Jamey Aebersold Livres

For all instrumentalists and vocalists. Great primer for learning basic skills in major and minor keys. Advanced players will want to work on "double-timing," playing "outside," and "side-slipping" in all keys at comfortable tempos. The CDs contain 30 extended tracks of recorded background. Special tracks have Jamey Aebersold playing various exercises and soloing on his saxophone with actual cuts from Volume 24 so you can hear and see how to use this set. All exercises and sax solos on the demo tracks are transcribed and written out in the book! Pick a different key each day/week/practice. Rhythm Section: J. Aebersold (p); John Goldsby (b); Charlie Craig (d).

The blues have contained the very essence of the jazz sound since the 1920s. A player who masters the sound and feel of the blues will play other jazz tunes in a manner that will inspire the listener. Contains 11 different blues melodies and is a natural follow-up to Volume 1 or Volume 21. Tempos are not fast. Presented in various keys with a variety of moods from slow to rock. Chords and scales are written in the staff for each track. A special guitar edition is now available (item #24-V02G)! Beginning/Intermediate. Rhythm Section: Dan Haerle (p); Rufus Reid (b); Mike Hyman (d). Suggested Prerequisites: Volumes 24, 1, and 21. Titles: Mr. Super Hip * Horizontal (C Blues) * 6/8 Modal Blues * Slow Blues in G * Slow Blues in F * Fast Blues in F * Fast Blues in B-flat * Minor Blues in C * Home Stretch * Long-Meter Jazz/Rock * Bird Blues.

This is your chance! Take the techniques and theory you've learned from Volumes 1, 2, 3, 21, and 24 and apply them to a real playing situation on comfortable tunes. A great volume to use when making the transition from learning scales and chords to actually playing melodies and chord progressions. Eight songs written in the style of the great standards. Book contains suggestions for soloing on each tune and a Scale Syllabus. Rhythm Section: Dan Haerle (p); Rufus Reid (b); Jonathan Higgins (d). Titles: Groovitis * Beatitude * Modal Voyage * Bebopish * Killer Pete * Freddieish * Snap, Crackle & Pop * Essence.

This 2-CD set is filled with 20 fantastic standards from the Golden Age of American songwriting. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Jonathan Higgins (d). Titles: Pennies from Heaven * Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone * Somebody Loves Me * Time on My Hands * Walkin' My Baby Back Home * Sometimes I'm Happy * My Buddy * My Blue Heaven * Jeepers Creepers * Is It True What They Say About Dixie? * Day In Day Out * Ain't She Sweet * Blueberry Hill * How Little We Know * April Showers * Honeysuckle Rose * Ain't Misbehavin' * Begin the Beguine * String of Pearls * Blueberry Hill (Jazz Version).

Includes 12 of the world's most beautiful and often-played standards. Learn and enjoy these timeless classics while being accompanied by a rhythm section of master musicians. Book includes lyrics. Rhythm Section: Mark Levine (p); Lynn Seaton (b); Steve Davis (d). Titles: Can't We Be Friends * Darn That Dream * For Heaven's Sake * Gentle Rain * I Can't Give You Anything but Love (Slow & Fast Versions) * Idaho * My Ship * No More Blues * The Things We Did Last Summer * This Can't Be Love * Who Can I Turn To * Who Cares.

Lush ballads and swingin' standards for every occasion, tastefully played by an outstanding rhythm section and made "unforgettable" by such great jazzmen as Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Ray Noble, and Nat King Cole. A practical and enjoyable set for all jazz players. These songs are essential in the professional musician's library. Learning these timeless standards will enable you to handle any musical situation, be it a casual, professional, or high-powered jazz concert. Rhythm Section: Hal Galper (p); Wayne Dockery (b); Steve Ellington (d). Titles: Let's Fall in Love * Unforgettable * I'll Take Romance * Imagination * Gone with the Wind * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning * I Hadn't Anyone Till You * When You Wish Upon a Star * Like Someone In Love * Lullaby of the Leaves * Polka Dots and Moonbeams * Someday My Prince Will Come.

Here is a great way to expand your blues playing in every key! Slow tempos for all levels of ability. Try playing some of the tougher keys without looking at the music and see just how fast your ear takes over. You'll find yourself gaining confidence very quickly and that will greatly improve your soloing. Charlie Parker learned the blues in all 12 keys before he learned anything else. Transposed for all instruments. Each key contains a different blues melody and two compatible chord/scale progressions. Rhythm Section: James Williams (p); Bob Cranshaw (b); Mickey Roker (d).

After much debate, it seemed only fitting that Volume 100 should celebrate the music of the great innovators who started it all. Recorded in an authentic style, there is a purity to these songs that is refreshing to the ear and makes them fun to play, with a "bounce" that is seldom heard in today's modern styles. You'll love it Special stereo separation on the CD has the Piano, Bass, and Drums on the right channel and Banjo, Bass, and Drums on the left. This allows anyone with a balance control on their stereo the option of eliminating either the piano or banjo from the recording simply by turning one track off---great for pianists and guitarists who want to "sit in" as well as for horn players who want to "mix-up" the rhythm section now and then. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Scott Henderson (banjo); John Goldsby (b); Rob Rawsthorne (d). Titles: After You've Gone * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Bill Bailey * Chicago * Darktown Strutter's Ball * Indiana * Limehouse Blues * Margie * Royal Garden Blues * Saint James Infirmary * St. Louis Blues * That's A Plenty * The Sheik of Araby * Tiger Rag * Way Down Under In New Orleans * When The Saints Go Marching In.