The jazz ballad provides our greatest opportunity for lyrical expression and represents the surest way to the musical heart. Traditionally, it has been the testing ground for a performer's worth, yet...
Let's Play Rhythm is one of the most versatile book/CD play-alongs available providing three CDs which offer a complete learning experience. You'll hear master musicians demonstrating the lessons in t...
Uncommon Bebop from Common Bebop Practices & Concepts demonstrates how to develop a colourful language for improvisation from common bebop practices and devices. Learn how to alter melodic lines beyon...
One of the most popular tunes of all time is Take Five. Musicians know that it's the 5/4 time that makes it swing. Since Dave Brubeck, more and more musicians have devoted themselves to playing in odd...
Hip up your playing with the signature sound of modern players. Contains many exercises/etudes of varying levels and 12 solos written over standard chord changes which utilize augmented scales in both...
A concise description of David's approach to playing over the stated tonality using chromaticism, polychords, derived chords, and non-diatonic scales. Includes a CD of David playing examples over sele...
John Coltrane's landmark composition Giant Steps used a new harmonic formula. This book examines it in detail as well as Countdown! Also, contains many practice exercises and solo examples plus, how t...
Legendary jazz educator Jerry Coker's newest contribution to jazz enlightenment, 'Clear Solutions For Improvisers' identifies all of the most common problems Jerry has encountered in his many students...
Large, spiral bound book based on the tonal concept of 'tension and release' that will provide students, teachers and pros with important principles of improvising melodic ideas, culminating in a crea...
Foreword by Stan Kenton and Gunther Schuller. An excellent treatise on the subject of Improvising Jazz. Can serve as a text book as well as a self teaching device. Covers all the improvisor's basic to...
