Every jazz director will want to have this innovative,
user-friendly approach to jazz improvisation! Designed for individual or
group instruction, each volume contains a play-along CD with eight classic
jazz tunes. Each tune is played by a professional jazz group and contains
clearly written musical examples, jazz vocabulary, transcription opportunities,
informative composer insights and a discography. It's a real step forward
in teaching jazz improvisation! Volume one includes: Billie's
Bounce; On The Trail; Cantaloupe Island; The Preacher; Summertime; Satin
Doll; C Jam Blues and I Got Rhythm.
Every jazz director will want to have this innovative,
user-friendly approach to jazz improvisation! Designed for individual or
group instruction, each volume contains a play-along CD with eight classic
jazz tunes. Each tune is played by a professional jazz group and contains
clearly written musical examples, jazz vocabulary, transcription opportunities,
informative composer insights and a discography. It's a real step forward
in teaching jazz improvisation! Volume two includes: Now's The
Time; Sugar; Honeysuckle Rose; Maiden Voyage; Squeeze Me; Caravan; In A
Mellow Tone and Perdido.
This is a fabulous collection of exact
transcriptions taken from Charlie Parker's recorded solos. Every
student of jazz will benefit from studying "Bird's" solos, so
this is a must have! Available in Bb, C and Bass Clef Books.
Revolutionary! CHORD/SCALE MASTERY (Master the Top Ten Jazz Chords and Their Scales)
Keith Felch
KEITH FELCH
Chord/Scale Mastery is a new and exciting approach to jazz improvisation,
taking the ten most common jazz chords and exercising the player on those
chords and their available scales. It's the one book you'll want with your
instrument all the time, and is guaranteed to challenge even the most experienced
player with new scales and ideas. Available in bass and treble clef, it
is perfect for private study or classroom instruction. This revolutionary
new approach to jazz improvisation will build your:
A unique approach! COMPLETE METHOD FOR IMPROVISATION FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS (Revised Edition)
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Jerry Coker
ALFRED PUBLISHING
This uniquely organized book and CD devotes
a thorough chapter to each of the prevailing tune types of jazz...standard,
bebop, modal, blues, contemporary, ballad and free form. It also lists
and discusses their characteristics and illustrates approaches to understanding
and performing each type of tune.