tune. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely- heard introductory verses to three of the songs, as well as ad- lib instrumental solos. After playing each tune, Fred gives you a run-down on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it, slower, on a split screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music and chord grids) in the booklet that comes with this video. Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. 69 minute video.
The Hoagy Carmichael Songbook Guitar arrangements Hoagy Carmichael wrote some of the most popular songs of all time, and they sound great on guitar. In this DVD, Fred plays and teaches six of Hoagy's best, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental versions of each tune. Just for fun, Fred also includes the rarely-heard introductory verses to four of the songs, as well as ad-lib instrumental chord solos.

After playing each tune, Fred gives you a run-down on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it, slower, on a split-screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music and chord grids) in the booklet that comes with this DVD.

Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. This lesson will get you playing some of the classiest jazz tunes ever written: Stardust, Georgia On My Mind, Lazy River, Skylark, Rockin' Chair and Lazybones.
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The Irving Berlin Songbook Guitar arrangements Irving Berlin wrote some of the most popular songs of all time, and they sound great on guitar. In this DVD, Fred plays and teaches six Berlin favorites, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental versions of each tune. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely-heard introductory verses to some of the songs, and plays ad-lib instrumental chord solos for all of them.

After playing each song, Fred gives you a run-down on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it slower on a split-screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can read all six arrangements (tablature, music and chord grids) in the booklet that comes with this DVD.

Chord soloing (playing the melody and chords at the same time) is a very complete and satisfying guitar style. This lesson will get you playing some of the classiest jazz tunes ever written: Cheek to Cheek, Say It Isn't So, Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean, I've Got My Lo
The Guitar of Blind Blake   Blind Blake was the premier ragtime blues guitarist of the 1920s. He expanded the alternating bass style to encompass the contemporary dance trends and more complex blues ideas introduced by the jazz bands of New Orleans and Chicago. His technique featured unique right-hand thumb rolls that evoked the feel of the Charleston dance step. In this DVD lesson, Woody Mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of a legendary musician who has influenced generations of country blues guitarists. A generous notation and tab booklet is included.
The Jazz Tinge   The Jazz Tinge presents five exciting and challenging jazz compositions that each receive John Renbourn's unique and exciting fingerstyle approach. The compositions of Randy Weston, Chico Hamilton, Dollar Brand and John's own original instrumentals are discussed in detail. Split-screen techniques are used, allowing the student to clearly see and study what each hand is doing. This lesson is for the intermediate and advanced students. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. 75 minutes.
The Guitar of Merle Travis   Merle Travis's playing combined blues, jazz, ragtime and country music into a unique style that defined "Country Fingerstyle Guitar." In this exciting dvd lesson, Marcel Dadi teaches seven of Merle's greatest instrumentals: Fuller's Blues, Cane Break Blues, Blue Bells, Saturday Night Shuffle, Memphis Blues, Cannon Ball Rag and Walkin' The Strings. All the tunes are transcribed in a 60 page tab/music booklet. As well, five rare performances from 1951 of Merle Travis playing Nine Pound Hammer, Lost John, John Henry, Mus'rat and Too Much Sugar For A Dime are included in the dvd.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar: Swing to Bop   This video lesson focuses on teaching a variety of great swing and bop tunes and the techniques needed to play them. All of the songs are well-known standards, and these arrangements demonstrate various ways to approach this material for solo fingerstyle guitar. Includes: Summertime, Take the A Train, Liza, Stompin' At the Savoy, plus 2 more. Includes a 24 page tab/music booklet.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar: Bop to Modern   This lesson focuses on various bop and modern jazz compositions. The approach for the fingerstyle guitarist differs from those used in playing swing tunes in that the harmonic structure is more sophisticated and the bass lines typical of swing are inappropriate to the more contemporary styles of modern jazz. The music of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Benny golson, Sonny Rollins and the South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) is featured in this dvd. Includes a 24 page tab/music booklet.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar: Improvisation   This video lesson teaches two great swing standards -- Sweet Georgia Brown and Georgia On My Mind. Duck Baker's understanding of the jazz tradition and improvisation makes this lesson especially challenging, informative and exciting. The basis of fingerstyle jazz improvisation is presented with dozens of chord shapes, hot licks and musical ideas. Duck demonstrates how to develop improvised ideas and variations over chord progressions and melodies. The enclosed 36-page tab/booklet presents each and every phrase written out in tablature for easy playing.
Rags to Rock: Advanced Fingerstyle Guitar Solos   Are you interested in challenging, difficult and advanced fingerstyle solos that stretch from a New Orleans standard to a Sonny Rollins's jazz classic to a Booker T. & The M.G.s rock hit? If so, then this video lesson is for you. Pat Donohue has prepared a one hour and forty minute lesson that presents six great arrangements. Pat best described his approach: "For me, folk and jazz have always been closely related. They both evolved through the idiosyncrasies of basically unschooled but extremely talented musicians who, playing from the heart, found new ways to express themselves. As a folk guitarist with the heart of a jazz saxophonist, I hope my playing in some way bridges the gap."

