Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trombone: Trombone Solo:

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.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin. 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin by Andrew D. Gordon 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 audio files are recorded with the clarinet playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the violin and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the violin. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bb and Eb Sax, Piano, Trumpet, Trombone and Clarinet. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google Quantity

for Tenor Saxophone and Bb Instruments-Andrew D. Gordon world renowned music educator author of over 60 music educational products has previously written numerous books on flute styles such as: ???100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone??? ???100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone??? ???The Blues Scale for Saxophone??? as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes ???Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone??? authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew???s he has written this instructional book ???100 Ultimate Soul Funk and RandB Grooves??? based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and RandB artists suchas: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG???s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

Due to the high demand of two of Andrew D. Gordon's blues piano/keyboard books 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs and the 12 Bar Blues Bible he has adapted examples from the two books along with new examples into a blues organ book and Ultimate Blues Organ Riffs is the result. There is an increased interest in playing the organ these days as many keyboard players are adding organ modules organs software etc. to their array of instruments. This book consists of 96 riffs in many different keys and covers a wide range of blues organ styles including Blues Funk Gospel Jazz and Rock. The music notation consists of the right and left hand parts aswell as a bass line. Although primarily written and recorded with the organ in mind pianists and keyboard players will also find the material in this book very useful. All the 96 examples have been recorded twice the first time with the organ right and left hand parts guitar rhythm bass and drums. The second time has the rhythm guitar part bass and drums so that the keyboard player can practice along with the rhythm tracks.