The legendary saxophonist Michael Brecker kept extensive notes on things to practice over the whole span of his career. This unique and beautifully produced book presents the essence of these notebook...
Following the great critical success of Jazz Scores and Analysis, Vol.1, Richard Lawn has created another masterpiece: JAZZ SCORES AND ANALYSIS, VOL. 2: STRINGS AND OTHER THINGS. As the title suggests...
The only complete method book on salsa ever published! 260 pages, filled with musical examples for piano, bass, drum set and salsa percussion instruments. For beginning to advanced players. Also inclu...
The first book to teach students to start soloing using rhythms instead of scales and chords. In a step-by-step fashion, Rhythm First! builds up the student's library of rhythmic figures and has them...
This new book focuses on how to play (or 'comp') behind a jazz soloist. It is a step-by-step guide to basic comping rhythms, voicings, and progressions - as played by the masters. Comping guides, rhyt...
For everyone wishing to learn the basics of contemporary jazz piano. Over 300 pages of scales, voicings, tritone and other substitution, theory, comping, soloing, and much more. Sample voicings and 25...
Following in the footsteps of Rayburn Wright's seminal work, Inside the Score, this book gives a guided tour into the techniques and musical concepts in these six scores by masters of large ensemble j...
* For beginning to advanced players, in any style of music.* Includes a great play-along CD to practice with. Each track has one version with, and one without, the author playing the tune or exercise....
Includes CD of either historic Cuban recordings or Carlos playing each exercise. Many transcriptions of complete bass parts for tunes in different Cuban styles - the roots of salsa. Written in both En...
The book/DVD set contains scores, text, and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files of each example that all instrumentalists can use in a variety of ways.Includes sec...
Improvisationsschule für Kontrabass und E-Bass, mit Theorie und Technik, Patterns, transkribierten Basslinien und Solos vieler Bassisten wie Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Ray Brown,...
A complete guide to three-note jazz guitar voicings and related topics for everyone from intermediate newcomers to jazz guitar up to very advanced players.The book develops a unique dynamic concept of...
Topics Covered Include:Basic functional harmony, diatonic substitutes, secondary dominants, passing chords, diminished harmony, tritone substitutes, non-functional approaches to harmonizing melodies i...
Bass-Lines über verschiedene Chord-Progressions in den Stilen Tumbao, Brazilian, Caribbean & South American, Latin Jazz, u.a., sowie Transkriptionen von Pedro Perez,Andy Gonzalez und Oscar Stagnaro, 2...
The most comprehensive book ever written on Latin jazz guitar playing - from its roots in Afro-Cuban music to the great contemporary masters! Traditional lines from the Tres, cuatro and requinto adap...
A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles - Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo - Comes with a CD of Nelson demonstrating each exercise, plus a tune in each...
This ground-breaking 80 page book/CD package will allow you or your students to use Blues scales to create meaningful solos before you master all the scales of a tune. Perfect for beginners and interm...
A new thesaurus of hip melodic patterns for the contemporary improviser! The Bob Mover Jazz Lexicon is a comprehensive, detailed volume of melodic patterns, useful to not only improvisers and composer...
Melody guidetones as the underpinning of successful solos. How to line up the strongest notes of each chord with the strong beats of each measure, another essential idea. Resolving arpeggios so that y...
101 Montunos mit verschiedenen Akkordverbindungen in den Stilen der afro-kubanischen Musik, z.T. mit Bass-Figuren, mit 2 CD's
The most helpful beginner’s guide to walking bass lines ever published. A must for teachers and students, each exercise introduces one new advancement to help students to learn how to create their own...
Do you wonder why lots of practice on scales and arpeggios hasn't made you feel fluent and creative when soloing? If so, then this book is the missing link for you!Line Games is an organized series of...
Endorsed by Peter Erskine, Horacio Hernandez, Mark Walker, etc. Over 100 grooves from ten Caribbean nations, arranged for the drumset. Text in both English and French. Includes CD with audio examples...
* EIGHT SEPARATE BOUND BOOKS, in one big binder, for each of the following players, transposed to their keys:Horn Part 1 - TumpetHorn Part 2 - Alto SaxHorn Part 3 - Tenor SaxHorn Part 4 - TromboneHorn...
182 of the best European jazz tunes make The European Real Book a must have for any jazz player. This volume contains pieces by Michel Petrucciani, Florian Ross, George Shearing, Nguyen Le, Toots Thie...