A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.
Just Enough/Learn to Play Bass DVD Kit Everything You Need to Get Started This instructional package for beginning electric bass guitar includes a DVD, an interactive CD-ROM, and a portable book/CD set. The DVD introduces the instructors, shows how they got started, what it is like to perform, what music means to them, and how to buy your first gear. Learn some basic techniques and start jamming right away! Come back and play with the band in the interactive Virtual Jam Session! The CD-ROM contains your first 50+ bass lessons. Daniel, Liz, and Blake will teach you how to get set-up and start jamming. Learn the 12-bar structure, how to play with a steady beat, and bass lines for country, soft rock, heavy metal, jazz, pop, rap, and funk! The full color AudioBook is the pocket reference manual that works with the Audio CD that contains your first 50+ lessons and gives you the flexibility to practice and keep learning where ever you are. Just match the tracks in the book to the tracks on your CD player and follow along.
Gypsy Jazz Guitar   Django stylist, Kelly Lancaster, shows you how to play jazz swing guitar in the gypsy style of Oscar Aleman, Django Reinhardt and others. Learn how to get your left hand to move as fast as your right -hand tremolo. Learn loads of sizzling licks. Featured hot sample solos. Close-up and slowed-down versions make learning easy. Free 6-page tablature booklet included. 60 minutes.
Country Blues Guitar   Designed for the novice guitarist, Steve's course starts with an easy blues and leads into jazzy syncopations, alternate tunings, alternating bass lines and slide techniques. Have fun learning Buck Dancer's Choice, Casey Jones, and other pieces. Free booklet of transcribed solos is included.
Groove Guitar   Terry shows you how to play throughout the entire neck and takes you through chord neighborhoods, using shapes, boxes, grooves and riffs, octaves and chord substitutions. Terry's many tips on how to become a successful jazz guitarist will help you develop intuitive feeling while playing. 60-minutes
Bucky Pizzarelli - Sonatina   Includes the following songs: Aranjuez Concerto, 2nd Movement, Sonatina #1, Sonatina #2, Sonatina #3, Fair Rosmarin, Prelude #4, Duke Ellington Medley (Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me, In a Sentimental Mood, Satin Doll), Choro Typico, In A Mellow Tone, Prelude #3 and I’m Through With love-I’ll Never Be The Same.
Bucky and John Pizzarelli Twogether Includes the following songs: Dinah, I’m Through With Love/I’ll Never Be The Same, Sweet Georgia Brown, It Must Be True/Please, Just One More Chance, If I Had You, Let’s Do It, The Sheik of Araby, These Foolish Things, Bing’s Blues, Poor Butterfly, Indiana, It’s Been A Long, Long Time/Don’t Take Your Love From Me and Honeysuckle Rose.
Monday Off with Bucky Pizzarelli   Includes the following songs: Deck The Halls, Caroling, Caroling, (Everybody’s Waiting for) The Man With The Bag, Christimastime Is Here, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, Home/I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Little Drummer Boy, First Snow, White Christmas, Jingle Bells, What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?, Frosty The Snowman, The Merriest, The Christmas Song, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Winter Wonderland and Silent Night.
The Swing Kings   Includes the following tunes: Some of These Days; They Can’t Take That Away from Me; Lady be Good; I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do; Corner Pocket; Deed I Do; I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan; Tangerine; More Than You Know; Seven on Charlie; Crying for the Carolines and Back Home Again in Indiana.
Steppin' Out   Includes the following songs: I Don’t Know Enough About You, This Year’s Kisses, Love’s A Necessary Thing, Steppin’ Out with My Baby, Memphis in June, A Woman’s Prerogative, Put the Blame on Mame, Remember, There’s a Lull in My Life, Me and the Blues, September Song, There Will Never Be Another You, Winter Moon and What’ll I Do?.
Doctor Swing   Includes the following songs: I Let A Song, Jitterbug Waltz, Detour Ahead, Jive At Five, Sunday, Contrasts, St. Louis Blues, Lil’ Darlin’, Shakey Breaks The Ice, Invitation and Lady Be Good.
Three of a Kind: Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Howard Alden   Includes the following songs: Fascinating Rhythm; 7 Come 11; Early Autumn; I'll See You in My Dreams; Street of Dreams; Triste; Ballad Medley - It Must Be True, A Blues Serenade and Please; Four Brothers; Cry Me a River; Three Shades of Blue and Three Little Words.
Martin Pizzarelli Triple Play   Includes the following songs: Bye Bye Blackbird; Tour’s End; As Long As I Live; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Triple Play; Moonglow; Sister Sadi; Parkside; So That’s Czak; Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You; Undecided; and Strayhorn.
Jazz Guitar Standards A Complete Approach to Playing Tunes This comprehensive anthology offers a lead sheet, chord solo arrangement, comping etude, and single-note solo for each of 22 jazz standards. These arrangements and etudes by some of the best arrangers and educators in the business provide jazz guitar students with material for development in every aspect of jazz musicianship. Tunes include: Satin Doll, Just Friends, Moonlight in Vermont, and more. Written in standard notation and tablature.
Jazz Guitar Standards (Perfect Bound Edition) A Complete Approach to Playing Tunes This comprehensive anthology offers a lead sheet, chord solo arrangement, comping etude, and single-note solo for each of 22 jazz standards. These arrangements and etudes by some of the best arrangers and educators in the business provide jazz guitar students with material for development in every aspect of jazz musicianship. Tunes include: Satin Doll, Just Friends, Moonlight in Vermont, and more. Written in standard notation and tablature.
Fingerstyle Jazz   This book is packed with great fingerstyle arrangements of jazz standards. Each tune is presented in standard notation and tab for easy reading. These playable solos work great for fingerstyle players wanting to broaden their repertoire with familiar tunes. Perfect for gigs or fun.
Jazz Goes Classic Jazz Favorites for Classic Guitar Seventeen jazz standards arranged for classic guitar with contributions from John Carlini, Thomas Heck, Kirk Hanser, and Stephen Rekas. Written in standard notation with fingerings, these fine intermediate tunes serve as the perfect practice material for classic guitarists who want to add jazz music to their repertoire. Songs include: How High the Moon, Days of Wine and Roses, All the Things You Are, and more.
Jazz Guitar Standards II A Complete Approach to Playing Tunes.... This second volume of Jazz Guitar Standards contains a collection of 22 Jazz standards each containing a chord melody, a comping etude and a single-note solo. All arrangements are presented in standard notation and tablature for the beginning to intermediate guitarist. Tunes include: “All of You”, “April in Paris”, “As Time Goes By”, “Bluesette”, “But Not For Me”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”, “East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)”, “Embraceable You”, “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “Long Ago (and Far Away)”, “Misty”, “My Funny Valentine”, “Night and Day”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “Someone to Watch Over Me”, “Speak Low”, “Summertime”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, “What Is This Thing Called Love?” and “You Go To My Head”. Arrangements by Chris Buzzelli, Dave Frackenpohl, Barry Greene, Sid Jacobs, LaRue Nickelson, John C. Purse, Bruce Saunders, Rick Stone, Ron Berman and Jack Wilkins.
Jazz Guitar Standards II A Complete Approach to Playing Tunes.... This second volume of Jazz Guitar Standards contains a collection of 22 Jazz standards each containing a chord melody, a comping etude and a single-note solo. All arrangements are presented in standard notation and tablature for the beginning to intermediate guitarist. Tunes include: “All of You”, “April in Paris”, “As Time Goes By”, “Bluesette”, “But Not For Me”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”, “East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)”, “Embraceable You”, “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “Long Ago (and Far Away)”, “Misty”, “My Funny Valentine”, “Night and Day”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “Someone to Watch Over Me”, “Speak Low”, “Summertime”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, “What Is This Thing Called Love?” and “You Go To My Head”. Arrangements by Chris Buzzelli, Dave Frackenpohl, Barry Greene, Sid Jacobs, LaRue Nickelson, John C. Purse, Bruce Saunders, Rick Stone, Ron Berman and Jack Wilkins.
Brazilian Jazz Guitar   Number ten in the Mel Bay/Warner collaboration contains a collection of beginning to intermediate arrangements for Brazilian Guitar. All tunes included in standard notation and tablature are: “One Note Samba”, “Meditation”, “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”, “Chega de Saudade”, “How Insensitive”, “The Girl from Ipanema”, “A Day in the Life of a Fool”, “The Island”, “So Nice”, “Desafinado”, “A Felicidade”, “Sabia” and “Gentle Rain”. Tunes arranged by John Zaradin and Mike Christiansen. All tunes included on companion CD in solo and rhythm styles.
Jazz Guitar Standard: Chord Melody Solos   This collection of jazz standard chord solos for guitar is compiled from Mel Bay and Warner Bros. collaborations Jazz Guitar Standards Vol. 1 and 2. What makes this work so special is that each artist has personally recorded their solo guitar arrangement. The book comes with the CDs which have all 44 tunes. This book is a wonderful anthology of solo guitar that can be used for performances as well as educational purposes.
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