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A collection of 35 popular jazz standard arrangements for solo piano. Each arrangement begins with a short introduction, providing brief technical and theoretical guidance for how the piece should be

Arrange and write for a horn section! In this book, aspiring arrangers will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. The capabilities and characteristics of the most common

Learn the art of jazz bass. Whether you are new to playing jazz or wish to hone your skills, and whether you play acoustic or electric bass, this book will help you expand your basic technique to create

With this book and its online audio examples, students will learn to develop their own sound, perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels, and improvise dynamic fills and solos. Additionally,

Play jazz piano with new facility and expression as Ray Santisi, one of the most revered educators at the Berklee College of Music, reveals the pedagogy at the core of Berklee's jazz piano curriculum. From

Learn ten jazz guitar standards, arranged for solo guitar. These performance ready arrangements demonstrate different ways to interpret jazz standards and render them for solo guitar performance. Each

This essential method features rigorous, hands-on, "ears-on" practice exercises that helps students explore the inner workings of music, presenting notes, scales, and rhythms as they are heard in pop, jazz,

This volume focuses on harmony, including triads, seventh chords, inversions, and voice leading for jazz, blues and popular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create

Add dimension and interest to your music. This essential, core material is for anyone who arranges jazz standards or writes original jazz compositions. This book will help you craft melodies,

Develop jazz solos using melodic fragments from traditional fiddle tunes. These etudes show how melodic cells can be used to create extended improvisations. In each example, fragments of a traditional

Learn to play with jazz phrasing and articulation. These 27 duets are in jazz and jazz-influenced styles such as swing, bebop, funk, samba, and more. They are appropriate for performance by any melodic

Learn to improvise fluently over common jazz progressions. Learn to use simple source material, such as four-note "cells," and characteristic bebop motifs to help you make fast progress towards "making the