David Baker

The Giants of Jazz series is designed to provide a method for studying, analyzing, imitating and assimilating the idiosyncratic and general facets of the styles of various jazz giants. The Coltrane bo...

Jazz Improvisation focuses on the communicative and technical aspects of improvisation and makes an excellent resource for both pros and aspiring improvisers. Assimilate and execute chord progressions...

Discover the soul of the blues and take your improvisation skills to the next level! With "Improvisational Patterns: The Blues" from the renowned Charles Colin Music Publications, you get an indispens...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of jazz with "How To Play Bebop Vol. 1", published by the renowned Alfred Publishing. This groundbreaking instructional book is the definitive guide for music...

Dive deeper into the fascinating world of jazz with "How To Play Bebop Vol. 2", published by Alfred Publishing. This indispensable book is entirely dedicated to the art of melodic construction in bebo...

Dive deep into the fascinating world of jazz with "How To Play Bebop Vol. 3" from the renowned publisher Alfred Publishing! This essential volume is entirely dedicated to the thorough study and practi...

Music Teaching for Special Educational Needs is comprehensive guide which provides a solid foundation for teachers wanting to understand and support music students with additional needs. It covers Dys...

Improvisational Patterns: The Bebop Era' is a series of pattern books predicated on the belief that while certain patterns seem to transcend eras and styles, the greater body of improvisational materi...

Improvisational Patterns: The Bebop Era' is a series of pattern books predicated on the belief that while certain patterns seem to transcend eras and styles, the greater body of improvisational materi...

DUETS by David Baker. These duets were designed to be fun to play and listen to, but more than that, they are challenging and full of musical problems similar to what one would face in professional pl...

Includes eight transcriptions of Chet's improvised solos for B flat and C concert instruments. Chet's solo were spliced out on eight tracks of the CD, so you can 'sit in' and play Chet's solos along w...

Cinema Classics for the Piano Volume 2, includes: Calling You (Bagdad Café) - Cam Caminì (Mary Poppins) - Feelings (I Favolosi Baker) - Giù La Testa (Giù La Testa) - Goldfinger (Agente 007 Missione Go...

Intermediate/Advanced. This set is a sleeper! A pioneer in jazz pedagogy, a prolific writer, and one of the finest jazz educators in the world, David Baker has written 8 tunes which contain a wide var...

Intermediate/Advanced. Until now, the task of memorizing tunes has required a great amount of time and has been left to chance by the musician. With no rules, guidelines, or systematic methods of stud...

Foundation Exercises for the Jazz Player - Vibrato and other Special Effects Tod-ul Tongue

The II V 7 Progression - Turnbacks & Cycles

A Method for Gaining Facility with the Various Scales - Scales, Multiphonics & Polytonality

Written by jazz legend David Baker, these solo-form etudes are swingin'! Better yet, they can be played with the popular Volume 5 (Time to Play Music) and 6 (Charlie Parker 'All Bird') Play-a-longs, s...

This proven jazz study course covers every aspect of improvisation. Volume 1 is a method for developing technique, based on George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept.

An excellent book designed to assist musicians with their performance of contemporary (post be-bop) jazz. It focuses on utilizing fourths, pentatonics, modes, bitonals and other contemporary materials...

Improvisational Patterns: The Bebop Era' is a series of pattern books predicated on the belief that while certain patterns seem to transcend eras and styles, the greater body of improvisational materi...

Modale Patterns in dorisch, melodisch Moll, Ganzton- und gemischten Skalen u.v.m. 128 S.