Practice Sessions: Trumpet: Instrumental Tutor

With CD-Smooth Groove is above all else a FUN book. It embraces various styles of playing from pop and rock through to jazz and Latin American rhythms and phrasing. It will be easy and enjoyable to relate to these catchy tunes whether played with the CD backing or as a purely solo performance. Don't be surprised if anyone listening starts to whistle or hum along with you! The accompaniments created by Brian Humpherson attempt to capture the excitement of the melodies by using modern harmonies and percussive effects typical of music enjoyed by young people today. The CD backing tracks with their strong rhythmic and harmonic support make practice sessions fun whilstinstilling motivation and the desire to perform.

Music Minus One Alto Saxophone Deluxe 2-CD Set-This exciting MMO volume emphasizes collectively improvised ensembles and the succession of individual solos in the freewheeling Chicago-Style offshoot of New Orleans Jazz. The rhythmic texture is rooted in the swing feel of the late 1930s and the instrumentation is typical of the New York groups of this genre. The songs are popular melodies from the 1900s to 1930s as well as multithematic compositions and blues - on this album you'll find such classics as Deed I Do Sugar The Darktown Strutters' Ball That's a Plenty and more. Includes a 32-page music book containing a solo chart for each song containing the melody line and chord changes for proper improvisational playing ofeach song plus a concert lead sheet giving the overall roadmap for each piece printed on high-quality ivory paper and two compact discs containing the complete performance of these jazz combos in digitally mastered stereo a digital stereo version of each piece minus the soloist and a special -20% slow-tempo version of each accompaniment for practice purposes. Performed by Brian Ogilvie tenor saxophone Accompaniment: Evan Christopher clarinet and leader Jon-Erik Kellso trumpet Mike Pittsley trombone Jeff Barnhart piano Bill Huntington guitar Jim Singleton bass Hal Smith drums