Volume 1 - How To Play Jazz and Improvise

Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. Basic/intermediate. This nearly two-hour long DVD features Jamey at the piano explaining and demonstrating the fundamental techniques used by all great jazz improvisors. Topics covered include chord/scale relationships, keeping your place, patterns, the blues and pentatonic scales and their application, what and how to practice, articulation, memorizing songs, and much more. This DVD not only provides the technical information essential to getting started on improvisation but also serves as an overview of the entire creative process in terms that even a non-musician could understand. Jamey also provides much needed motivational material and discusses the philosophy of man'sneed to be creative. A complete presentation! This DVD is closely aligned with the world famous Volume 1 'How To Play Jazz' and Volume 24 'Major and Minor' play-a-longs (see 'related items' below. ) The visual, hands-on demonstration makes their concepts easier to grasp. Jamey even plays along with tracks from those two play-a-long volumes, showing proper application of scales to chords and essential practice techniques. / Jazz / Accessoire / Opéra Théorique ou Didactique

Klezmer the secular Jewish music from Eastern Europe continues to weave its magic spell.This volume offers all the material you need for authentic performances of new and familiar pieces. Henner Diederich a teacher of folk music and arrangement at the Cologne Musikhochschule has gained a reputation with his many publications especially in the klezmer field. Here he presents twelve klezmer arrangements for variable ensemble: melody counter-melody guitar chords and bass line.The twelve pieces are arranged for an ?open scoring ? i.e. you can choose the instruments add octave doublings leave out voices or improvise your own ideas to suit yourtaste. They offer a glimpse into the typically bittersweet melody and harmony of Yiddish music which emerged from a mixture of Yid-dish Slavic Rumanian and German stylistic elements and is currently undergoing a revival in the folk music scene.Includes C and B Flat parts for melodies 1 2 and 3 and a bass part. The pianist plays from the score.?If you ever wanted to try Klezmer Latin American or Viennese coffee-house music here is your opportunity.?(Strings 5/2005)?I am a grateful to Bärenreiter for producing not only a practical means of performing real Klezmer music but a valuable way in which this unique and characteristic music is sure to be preserved.?(Pan 12/2004)

A selection of jazz pieces arranged for Keyboard and Guitar (both chord symbols and tablatures are included). For every piece you will find three versions: A simplified version: with the melody in the right hand and an easy accompanying line in the left hand (for beginners) A version for organ: with the melody in the right hand chords in the left and bass line for the pedal a version for solo piano for use with the piano or keyboard (medium difficulty) VOICE: It is possible to use the version contained in the CD for singing the pieces. The texts are found in the sheets inserted at the end of the volume and themelodies are given in the keyboard parts (right hand) GUITAR: All the guitar boxes for the chords are given in the single sheets inserted at the end of the volume. The sheet for each piece contains besides the guitar chords the text and a table with the melodic line (right hand) of the keyboard versions. OTHER INSTRUMENTS: It is also possible to play the melody parts or to improvise with other instruments such as flute violin etc. It should be noted that for instruments such as the clarinet or the saxophone the melodies will have to be transposed. A bass can be added to the group playing from the pedal part of the organ versions.

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

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Jazz Series : Modern Guitar Method Number of pages : 32 This volume of the Modern Guitar Method Supplements (formerly the Frank Vignola Play-Along Series) contains ten solos which have been written and recorded over blues and rhythm changes in many different keys. The performance-tempo recordings of the solos include numerous choruses of rhythm section only, allowing for individual practice of the written solos or practice of original ideas with a live rhythm section. Occasionally, during these rhythm only sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised solo for four, 12, or 24 measures. This allows the student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece. The Modern Guitar Method Supplement Blues and Rhythm Changes series gives any student of jazz guitar great ideas for playing solos over two of the most popular musical forms in jazz.

One of the foremost personalities in the world of Jazz Guitar Larry Coryell has played against the best and here presents an insight into his distinctive and fluid approach.From bebop heroes Sonny Rollins and CharlesMingus to fusion superstars Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Coryell's guitar playing has graced the recordings of the hottest stars in Jazz making him a guitarist of huge reputation and respect. In this three-part DVD seriesCoryell analyses his own Jazz perspective providing an empirical method of solo and chord improvisation.Volume two includes:Creating the improvised lineChord substitutionsImportance of the major/minorseventh soundThe 'Jazz' minor and its related chordsApplying scales to standardsRepositioning chords to fit a single-note lineVocabulary of improvisationBlues phrasing and Bebop sophisticationsGuitaristdevices and techniquesApproaching a solo and small-group performance of the same songDetailed discussion of Autumn Leaves and Coltrane's Moment Of Notice

The Alfred Jazz EASY Play-Along series goes beyond the other play-alongs. Each volume has parts for C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments and includes a sample jazz solo written out for you to listen to, play, and practice. The included CD has a demo and play-along track for each tune. The demo track , featuring a pro rhythm section and horn player, is a learning tool for the melodic concept, overall jazz style and the sample jazz solo. The play-along track allows a soloist or group to learn and perform with the rhythm section. Specific improvisation tips and suggestions are included. The included sample jazz solo is an invaluable asset that makes learning how to improvise easier. There is also a matching book for rhythm section featuring piano, bass and drum parts. Nine great tunes=great jazz! Titles: Gentle Rain * Listen Here * Manha de Carnival * Night and Day * Poinciana * Recorda Me * The Shadow of Your Smile * Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise * Star Eyes. Recorda Me (Remember Me) Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise The Shadow of Your Smile (from The Sandpiper) Star Eyes Manha de Carnaval Gentle Rain Poinciana Night and Day (from Gay Divorcee) Listen Here

Inside Improvisation : vol. 6 Learning a language requires listening on many levels to the meanings, the sounds, the intentions, and the inflections or nuances of the language. The first chapters of this volume on learning the language of jazz focus on the prerequisites of chord scales, approach notes to chord tones and target notes, scale motives and sequences, and lines. Part two qualifies improvisational techniques into three areas; melodic, harmonic and sonic (rhythmic devices are the focus of Vol. IV, Melodic Rhythms) and it is designed as a menu of soloing devices from which you can select your personal course of study. Over 100 specific devices are discussed and conceptualized so as to give the improviser more depth of expression and a greater well from which to draw ideas. Among the numerous topics presented are: guide tones, voice leading, chord substitutions, three tonic system for composition, tritonics, hexatonics, tonal expansions, whole tone playing, augmented symmetric scales, double diminished scales, limited range and large range playing, shapes, blues melodies, accents, comping as a soloing device, common tones, articulations, laying back on the... The CD contains twelve standard chord progressions, each played in two different tempos. Renato Chicco - piano Dave Santoro - bass Adam Nussbaum - drums

Alfred Jazz Play- Along va bien au-delà des autres jeux en choeur . Chaque volume contient des pièces pour C , B- plat , mi bémol , et des instruments de clef de basse et comprend un solo de jazz échantillon écrite pour chaque instrumentiste à écouter , lire et pratique. Ces solos échantillons sont de précieux atouts qui rendent l'apprentissage plus facile à improviser . Le logiciel TNT2 personnalisée Mix facile à l'utilisation novatrice sur le DVD -ROM d'accompagnement vous permet de ralentir ou d'accélérer le tempo , mélangez et de personnaliser une démo ou jouez - le long de la piste , boucle une section pour la pratique spécifique , et plus encore. Doté d'une section rythmique et de la corne joueur professionnel , les démos sont des exemples d'articulation de jazz , l'interprétation et l'improvisation . En retirant votre part de l'instrument à partir d'un mélange de piste, vous pouvez jouer à la pratique avec la section rythmique . En outre, chaque standard de jazz a des conseils et des suggestions d'improvisation spécifiques . Un livre correspondant pour les instruments de la section rythmique dispose piano, basse , et des parties de batterie .Ce jeu - long innovante comprend :* Grands standards de jazz à un niveau de difficulté moyenne* Pièces pour C , bémol , mi bémol , et des instruments de clef basse* Solos échantillon écrit -out jazz à écouter , étudier et jouer avec pendant que vous apprenez à improviser* Choeurs de jazz pour des possibilités de solos* Conseils d'improvisation utiles pour chaque morceau* Le logiciel TNT2 personnalisée Mix sur le DVD -ROM avec une table de mixage facile à utiliser pour le mélange, en boucle , et le ralentissement de la démonstration et la diffusion le long des voies* Un , livre correspondant disponible Rhythm Section avec piano , basse, et des parties de batterie pour créer de petits arrangements de groupe / Tout Instrument

Three vamp parts are layered on each other in this innovative improvisation collection allowing soloists to join in as they please.Some vamps are simple others more challenging. Improvising becomes accessible with soloing guidelines and tips. 35 different styles are covered including jazz classical hip-hop rock country-western Asian African Celtic Latin Gregorian and more.Each page has sugested notes for soloing so your solo will always fit with the other players. These volumes are available for four instruments ? Violin Viola and Cello/String Bass ? so string players can improvise together.

Le Alfred Jazz Play-Along série va au-delà de l'autre jouer en choeur! Certains des meilleurs airs de jazz écrites sont disposés dans un cadre pédagogique et ludique, avec des enregistrements sophistiqués par certains des meilleurs musiciens du pays. Chaque volume contient des pièces pour C, Bb, Eb et instruments Bass Clef et comprend un échantillon solo de jazz qui est écrit pour vous écouter, lire et pratique. Le CD a une démo et play-along piste pour chaque chanson. La piste de démonstration, avec une section rythmique pro et corniste, est un outil d'apprentissage pour le concept mélodique, le style global de jazz, et l'échantillon jazz solo. Le play-along piste permet un soliste ou un groupe à apprendre et à exécuter avec la section rythmique. Conseils et suggestions d'improvisation spécifiques sont inclus. Un solo de jazz est écrit pour chaque morceau - un atout précieux qui permet d'apprendre à improviser facile. Il ya aussi un livre correspondant à la section rythmique avec piano, basse, et des parties de batterie! Neuf grands airs = excellent jazz! / Tout Instrument

This must-have new series gives you the opportunity to learn 27 of the most important jazz standards contained in the Just Jazz and Just Standards Real Books. Learn these great songs by playing along with jazz greats Jimmy Haslip and Barry Coates in a classic trio jazz setting. Plus, in the accompanying books Jimmy and Barry teach their approaches to chord substitution, comping, and soloing concepts; including complete transcriptions of their own improvised solos and Barry's awe-inspiring chord melody arrangements of the heads. Volume 3 titles are: My Funny Valentine * Night and Day * How High the Moon * Emily * Gentle Rain * On Green Dolphin Street * Secret Love * Softly As in a Morning Sunrise * Summertime.

This volume is split into three parts each dedicated to the three basic skills expected of a jazz trumpeter: teh ability to play together with others (Chapter 1) the ability to improvise (Chapter 2) and the ability to lead a wind section or bigband with his own instrument (Chapter 3). The volume comes with a DVD letting you watch and listen to some examples and most importantly play the section and improvisation exercises with the aid of a rhythmic backing track and a typical trumpetsection.