Easy Jazz Play-Along Volume 3-Improvising is easier than ever with this new series for beginning jazz musicians. The Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Play-Along Series includes songs with accessible chord changes and features recordings with novice-friendly tempos. Just follow the streamlined lead sheets in the book and play along with the professionally recorded backing tracks on the CD. The bass or piano can also be removed by turning down the volume on the left or right channel. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and MAC computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!Volume 3 includes 18 songs: Afternoon inParis • Doxy • Girl Talk • Impressions • In Walked Bud • Lady Bird • St. Thomas • Solar • Sunny • and more.

Billy Strayhorn is one of the best-loved yet underated composers of jazz. His famous collaborations with and for the Duke Ellington band have become some of jazz’s most enduring standards, and now for the first time you can discover for yourself Strayhorn’s unique and beautiful style. Discover why Ellington felt such an affinity for this man’s compositions. Hal Galper-piano; Lynn Seaton-bass; Steve Davis-drums.Lush Life - Satin Doll - Take the A Train - A Flower is A Lovesome Thing - Rain Check - My Little Brown Book - Blood Count - Isfahan - Drawing Room Blues - Chelsea Bridge - Johnny Come Lately - UMMG

New! 9 demo/play-a-long tracks. Essential companion : volume 24. The culmination of Jamey’s 25 years as one of the world’s leading jazz exponents. Volume 1 has unlocked the mysteries of jazz improvisation for a whole generation of musicians who previously had nowhere to turn for competent rhythm sections and accurate instruction. Now, Volume 1 has all new, updated information presented in a new manner that is both easy to understand and inspiring for all musicians wishing to explore the secrets of jazz improvisation. Includes chapters on scales/chords, developing creativity, improv fundamentals, 12 Blues Scales, Bebop scales, pentatonic scales and usage, time and feeling, melodic development, II/V7s, related scales and modes, practical exercises/patterns and licks, Dominant 7th tree of scale choices, nomenclature, chromaticism, scale syllabus, and more. This complete improvisation set, along with Volume 24, MAJOR AND MINOR, can greatly open your ears and improve your playing. Music is fun and this set is the first step to enjoying it. Each of the 10 recorded tracks feels great and is fun to play with. Recorded tracks include Blues in Bb and F, Dorian minor tracks, four-measure cadences, cycle of dominants, 24-measure song, II/V7 in all keys. Book includes transposed parts for all instruments. Support média : Compact disc Langue : en anglais

11 groovin’ jazz masterpieces from the legendary Wes Montgomery accompanied by a swingin’ rhythm section in the style of his popular band. Wes’ natural and effortless style is evident in each one of these soulful jazz standards. Great fun for all musicians and wonderful additions to your song list for any gig. Rhythm section is Hal Halper-Piano; John Goldsby-Bass; Barry Ries-Drums. Cariba - Four On Six - Road Song - Jingles - West Coast Blues - Leila - Angel - D Natural Blues - Doujia - Full House - Far Wes

Jazz Play-Along Volume 68-With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split-track choices on the CD this series makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before! Includes 10 great Charles Mingus songs: Better Get Hit in Your Soul Boogie Stop Shuffle Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Gunslinging Bird Jelly Roll Nostalgia in Times Square Peggy's Blue Skylight Pithecanthropus Erectus Portrait Slippers.