Patterns For Jazz

Easy Jazz Ensemble ? Grade 2The jazz ensemble setting allows a nice way to explore traditional holiday favorites in different styles than they normally appear. Here is a Basie-style medium swing version (in 4) ofthis familiar tune using plenty of full ensemble playing and easy rhythmic patterns. Also including a sax soli but no solos this chart will be easy to put together and will sound great on your winter concert.

From the musical Grease this easy arrangement of one of the main songs is perfect for casual concerts and impressing the parents. The moderate rock style plus easy rhythmic patterns insure success with this familiar hit. (Includes full performance CD)

Written in a classic Basie style this medium tempo chart is based around the B-flat blues and features easy-to-learn characteristic swing patterns. A great way to introduce beginning bands to swing style! (Includes full performance CD)

Jazz Ensemble Library ? Grade 4Made famous by John Coltrane but treated here in a more traditional Afro-Latin style this is something a little different for jazz ensemble. As with all Mossman charts the rhythmsection is meticulously notated to insure the correct style. The 3/4 pattern throughout draws heavily on African influences and the melody is masterfully passed from section to section. A single pentatonic scale works for the solosection making this a wonderful vehicle for involving many soloists.

Here is a great medium swing blues tune for beginning jazz ensembles. The main theme features the rhythm section playing stop time before it slips into a steady swing pattern. There is a solid ensemble chorus leading to the solo section that can be used for any player.

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

Par ASCH GLENN / REINER DAVID. For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works inpractice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz / Recueil / Violon

Another delightful offering from classroom teacher and storyteller Susan Milligan and jazz singer and music teacher Louise Rogers, Jazzy Fairy Tales Volume II continues the jazz adventures for young children with three new fairy tales designed to bring jazz music into your classroom. The activities provided are a charming way to introduce young children to jazz with the musical stories of 'Georgie the Jazzy Giant,' 'The Gunnigator,' and 'The Jazzy Gingerbread Man.' Jazzy Fairy Tales II Book and CD may be used to supplement an existing program or to provide a ready-made, easy-to-use, all-encompassing music curriculum. The CD is narrated and beautifully sung by Louise Rogers with easy call-and-response exercises and songs to accompany the stories. Jazzy Fairy Tales II is user-friendly and requires no previous musical knowledge. A delightful educational resource for any classroom! Recommended for grades Pre-K to 3. / Tout Instrument

Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more.These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach.Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward.