Par KAPUSTIN NIKOLAI. Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled, yet notated improvisation. / Date parution : 2016-11-20/ Répertoire…

This Mel Bay Gig Saver gives aspiring guitarists ideas about jazz guitar accompaniment in a brief affordable yet informative fashion. In jazz the term 'comping' means to accompany and in some cases to complement. It is thejob of the harmonic instrument (guitar) to provide a background for other musicians to improvise against or a singer to sing against. The idea when comping is to make the …

This exhaustive yet compact (5 1/2'x8') QWIKGUIDE chord reference shows chords from simple triads through myriad extensions of the dominant seventh chord all in grid format only. All voicings and variants of chords are shownchromatically from the root tone beginning with C Cm C6 C7 C diminished C augmented etc. Chords are further subdivided into categories including chords with individually…

Rare is the drummer who is both influwntial and essential to a genre but Billy Cobham is just that in regards to jazz and consequently to music in general. He's performed with Miles Davis - displaying his ambidextrous drumming on classic recordings.This play-along package features selections from Spectrum where the individual instrument tracks are remixed so that the musician/student can play a…

Bill Evans the pianist is a towering figure acknowledged by the Jazz world fans musicians and critics.However Bill Evans the composer has yet to take his place alongside the great Masters of composition. Therein liesthe sole purpose of writing this treatise.Evans's compositions must be studied and played. They are rich and full of wondrous invention and genius. I get much pleasure from playi…

Rare is the drummer who is both influwntial and essential to a genre but Billy Cobham is just that in regards to jazz and consequently to music in general. He's performed with Miles Davis - displaying his ambidextrous drumming on classic recordings.This play-along package features selections from Spectrum where the individual instrument tracks are remixed so that the musician/student can play a…

This joyful Stevie Wonder classic celebrates music and the universal joy it brings to all people. Not a jazz piece but paying tribute to jazz greats such as Duke Ellington this piece is skillfully arranged for less experiencedsingers; yet it loses none of the power delight and pure fun of the original.Available separately: 3-Part Mixed 2-Part and VoiceTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:15

Rare is the drummer who is both influwntial and essential to a genre but Billy Cobham is just that in regards to jazz and consequently to music in general. He's performed with Miles Davis - displaying his ambidextrous drumming on classic recordings.This play-along package features selections from Spectrum where the individual instrument tracks are remixed so that the musician/student can play a…

40 Pieces Without Octaves. Par DIVERS AUTEURS / ARENS BARBARA (ARR.). Having a small hand span on the piano is frustrating. So much piano literature contains octaves or big chords making it difficult or impossible to play. It is a problem for piano teachers to find playable yet engaging, motivating, fun literature for their small-handed students. One such teacher asked Barbara Arens to write some …

from Star Trek: The Next Generation-From a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name The Inner Light is a melody that is haunting and yet full of solace. A perfect choice for solo with string orchestra James Kazik's setting includessolo parts for flute violin piccolo or even the original penny whistle as played by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart).