Catalog Number: ADG038 Author: Andrew D. Gordon Publisher: ADG Productions 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs Ebinstruments such as tenor sax, clarinet, etc. by Andrew D. Gordon and Mark Vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard Blue Moon showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The CD is recorded with the saxophone playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the saxophone and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section with out the saxophone and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are 4 different versions: a version for C instruments, Bb and Eb as well as a version for piano.

A Dictionary Of Melodic Ideas For Improvisation-Written for the musician who is interested in acquiring a firm foundation for playing jazz this unique book/CD pack examines the phrases of the masters!The book features standard notation with over 800 licks to help you play like your heroes.The accompanying CD contains helpful note-for-note demonstrations of every lick to help you hear just how each phrase should sound.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Jazz Number of pages : 88 The Jazz Workbook (vol. 1) is a first of its kind book. Teaching single note instrumentalists (including guitarists) how to hear and play thru chord changes, this is the essential elements of jazz. The play along CD has no chord instrument included, thus the student can hear the sound of the chord on his or her own. This is a method book in which everything is written out for the student, so in turn, just playing thru the exercises in this book with or without a teacher will clear up many questions about harmony. Editions come in Bass, E-flat, B-flat and Concert.

The Jazz Workbook (vol. 1) is a first of its kind book. Teaching single note instrumentalists (including guitarists) how to hear and play through chord changes this is the essential elements ofjazz.The play along CD has no chord instrument included thus the student can hear the sound of the chord on his or her own. This is a method book in which everything is written out for the student so in turn justplaying through the exercises in this book with or without a teacher will clear up many questions about harmony. Editions come in Bass E-flat B-flat and Concert.