A funk institution and Tower of Power founding member Rocco Prestia is one of the most important innovators of the electric bass. This Play-It-Like-It-Is Bass book/CD pack from Cherry Lane allows bassists to learn Rocco's authentic bass parts. The songbook includes full transcriptions with tab for eight songs a bio on Rocco and his performance notes for each tune. The special accompanying CD features performances by Rocco along with Tower of Power members Larry Braggs (vocals) Dave Garibaldi (drums) Roger Smith (keyboards) and Jeff Tamelier (guitar) on four TOP classics (Credit · Down to the Nightclub · There's Only So Much Oil in the Ground · What Is Hip) plus fournew grooves created especially for this book (Don't Knock It · F-Funk · Free-Fallin' Funk · Hip-E-Jam)! Tracks on the CD are included both with and without the bass line so that players can sit in with Tower of Power!

Fifteen funky favourites for bassists in accurate notation and tablature transcriptions from the horn-heavy Oakland soulsters. This Play It Like It Is Bass edition has been fully authorized by Tower of Power and also features an introduction from groove legend Francis Rocco Prestia in his own words.

Approved and endorsed by the band these authentic editions of Tower of Power's biggest hits feature scores and parts transcribed exactly as played by the band. They include parts for a ten-piece band with optional parts for altosax and trombone so band directors can match their own instrumentation.Both lead and background vocal parts are also included as are rhythm parts in two formats: a master rhythm part plus the “essence of thegroove ” featuring drum parts transcribed by master funk drummer David Garibaldi! Watch for more titles coming soon!

Who wouldn’t enjoy playing one of the wind instruments in the music of Earth Wind & Fire (Phoenix Horns) Tower Of Power Kool & the Gang Blood Sweat & Tears Michael Jackson (Jerry Hey Bill Reichenbach) or James Brown (Horny Horns)? This volume introduces the player to cutting-edge Funk & Soul Power wind accompaniments and really makes the six pieces in this edition take off!That’s not all though. You can also take over the role of the soloist if you like leading the wind band accompanied by the funky rhythm section and improvising over simple harmonies. This book will show you how to do it too. Includes a bonus track for practising the right style of funkyphrasing.Get the funk!

Who wouldn't enjoy playing one of the wind instruments in the music of Earth Wind & Fire (Phoenix Horns) Tower Of Power Kool & the Gang Blood Sweat & Tears Michael Jackson (Jerry Hey Bill Reichenbach) or James Brown (Horny Horns)? This volume introduces the player to cutting-edge Funk & Soul Power wind accompaniments and really makes the six pieces in this edition take off!That's not all though. You can also take over the role of the soloist if you like leading the wind band accompanied by the funky rhythm section and improvising over simple harmonies. This book will show you how to do it too. Includes a bonus track for practising the right style of funky phrasing.Getthe funk!

This cutting-edge book/audio package brings the music of David Garibaldi and the music of Tower of Power to your practice room and provides an in-depth look at the concepts that David uses to create his futuristic, yet old-school grooves. - The 80-PAGE BOOK includes: detailed transcriptions by David, of his drum performance in each of eight tunes from T.O.P's most recent album Oakland Zone (Or Music), incisive commentary, photos, a biography,a suggested listening list and more. - The CD with all 8 tracks minus David's drums, allows you to sit in with this legendary band. Each track provides clicktrack count-in, followed by a complete music minus drums stereo mix including the lead vocals and solos. - The BONUS DVD-ROM with instrumental versions of these tracks in file formats that can be looped, slowed down using programs such as Acid and GarageBand and remixed using multi-track studio software such as ProTools, Cakewalk, or Nuendo for further exploration and study. Includes a ReadMe file and also a video tutorial with detailed instructions.

This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them over long play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations. This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them overlong play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations.

