Format : Sheet music + CD
Trumpet Edition-Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative creative and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus onthe first period of Coltrane's career when he was with Miles Davis and the jazz vocabulary he used. First to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising the authors discuss theuse of guide tones bebop scales three to flat nine targeting and other techniques.Then the text presents numerous one- two- and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over whichthey can be used.The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths helping you master the phrases in all keys. Bycombining various lines musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions turnarounds and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into yourvocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane.
