Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correctly in a large jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Bass in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples and a play along CD to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, B…

The Bass has been called "the most important instrument in any band." The Bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes, keep the "time flow" or "pulse" steady, and keep the form of the song together. Walking Jazz Lines For Bass is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz, blues, RandB, gospel, L…

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, overa…

The Easy Jazz Play-Along series includes songs with accessible chord changes and features recordings with novice-friendly tempos.For Easy Jazz Play-Along Volume 5: Easy Latin Classics, just follow the streamlined lead sheets in the book and play along with the professionally recorded backing tracks on the CD.The CD is playable on any CD player and is also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust th…

Pour une utilisation avec tous les instruments en clé de Bb, Eb, C et de la basse, le Jazz Play-Along Series est l'outil ultime pour tous les musiciens de jazz. Grâce à des feuilles de plomb musicien-amicale, queues de mélodie et d'autres choix split-piste sur le CD inclus, le paquet de ce premier de son genre permet d'apprendre à jouer du jazz plus facile que jamais. / Bb, Eb, C And Bass Clef Ins…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. With the continued worldwide success of the book series Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves that I co-authored with sax player Frank Villafranca based on compositions that we wrote for our band The Super Groovers, I have now authored this series of Smooth Jazz books for the following instruments: Piano/Keyboards, Guitar/Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Tenor and Alto Saxes, Trumpet and T…

For Eb (Alto) Sax - Beginner Series. Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has b…