Want to learn how to build great bass lines? This book will help! While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording from A New Approach to Jazz Improvisation Volume 54: Maiden Voyage (sold separately - J.W. Pepper number 5293923) until you've mastered his "feel" and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all "New Approach" recordings, switch the bassist off and play along with just the piano and drums! This book is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold play-alongs. Combo and jazz ensemble instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes transcribed bass lines to the chord changes of: Autumn Leaves; Bb Shuffle Blues; Cantaloupe Island; Doxy; F Blues; Footprints; Impressions; Maiden Voyage; Satin Doll; Song for My Father; Summertime; Watermelon Man and III/V17/II/V Progression. Includes notes in bass clef with chord symbols above each measure.

Here's a great resource for all musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording from A New Approach to Jazz Improvisation Volume 70: Killer Joe (sold separately - J.W. Pepper number 5493689) until you've mastered his "feel" and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all "New Approach" recordings, switch the bassist off and play along with just the piano and drums! This book is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold play-alongs. Combo and jazz ensemble instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes transcribed bass lines to the chord changes of: Killer Joe; Blue Moon; Sweet Georgia Brown; Sugar; Misty; Stop-Time Blues; The Girl from Ipanema; Bb New Orleans Blues; Mr. PC; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Ladybird; Afternoon in Paris and 3/4 Blues.

These book and CD packs feature easy-to-read, authentic big band parts for ten terrific jazz tunes with a professionally recorded play along CD that lets instrumentalists perform as part of a big band. Players can learn style and interpretation while having fun playing along in a real big band setting. Included are these ten standard jazz charts: Bag's Groove; Blue 'N Boogie; Blue Train (Blue Trane); Doxy; Four; Moten Swing; Oleo; Song for My Father; Stolen Moments and Straight No Chaser.

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: Agua De Beber (Water to Drink); At the Mambo Inn; Bsame Mucho (Kiss Me Much); The Look of Love; Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...); Mas Que Nada; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So); Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado); Ran Kan Kan and St. Thomas.

Here is a collection of hip musical compositions by award-winning bassist Tyrone Brown. Compositions for Bass offers ten pieces in various grooves including Swing, Latin and odd meters. The companion CD has Mr. Brown performing each piece - eight on acoustic bass and two on acoustic bass guitar. The pieces are also playable on electric bass guitar. Some tunes are suitable for solos or duets. The solo from each pieces is also transcribed.

This improvisation method for beginning and developing improvisors cuts the chord symbols out of soloing by using only major scales over standard tunes. Learn the most direct way to solo easily over the tunes that are our jazz heritage, adopted long ago from film and Broadway scores into a jazz tradition. There's no longer any reason to be afraid of improvising over the music of Gershwin, Porter, Learner and Loewe, Mercer and more. This method is ideal for classroom, private, or self-instruction, as well as music education and jazz pedagogy classes. Included are a book with sheet music for improvisors struggling with standard tunes, a play-along CD with superb rhythm section accompaniment, and a CD-ROM packed with theory instruction, listening examples, a discography, and printable accompaniment scores and parts for optional live rhythm section. "Cutting the Changes" will build confidence in young instrumentalists and vocalists and provide a solid framework for expanding improvisational techniques!

Basic Library
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 fundamental material has been kept intact because classic concepts do not change. This new edition includes more transcriptions from his recorded solos, original duets, new etudes and additional ways to learn tunes and conceive better bass lines. "The Evolving Bassist" is designed to take you through the process of helping you become the consummate bass player!

Basic Library
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 University of North Texas, this book is perfect for study, auditions or performances. These solos work equally well for acoustic or electric bass.

Basic Library
The energy core of any jazz ensemble or combo is the rhythm section! It radiates the groove, time and essence of the music. This outstanding and comprehensive series includes introductions, explanations and instructions on the essential elements of performance, such as style, performance tips, and genres required for the solid understanding of what is required of a successful member of this vital part of the jazz group. There is also a play-along piece at the end of each chapter for reinforcement and further development of appropriate skills. The seven genres covered in this excellent method for your rhythm section are: swing, bossa nova, rock, shuffle, samba, funk, and ballad. Additional topics include: volume -- or knowing when not to play; how to keep time as a rhythm section; and effective comping. Each student book includes reproducible pages and a compact disc. The optional DVD is included with the director's book and is also available separately. The CD offers examples of jazz grooves, complex rhythms, and accompaniment tracks for the play-along pieces. Demonstrations of the examples are effectively presented by a driving rhythm section on the DVD. The complete kit includes: the Training Kit plus Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano and Supplemental Books with CDs. Each book is authored by a professional musician and teacher in the respective performance area. The entire jazz ensemble will reap huge rewards when the rhythm section plays as a cohesive unit and comprehends the elements of the chart being performed! Very highly recommended!