Jazz

Improvisation: Bridging the Gap - Treble Clef Edition

Book/CD Set by Ron Nairn - 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, clarinet, violin, and other instruments.

INSTANT JAZZ GUITAR VIDEO MB 94912VX

Taught by Slim Richey

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.

Interviews With the Jazz Greats...and More! - Book MB 99489

By Charles Chapman

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.

IVOR MAIRANTS - JAZZ GUITAR MB 99338

Series: Keyvin Mayhew Ltd

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.

Jack Wilkins/Christmas Jazz Guitar MB 20257CD

13 Classical Christmas Standards. Masterful arrangements performed in solo and ensemble settings. Easy listening guaranteed to help bring the spirit of Christmas to the holiday season. CD - 30+ minutes audio duration.

JAZZ ACCORDION SOLOS BOOK/CD SET MB 96309BCD

By Gary Dahl

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. Intermediate level. 40 Pages.

Jazz Ballads - Book/CD MB 93832BCD

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.

JAZZ BAND RHYTHM GUITAR MB 97022

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.

Jazz Chord Solos for Beginners

by Fred Sokolow

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 DVD, 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 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 started and Fred's relaxed teaching style makes it easy. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. 110 minutes.

JAZZ CLASSICS FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR VOL 1 VIDEO

JAZZ CLASSICS FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR VOL 2 VIDEO

JAZZ CONCEPTS FOR THE CREATIVE DRUMMER

JAZZ FIDDLE WIZARD BOOK/CD SET MB 98379BCD

A Practical Guide to Jazz Improvising for Strings

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!

JAZZ FOR THE ELECTRIC BLUES GUITARIST VIDEO

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Jazz Favorites for Classic Guitar

Seventeen jazz standards arranged for classic guitar with contributions from Thomas Heck, Kirk Hanser, Steve Siktberg, and Stephen Rekas. Written in standard notation with fingerings, these fine intermediate tunes serve as the perfect practice material for the classic guitarist who wants or needs jazz music in their repertoire. Songs include: How High the Moon, Days of Wine and Roses, All the Things You Are, and more.

Jazz Guitar Comping-Raising Your Chord Awareness MB 0970057644

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By Andrew Green. Publisher: Andrew Green.

For most of the recorded history of jazz, piano players have been the main, and usually the only, comping instrument. This text will help guitar players get a handle on the most important job they have when playing in a small group: comping. This can be used as a progressive study of comping or simply a source of ideas. Although rhythms and voice leading are found throughout the book, they are isolated for study in particular sections. Companion CD is included covering voice leading, multi-use voicings, voicing variations, passing chords, harmonized scales, intervallic comping, rhythm and studies (blues, standard, modern and modal). Beginning-Intermediate level. 136 Pages.

Jazz Guitar Method MB 93240

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.

Jazz Guitar Standards WMB001

A Complete Approach to Playing Tunes

A comprehensive book which contains a lead sheet, chord solo arrangement, comping etude, and single-note solo for 22 jazz standard favorites. These arrangements and etudes by some of the best arrangers and educators in the business provide students of jazz guitar with material for every aspect of playing tunes as a jazz guitarist. Tunes include: Satin Doll, Just Friends, Moonlight in Vermont, and more. Written in standard notation and tablature.

JAZZ GUITARISTS' THESAURUS BOOK/CD SET MB 96779BCD

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.

Jazz Masters - Vintage Getz Volume 2 - Video MB 50236

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.