Theory, Books, Accessories

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...

Much has been written about the jazz 'language' or the jazz 'vocabulary.' Linguistic references are sensible and proper because, just as we speak in words and phrases derived from the alphabet, so do...

A Study Guide for Developing Soloists - Newly revised format features a 274 page Book, two audio play-a-long/demonstration CDs, and a third CD with 168 printable pdf pages of transcribed solos (from t...

Written by jazz legend David Baker, these solo-form etudes are swingin'! Better yet, they can be played with the popular Volume 5 (Time to Play Music) and 6 (Charlie Parker 'All Bird') Play-a-longs, s...

Jerry Coker's new 84 page pocket-sized handbook teaches you not only 'how' to play in all 12 keys, but also 'why' it is essential to play in all 12 keys. This book is dedicated to all musicians who re...

New - Book & CD packaging! by Lennie Niehaus. Intermediate level. Hip, swinging solos in the swing/bop style as performed by the great Lennie Niehaus while performing with the VOLUME 42 Aebersold Play...

New - Book & CD packaging! by Lennie Niehaus. Intermediate level. Hip, swinging solos in the swing/bop style as performed by the great Lennie Niehaus while performing with the VOLUME 42 Aebersold Play...

For all instruments. Motives - also referred to as motifs, licks, or clichés - are the building blocks of a good jazz vocabulary. This book shows how motives may be developed using simple five-note ma...

For All Instruments! By Ben Markley. Learn how to create your own etudes in the style of your favorite players! Doing so reveals their favorite phrases and stylistic tendencies, allowing you to better...

One of the world's most popular patterns books, many jazz greats have fond memories of practicing from this book! An exhaustive collection of improvisational jazz patterns in various meters and feels....

This book is Jerry's newest contribution to the tool box of all serious musicians looking for new ways to expand their creative range. An easy read, Jerry presents a variety of ideas and material incl...

Learn the secret to playing long, flowing musical lines that move from one chord change to the other in a smooth, seamless manner. This book explains approach tones (a tone or series of tones leading...

This proven jazz study course covers every aspect of improvisation. Volume 1 is a method for developing technique, based on George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept.

Im zweiten Teilband geht es um die Erschließung von Improvisationsmöglichkeiten. Erstmals wird ein Konzept entwickelt, aus dem heraus sich ein praktischer Zugang zu allen gängigen Möglichkeiten der Ja...

This book is a compilation of basic concepts and some common sense ideas from the author, Jon Gordon. It provides some necessary, but sometimes neglected information that is essential to being able to...

Improvisational Patterns: The Bebop Era' is a series of pattern books predicated on the belief that while certain patterns seem to transcend eras and styles, the greater body of improvisational materi...

Modale Patterns in dorisch, melodisch Moll, Ganzton- und gemischten Skalen u.v.m. 128 S.

A must for all instrumentalists. The most widely used of all chord books in the field. Achieving instant popularity, it has remained at the top of the list for the serious musician.

Includes: Lead sheets to ten tunes including two by Charlie Parker and one each by Mongo Santamaria and Zè Luis Olivera. A great play-along CD. Graduated difficulty of charts and solos. Transcriptions...

Celebrated Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Arthur Lipner has devised a set of books that will be terrific for introducing players with a desire to improvise in a group to the basic musical requirem...

Celebrated Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Arthur Lipner has devised a set of books that will be terrific for introducing players with a desire to improvise in a group to the basic musical requirem...

Celebrated Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Arthur Lipner has devised a set of books that will be terrific for introducing players with a desire to improvise in a group to the basic musical requirem...

Fingering Charts for All Woodwind and Brass Instruments. Drum Rudiments, Transposition Charts, Instrument Ranges