Jazz Standards

This ballad is ideal for a change of pace in your program. Thelonious Monk's jazz classic, carefully scored here by Victor Lopez, showcases your trumpet or flugelhorn player. Because Lopez made this chart very accessible, with ranges for solo trumpet to A-flat and trombone to F, and because Monk wrote interesting chord changes, the band will sound great and enjoy playing it. Perfect for festivals or concerts, 'ROUND MIDNIGHT is one of those jazz standards all students of jazz should learn and play. Here's a perfect opportunity to teach phrasing, style and blend with this fine chart.

Jazz master Wayne Shorter has given us a wealth of jazz standards and this is one of his best. Written in an up-tempo swing style this impressive-sounding chart features solos for alto and trumpet.

There aren't that many jazz standards written in a rock style and this is one of the absolute best! Now available for younger bands with this great new chart by Paul Murtha. Full length recording included.

Legendary composer/performer Wayne Shorter has contributed many outstanding jazz standards over the years. On Speak No Evil one of his best-known gems Mike Tomaro has created a beautiful arrangement in a medium swing style featuring solos for tenor and drums.

(Sample solos by Mike Steinel) At last, a jazz play-along book for developing players! In addition to being a perfect introduction to some of the best-known jazz standards, Essential Elements Jazz Standards includes hints for improvising on each tune, a guide to jazz articulations, a scale/chord correlation chart, and biographical sketches of key jazz figures. And if that wasn't enough, each tune comes with its own sample solo for reference or performance! The professionally recorded audio CD has tempo adjustment software for use in your computer. Includes: Now's the Time, Killer Joe, Blue Bossa, C-Jam Blues, Footprints, Song for My Father, Autumn Leaves, Freddie Freeloader, St. Thomas and Blue Train. · Play-along CD with choice of full recording (with melody) or rhythm section only · Tempo adjustment software (computer required) · Sample written solos and improvising hints · Rhythm book includes bass lines, piano voicings, and drum patterns / Section Rythmique (Piano, Guitare, Basse, Batterie)

A must have for all pianists seeking a creative approach to developing left and right hand coordination. The exercises and solos (based on the chord changes to well-known standards) are rhythmic, colorful, and fun to play. The chapters cover six specific areas of left hand development and left/right hand integration, with practical application from standard jazz tunes in the form of musical solo piano pieces. This book will definitely be an essential part of your practice routine. Besides improving your hand coordination, it will challenge you to think differently about it. All of the concepts are easily applicable to the real world. Highly endorsed! Pianist Emiko Hayashi has written a very comprehensive, challenging yet very accessible method book. With exercises designed for left hand alone and exercises designed to develop interplay between the hands, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. I\'ve already started practicing! - Kenny Barron In Etudes for Jazz Piano Emiko Hayashi illuminates a challenge that faces scores of jazz pianists at all levels; that of integrating the left hand in improvisation in a meaningful way, not only as an accompanist, but as an integral part of the whole. By taking various jazz standards and creating etudes specifically for the left hand as well as for developing coordination and the conversational aspects between the left and right hands, Ms. Hayashi illustrates many possibilities for expanding one�s technical and expressive range. I would think this set of etudes would be extremely useful to jazz pianists at any stage of development since the obvious outcome of the study will improve one�s ability to play melodically and expressively throughout the keyboard, without regard to the traditional roles of the left and right hands. - Todd Coolman It is understood that all musicians must play piano. Emiko\'s book fills a void for non-pianists addressing specific technical problems which will help towards being able to use the piano to improve and enlarge one\'s playing and composing, no matter what instrument you play. This is a hands-on book directed towards immediate results. - David Liebman

Par BERTONCINI GENE. Enjoy an informal Master Class with renowned acoustic jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini as he guides a small group of students through his unique approach to the instrument. Bertoncini covers his chord-melody approach explaining his choice of chords, melodic lines and use of rhythm to convert standards into small band arrangements for guitar. Conducted in an intimate setting at a New York City jazz club, Gene Bertoncini shows you why he's considered one of the very finest guitarists in today's jazz firmament. FEATURES: . Uses many jazz standards to teach concepts and ideas . Harmonizing a melody . Creating interesting bass lines . Exercises for harmonizing every scale tone with every chord . Developing interesting chord voicings . Single-Line soloing ideas for standard changes . Chord embellishment / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Solos / Accessoire / Guitare Classique