Par SPEARS GREGORY. The Tower and the Garden is a setting of three poems for choir and string quartet. The texts juxtapose the dangers of technological hubris (the tower) and the need for a place of refuge (the garden) in a world threatened by war and ecological disaster. Each text suggest ways in which Catholic thought and imagery might challenge the status quo. The first text, poem 80 from the collection “Cables to the Ace,” was written by Trappist monk and social activist Thomas Merton. It is an eschatological meditation on the garden of Gethsemane, where Christ’s disciples slept on the eve of his crucifixion. Merton compares their slumber to society’s indifference to the destruction of our natural world by potentially dangerous new technologies and war. The second text was written by poet and Catholic activist Denise Levertov. It is a meditation on the Tower of Babel and the tendency for technology in the information and nuclear age to serve only its own growth and to potentially destroy our lives in the bargain. The third poem, written by Keith Garebian, is an homage to queer filmmaker Derek Jarman and his cottage garden at Dungeness on the English coast. Situated precariously between a towering nuclear power plant and the sea, the garden was Jarman’s austere refuge during the final months of his struggle with AIDS. While an atheist and highly critical of the church, Derek Jarman was intrigued by the role religious and hagiographic narratives could play in his filmic indictments of Thatcher-era Britain. This is most notable in his film The Garden, which was shot on location in Dungeness. – Gregory Spears / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Chœur Mixte SATB et Quatuor à Cordes

Cette méthode rassemble 50 grooves funk à destination de tous les bassistes, qui trouveront là matière à se divertir et travailler leur instrument de longues heures durant. Pour aborder sereinement ces 50 grooves de basse funk, un chapitre préliminaire est entièrement consacré aux techniques de jeu (aux doigts bien sûr, mais aussi en slap, avec palm mute, notes mortes, shake, double stops, pull-offs, hammers et autres slides...) ainsi qu?aux particularités rythmiques (doubles croches binaires et ternaires, quarts de soupir, staccatos...) du style. Le DVD Vidéo permet de découvrir tous ces grooves joués ?en situation?, à vitesse réelle, puis au ralenti. De son côté, le CD Audio MP3 offre la possibilité de les interpréter sur des playbacks de longue durée (de 3 à 4 minutes chacun, soit plus de 6 heures de musique en tout !), et ce aussi bien à vitesse réelle que lente (deux enregistrements pour chaque groove).?Vous pourrez ainsi vous exercer ?à votre rythme? et dans les meilleures conditions possibles. Un ouvrage idéal pour jouer de vrais grooves complets à la manière des plus grands : James Brown, The Meters, Bootsy Collins, Parliament, The Commodores, Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, Maceo Parker, The Temptations...

Cette méthode rassemble 50 grooves funk à destination de tous les bassistes, qui trouveront là matière à se divertir et travailler leur instrument de longues heures durant. Pour aborder sereinement ces 50 grooves de basse funk, un chapitre préliminaire est entièrement consacré aux techniques de jeu (aux doigts bien sûr, mais aussi en slap, avec palm mute, notes mortes, shake, double stops, pull-offs, hammers et autres slides...) ainsi qu'aux particularités rythmiques (doubles croches binaires et ternaires, quarts de soupir, staccatos...) du style. Le DVD Vidéo permet de découvrir tous ces grooves joués 'en situation?, à vitesse réelle, puis au ralenti. De son côté, le CD Audio MP3 offre la possibilité de les interpréter sur des playbacks de longue durée (de 3 à 4 minutes chacun, soit plus de 6 heures de musique en tout !), et ce aussi bien à vitesse réelle que lente (deux enregistrements pour chaque groove).?Vous pourrez ainsi vous exercer 'à votre rythme? et dans les meilleures conditions possibles. Un ouvrage idéal pour jouer de vrais grooves complets à la manière des plus grands : James Brown, The Meters, Bootsy Collins, Parliament, The Commodores, Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, Maceo Parker, The Temptations... / Guitare Basse

Featuring the trumpet section, the gorgeous R and B ballad 'You're Still a Young Man' offers a nice change of pace as Part 2 of our Tower of Power show. (2:15) / Marching Band