Jazz Method Books

Play along with a professional big band and learn valuable styles while having fun! For aspiring jazz players, here are accessible and authentic big band arrangements for 10 hot Latin grooves including:

With these cool book/CD packs, solo instrumentalists can play their parts along with a full, professional big band. This set will aid players in learning correct style, interpretation and phrasing. Includes

Learning the blues can be like learning the ABCs. Because it's accessible, expressive, and fun, the blues is the perfect place for a pianist to first encounter jazz and popular music. Featuring 26 original

Peter Retzlaff and Ian Froman provide an overview of jazz playing from early small group jazz right up through post-bop and ECM styles. Retzlaff's section contains a complete approach to ride cymbal

The Essence of the Blues provides beginners and moderately advanced musicians with an introduction to the language of the blues. Perfect for study, rehearsals or classroom, this book and CD method

Essential Drum Fills is a collection of fills that renowned drummer Peter Erskine has enjoyed hearing and/or playing over the years.  The book includes over 500 drum fills in a variety of

At last, a play-along book for developing jazz players! In addition to being a perfect introduction to some of the most familiar jazz standards, Essential Elements Jazz Standards includes hints for

Welcome to the exciting world of jazz improvisation! Whether used as a supplement to the Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble method book or just by themselves, these play-along book and CD-ROM

This revised edition marks over three decades in publication as "the standard" in bass method books. Through the years since this book was first published, Rufus felt that a major revision was needed. The

This superb series features ten big band charts composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin, a play-along CD with demo tracks, solo opportunities, transcribed solos in the sax, trumpet, and trombone books, and

Here is a fun, easy course that teaches children how to improvise and play jazz piano faster than ever before. Kids will stay motivated as they improvise on popular children's songs arranged in a jazz

For jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation, this book is the long-awaited third series of play-along books by Jim Snidero. Featuring 15 challenging (but not too challenging) tunes with familiar

For jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation, this book/CD package is an exciting way for players at all levels to learn the language of jazz! Each book/CD set features 21 solo etudes based on

A complete method for learning to speak the language of jazz on your horn. This new method by New York jazz artist Tim Armacost is the ultimate guide to playing saxophone. Whether you are just beginning to

This set of 11 originals in a variety of jazz styles vary in grade levels from Easy to Advanced. Composed by Lynn Seaton, Assistant Professor in the Jazz Studies Division of the College of Music at the

Play along and study the tunes famously recorded by the Mu'tet featuring Jeff Coffin on saxophones, Roy "Futureman" Wooten (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) on drums, Felix Pastorius (formerly of the