Featuring lyrics, chord boxes and melody line, text, as well as black and white photos, these handy books are an ideal size for stuffing in your gig bag. Glance inside and you'll see they're super-sized packages of hit after hit for all musicians. With a hard-wearing PVC cover, each book in the series is designed to be carried around and used... over and over again! / Chant Et Guitare

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano

Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music yet right from the beginning, you will be playing arrangements which include a complete rhythm section with full sounding chords, bass and drums. Includes Books 1, 2 and 3 of the 1994 Edition. / Clavier (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

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.

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong. Par HAMPTON ANDY. Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong series, This volume brings together Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. It Don't Mean a Thing features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire, idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) Flute player. Melody, lyrics and chord symbols are provided, offering opportunity for improvisation, with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition, the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano, bass and drums for truly authentic performance. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Jazz / Date parution : 2006-11-02/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Lyrics included. These are tunes everyone has heard and every musician should know. The names of the composers and lyricists read like a musical Hall of Fame. Nineteen tunes from the cream of the golden age of songwriting in America. You?ll find there?s ?No Greater Love? in your play-a-long collection! Rhythm section includes Hal Galper, piano Steve Gilmore, bass Bill Goodwin, drums. Don?t Blame Me - Blue Moon - Laura - On The Trail - Just Friends - Without A Song - Spring Is Here - Star Eyes - Once In A While - Invitation - Over The Rainbow - My Secret Love - Stompin? At The Savoy - On Green Dolphin Street - You Stepped Out of A Dream - No Greater Love - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - The Shadow of Your Smile

Lyrics included. The thirteen songs included in this album are among the most popular ever produced by several of America?s leading composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. As in many other tunes adopted by the Jazz idiom, many of these originated in Broadway shows. There are beautiful ballads, bluesy slow swings, soaring melodies, interesting bridges, and daring lyrics in this set that have been discovered and reinvented by many of Jazz?s most influential personalities, such as Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Michael Brecker. Try some of these out on your next club date and they?ll be instant hits with the band! Rhythm section is Jim McNeely, piano; Steve Gilmore, bass; and Bill Goodwin, drums.Embraceable You - Night And Day - The Man I Love - Tea For Two - I Got Rhythm - Three Little Words - I?m A Fool To Want You - Just One Of Those Things - My One And Only Love - You Do Something To Me - How Long Has This Been Going On - With A Song In My Heart - I Get A Kick Out Of You