10 Jazz Inventions

CD-Featuring some of the leading jazz musicians on today's scene the Grammy-nominated “Swingin For The Fences” presents contemporary big band jazz at its best.Includes: Sing Sang Sung Count Bubba Samba DelGringo Bach 2-Part Invention in D Minor I Remember Swingin' for the Fences Mueva Los Huesos (Shake Your Bones) Second Chances There's the Rub and A Few Good Men.

Nobody does cha-cha like Michael Mossman. This inventive original features a smooth harmonic structure and a nice blend of inventive melodies with carefully crafted accompaniment figures. The solo section is open for any player and this is followed by a driving double time groove. Appealing and dynamic all rolled into one chart!

Recorded by The Police and written in a distinctive reggae/rock vein this is definitely not just your run-of-the-mill pop tune! Paul uses inventive colors and skilled ensemble writing to take advantage of the inherentfresh-sounding harmonies and energetic rhythmic grooves. A great-sounding chart!

Here's a fresh sounding new original from Frank Mantooth. Written as a medium tempo Bossa this inventive piece features a front line of trumpet tenor and trombone with solo space for each and well crafted ensemble writing.

Pianists all know the benefits of playing the Two-Part Inventions of J.S. Bach. Now, world-respected jazz pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe has written his own inventions that will benefit every player's understanding and performance of jazz. These great-sounding etudes explore the specific harmonic, melodic, and technical challenges faced by jazz keyboardists, including the ii-V and ii-V-I progressions, outlining changes, chord-tone ornamentation, playing in octaves, tonic patterns, block chords, polytonality, stride piano, and left-hand walking bass. Pieces feature chord symbols, explanatory notes, and preparatory exercises, and each invention is performed on the CD by Bill Cunliffe. 123 pages. ...perfect for daily warm-up, explores the harmonic and melodic intricacies of jazz, each etude targets a specific technical skill and includes performance notes, inventions gradually become more challenging and the harmonic progressions are varied and very musical...a musical feast. -International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

Ce qui compte dans un chemin, ce qui compte dans une ligne, c'est toujours le milieu, pas le début ni la fin. On est toujours au milieu d'un chemin, au milieu de quelque chose. ' (Gilles Deleuze, Claire Parnet, Dialogues.)Charmediterrannéen représente un moment très significatif de mes recherches sur les relations entre notre langage maternel (les musiques ethniques de la Méditerranée, surtout de l'Afrique du Nord, du sud de l'Italie et de la Sardaigne, lieu de mes racines) et le jazz contemporain.Le but, c'est de mettre en route des collisions de différentes qualités de langage pour inventer des images nouvelles, le devenir d'une rencontre dans le temps d'éléments contraires, qui se révéleraient complémentaires ? régularité / irrégularité - continuité / discontinuité - vitesse / lenteur - présence / absence - musique et? poésie, photographie, danse? - blanc / noir - saleté / propreté - juste / faux - son / silence - vide / plein - tradition / innovation - jazz / non jazz?A la recherche d'une ligne de passage des formes à l'action, ce qui, sur le plan musical, signifie réussir à aller au-delà des partitions, qui seront rigoureuses et soignées. Il s'agit toutefois de découvrir ce qu'il y a derrière l'écriture? L'essence du matériel, dans sa différence, est ce qui dépasse la structure, c'est l'aspect merveilleux de l'art de l'improvisation que je définis comme ' un geste, quelque chose qui intéresse la culture refoulée du corps et de ses émotions, qui synthétise en un seul instant/instinct créatif les étapes caractérisant les processus de l'art de composer : connaissance, pensée, décision. ' / Big Band

Miller Rag - Boogie For Strings - Jazz Invention - Passacaglia In Jazz - Birthday Serenade. Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Five quartets at an intermediate level that offer a welcome change to classical literature. / Pop & rock / Répertoire / Quatuor

The Jazz Guitar Chord Gig Bag Book with over 1000 jazz Guitar chord voicings in tab format contained within is an essential resource for jazz guitarists whether they're amateurs looking to improve on theirbasic knowledge or seasoned players looking for an invaluable reference guide. The handy and compact layout of this convenient Chord Book allows you to quickly and easily find the exactchord you are looking for. Included is a logical layout of the almost innumerable harmonic variations of each Guitar chord as well as the great reference system for substitutions and related chords. This makes the JazzGuitar Chord Gig Bag Book absolutely essential for any guitarist looking to expand their harmonic horizons.  It is not only a reference guide though the lengthy introduction exploreswhat jazz harmony is how chord variations and voicings contribute to it and how knowing them can enhance your playing. With sections for chords built from every root note divided into major minor suspended augmented dominant diminished and slash chords this book is as close as you can get to a comprehensive dictionary of jazz chords that sound rich interesting and beautiful. The infinite different ways of voicing each chord are condensedinto the most popular and musical so you'll be able to use The Jazz Guitar Chord Book to help you improvise with other musicians in an inventive way as well as keep those chops up tospeed.  The Jazz Guitar Chord Book is compatible with all jazz chord symbol notation so you'll be able to use it in conjunction with all fake/real books or simply to find anychord that you might need. Its compact size and durable design means it will slip perfectly into any gig bag and the spiral binding means flipping to any chord is simple and efficient. You'll be able to take this Gig Bag

An inventive and accessible pizzicato work for the good beginner bassist looking for something a little different. The three contrasting movements remain in the orchestral register with space for optional improvisation in the third piece. Ideal for any bassist who enjoyed Jazz Sonatine No.1 (RM097 Pizzicato Pieces Book 1) and enjoys playing in a jazzy and rhythmic style. A simple drum beat could be added for extra effect or simply enjoy the great music written with a minimum of fuss or effort. Effective in performance and certainly 'cool'. A great piece for study or recital and a pizzicato work which offers much for performer and audience alike. Enjoy....ABRSM Grade 4 (1st mvt) / Trinity-Guildhall Grade 5 (2nd mvt)2nd movement has been selected for Level 5 and 3rd movement for Level 6 by MTB Exams (www.mtbexams.com)

Based upon the Berklee Jazz Composition and Arranging Curriculum this fully comprehensive guide covers all aspects of writing effective and inventive Jazz compositions. Features include:A full range of styles from theBlues to Fusion and beyond.Melodies created using intervallic patterns guide tone lines compound lines antecedent/consequent phrasing and melodic tension.All aspects of tonal and modal harmony including inversions pedal points and reharmonisation.Elements of form including intros endings interludes and backgrounds.Apply knowledge to any kind of soloist or ensemble from Sax to Big Band.All elements of the book are complementedby the accompanying online audio including a listening tour of an entire extended Jazz work. A highly substantial and important volume.

Des origines aux années Swing. Par PACZYNSKI GEORGES. Une histoire de la batterie de jazz vient combler une lacune incroyable : c'est en effet la première fois qu'une histoire de cet instrument nous est proposée dans la littérature, française ou étrangère. Pourquoi ce silence sur cet instrument qui sait d'ordinaire si bien se faire entendre, le seul que le jazz ait réellement inventé. Pour oser - et mener à bien - une histoire de la batterie, il fallait donc un homme qui ait mis la main à la pâte, qui soit batteur et écrivain, musicien et chercheur : Georges Paczynski est tout cela à la fois, et l'histoire qu'il nous propose, il l'a vécue lui-même, de l'intérieur. MEILLEUR LIVRE DE JAZZ 1997. / Librairie en français / Livre / Livre

The Jazz Piano Chord Book. The handy and compact layout of this convenient chord book allows you to quickly and easily find the chord you are looking for. Its layout of the almost innumerable harmonic variations of each piano chord, as well as the great reference system for substitutions and related chords, makes this book invaluable for any pianist looking to expand their harmonic horizons. It is not only a reference guide, though. The lengthy introduction explores what jazz harmony is, how chord variations and voicings contribute to it, and how knowing them can enhance your playing incomparably. With sections for chords built from every root note, divided into major, minor, dominant, diminished and augmented, this book is not comprehensive but is as close to that as you can get. The infinite different ways of voicing each chord are condensed into the most popular and musically interesting, so you'll be able to use The Jazz Piano Chord Book to help you improvise with other musicians in an inventive way, or just to comp with other players competently. Spiral bound.