A Guide To Chord-Melody Jazz Guitar introduces intermediate and advanced players to the chord-melody style. It teaches the requisite skills needed to play and create original arrangements basic chord forms and inversions chord substitutions walking bass lines and other tricks of the trade. The accompanying CD features recorded demos of the exercises and chord-melody arrangements in the book.

Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 12-Hip Piano solo arrangements with chord names of 23 swinging classics including: Ain't That a Kick in the Head All of Me Beyond the Sea Bluesette Come Fly with Me It's Only a Paper Moon Just in Time Route 66 Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) Steppin' Out with My Baby Witchcraft and more.

Piano-A purveyor of tasty hard bop pianist Hampton Hawes was a stand out of the 1950s Los Angeles jazz scene. This folio in our Artist Transcriptions series features his renditions of 8 fantastic standards: All the Things You Are - Autumn in New York - Body and Soul - Easy Living - Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - I Remember You - Lover Come Back to Me - Stella by Starlight. Also includes a biography and a discography.

Solo Transcriptions and Performing Artist Master Class CD-Solo transcriptions and performing artist master class CD. Learn the techniques of Grammy award winning jazz trumpet legend Randy Brecker. Includes solo parts transcribed for trumpet by Mike Davison piano accompaniments a playalong tuition CD and a full discography.

Jazz Play-Along Volume 121-For use with all B-flat E-flat Bass Clef and C instruments the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD these first-of-a-kind packages help you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes of all time. FOR STUDY each tune includes a split track with: Melody cue with proper style and inflection • Professional rhythm tracks • Choruses for soloing • Removable bass part • Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE each tune also has: An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody)• Additional choruses for soloing.10 songs: Are You in the Mood • Crepuscule • Django's Castle • Djangology • Honeysuckle Rose • Limehouse Blues • Minor Swing • My Serenade • Nuages • Swing 42.

Jazz Play-Along Volume 183-For use with all B-flat E-flat Bass Clef and C instruments the Jazz Play-Along series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians.With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD this first-of-its-kind package helps you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes of all time. For study: each tune includes a split track with:Melody cue with proper style and inflection Professional rhythm tracksChoruses for soloingRemovable Bass partRemovable Piano partForPerformance: each tune also has:An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody)Additional choruses for soloingThis volume includes 10 songs by Stephen Sondheim including: Another Hundred People Being Alive Good Thing Going The Ladies Who Lunch Losing My Mind No One Is Alone Part I Not While I'm Around Pretty Women Send in the Clowns and Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man).

A superb collection of 11 'improvised' jazz arrangements including 'Body And Soul' 'Lover' 'Misty' and 'Tangerine'.

18 studies written to develop familiarity with the main types of scales and arpeggios in Jazz. More enjoyable than the scales themselves James Rae has deliberately chosen keys that give a comfortable user-friendly introduction to the various tonalities. Each section describes a particular type of scale and includes studies based on it. Included are: the major scale the dorian mode the mixolydian mode the minor pentatonic scale the jazz melodic minor scale the blues scale the chromatic scale the whole tone scale and the diminished scale. Studies in each of these volumes have been set as an alternative to scales for all grades on the Jazz Flute Jazz Clarinetand Jazz Saxophone syllabuses of the new Trinity Guildhall Examinations 2007.

16 great performances transcribed note-for-note with tab for acoustic and electric Bass.Includes: Autumn Leaves (Scott LaFaro) • C-Jam Blues (Ray Brown) • Chasing the Bird (Paul Chambers) • Giant Steps (Paul Chambers) • Inner Urge (Bob Cranshaw) • Killer Joe (Ray Brown) • Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (Chuck Israels) • Seven Steps to Heaven (Ron Carter) • Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Wilbur Ware) • There Is No Greater Love (Ray Brown) • and more.

Gypsy Jazz is an invitation to explore new musical horizons and discover the fascinating world of folk culture - from Russian and Greek dances to Bulgarian folk songs and Celtic lilts! With simple Piano accompaniments this is a delightful collection of fresh repertoire for the elementary Violinst.

The Easy Fake Book is the follow-up to the popular Your First Fake Book. It includes over 100 more great songs that even beginner-level musicians can enjoy playing. This songbook includes the same larger notation with simplified harmonies and melodies all songs in the key of C and introductions for each song to add a more finished sound to the arrangements. The songs are in many musical styles and include Alfie All I Ask of You All My Loving and many more.

17 Original Solos to Enhance Your Jazzabilities-17 great pieces written to help a student become familiar with various jazz styles. They progress from later elementary to mid-intermediate level and may be used with the Jazz Piano Basics series or as independent solo recital pieces! Several of the pieces were previously in the Jazz Connection series. Includes online audio files as well as in-depth performance notes by the composer.Songs include: Berry Blue Jam â?¢ Bossa Rio â?¢ The Brazilian Bop â?¢ Burgundy Street Blues â?¢ Calypso Carnival â?¢ Cool It! â?¢ Easy Does It â?¢ Fol-de-rol â?¢ Funkasaurus â?¢ Island Breeze â?¢ Jumpin' with Mr. Jordan â?¢ Main at Midnight â?¢ Mellow Mood â?¢ Out on a Limbo â?¢ Reflection â?¢ A Swing Thing â?¢ Tango Up inBlue.On AMEB Syllabus.

After his less than humble beginnings as a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and member of the prestigious Concerts Lamoureux Ponty has performed and recorded with some of the greatest artists of all time. Sessions and collaborations include Al Di Meola Jaco Pastorius John McLaughlin and Frank Zappa to name but a few. This collection contains lead-sheets for 22 of Ponty's hottest compositions from his own significant recordings. These lead sheets are suitable for any C-tuning instrument and the melodies are provided with chord symbols as a spring board for your own improvisations. A vital collection of Jazz masterpieces from thisremarkable virtuoso.