Harmonik und Rhythmik sind fur jeden Jazzmusiker eine Selbstverstandlichkeit. Wie aber lernt man melodische Improvisation? Wie gestaltet man ein Thema und vor allem: Wie entwickelt man es weiter? Diese Lucke zu schliessen ist das Ziel von "Jazztrompete kreativ". Es bietet dem angehenden und fortgeschrittenen Jazztrompeter mit ausfuhrlichen Erlauterungen und Ubungen sowie zahlreichen Notenbeispielen eine Fulle von ubersichtlich gegliederten Ubungen, Informationen und Anregungen. Eine umfassende Anleitung zum Improvisieren, die sich nicht nur auf die Arbeit mit Skalen und Akkordpatterns beschrankt, sondern einen wirklich kreativen Zugang zur Jazzmelodik und dazu viele echte Tipps aus der Praxis bietet. Fur Unterricht und Selbststudium geeignet.
Band 1 mit den Themen Technik, Stilistik und Aufbautraining enthalt eine Einfuhrung in die blaserischen, technischen und stilistischen Grundlagen des Jazztrompetenspiels und behandelt Themen wie Ansatz, Tonbildung, Kondition, Spieltechnik und Aufbautraining.

Why a book with jazz duets for cello beginners? This book of duets by the Italian jazz cellist and teacher Lucio Amanti wants to give cellists a first introduction into the jazz styles. All 25 pieces are written for the first cello in the first position, with the pieces becoming gradually more demanding with regard to fingering, bowing and harmony.
Many of the pieces contain harmonic symbols in order to give the pupil (and the teacher) the chance to try their first improvisations. They can first play the piece as notated in the book and then repeat the section notated with chords as if it were a jazz standard. A new and fresh impetus for cello lessons!

'Fun with Jazz Flute' is a series for beginners of any age, a way of
complementing traditional teaching material with an introduction to the characteristics of pop and jazz.

This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano. most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find.