Mel Bay Publications

Music critics and performers alike have hailed Joe Pass as one of the finest jazz musicians to have ever lived. This book effectively combines five previously published books by Joe Pass in a single c...

Larry Coryell discusses and illustrates scales, modes, finger exercises, improvisation and chords. This book offers notation, tablature, and three audio CDs for the intermediate to advanced student.

Presents hundreds of improvised melodic lines played by Joe Pass. Each of the melodic lines are grouped in the harmonic situation in which they were originally played (i. e. all minor lines are presen...

In this book and the accompanying online audio, master jazz guitarist Frank Vignola has taken eight different jazz standard chord progressions and recorded rhythm Guitar parts so you can play along an...

Knowing your arpeggios is essential to becoming a complete guitarist. In this book you will find written out all of the arpeggios that you will need to learn and commit to memory. This book includes M...

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This bo...

This Essential Jazz Lines title offers in-depth explanations into Wes Montgomery's improvisational techniques as well as his approach to different chord progressions found in many Jazz standards.

John 'Bucky' Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive. For more than half a century, 'Bucky, ' as he is affectionately known, has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have...

This book contains a study and breakdown of 'harmony in 4ths'. The introduction of quartal harmony in modern jazz began in the 1960's. Compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane such as 'Impression...

A comprehensive jazz chord dictionary containing essential barre chord and rhythm chord forms. Included are chord forms ranging from major, minor, and dominant 7th shapes to extensions such as minor 7...

Designed for beginning Piano students who are looking for fun, modern music to play, Jazz Piano For The Young Beginner includes an introduction to the theory behind playing the instrument as well as 3...

Et si Chopin avait écrit de la musique à une autre époque de l'histoire ? La réponse est cette collection des morceaux les plus célèbres de Frédéric Chopin, arrangés dans le style du jazz, garantis po...

This book will give bassists insight into many of the scales used in jazz. Each scale is presented with standard notation, tablature, and fingering patterns for both one octave and two octaves. The bo...

Clifford Brown est l'un des trompettistes de jazz les plus influents et un véritable maître du jazz. Sa sonorité fantastique, son temps, son feeling et sa maîtrise du langage du jazz inspirent les mus...

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This bo...

Quiero Tocar El Saxofon, del reconocido autor Victor M. Barba es de verdad un libro muy bueno para aprender a tocar el saxofon, porque viene muy bien explicado y facil de entender. Ya sea que quieras...

This collection of ten jazz etudes with accompanying audio provides intermediate to advanced alto sax students with a fun and effective way to learn to play in the specific odd meters: 3/4, 5/4, 7/4,...

This collection of ten jazz etudes with accompanying audio provides intermediate to advanced tenor sax students with a fun and effective way to learn to play in the specific odd meters: 3/4, 5/4, 7/4,...

This collection of jazz etudes by Jack Wilkins gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues comes with audio tracks, available to d...

The exercises in this text can help develop your coordination, reading and ability to swing in odd time signatures. If practiced thoroughly, you will gain the facility and the confidence to express yo...

Inside The Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind Drum method that uses traditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazz ensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form,...

With this collection of 26 folk hymns, author Peter Irvine brings shape-note music into the home, and provides adaptable music for a variety of instrumental ensembles. This format allows for instrumen...

These twenty hymns for the beginning piano student are arranged in the easiest position, with both thumbs on middle C. There are some simple harmony and contrary motion, and the smallest rhythmic unit...

Each arrangement in this exciting collection has easy left-hand rhythm patterns that compliment the Praise song. Fifteen popular songs are included in this book which may be used as a piano solo or as...

This collection of Piano solos includes twelve classic hymns, a variety of themes representative of the Christian faith's heritage. Unique arrangements are an addition to anyone's music library and ca...