Partitions jazz

For all instrumentalists -- single - line writing, not full piano score. Over 150 pages of Chick's finest solos.

While nearly all great solos contain a delicate balance of contrast and continuity in the broader sense, (rhythm, range, harmonic interest & variation, dynamics, pacing, etc.) this concept illustrates...

In 'Beyond Time and Changes', acclaimed jazz trombonist, pianist, composer, arranger, teacher and author Hal Crook offers a methodology to guide the advancing improviser through the un-chartered music...

Uncommon Etudes from Common Scales will better equip students and challenge improvisers of all levels with etudes that travel through all keys using common chord types. Also, expand your melodic and c...

Revised Edition 2006 This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improv...

Revised Edition 2006 This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improv...

The jazz ballad provides our greatest opportunity for lyrical expression and represents the surest way to the musical heart. Traditionally, it has been the testing ground for a performer's worth, yet...

Time and rhythm are king! Number one! We are constantly aware of this fact when we are playing or listening to improvised music. All notes seem to sound good when they are played with good time. Even...

Developing a Jazz Language, is the sixth volume of Jerry Bergonzi's series, Inside Improvisation. Learning a language requires listening on many levels to the meanings, the sounds, the intentions, and...

Let's Play Rhythm is one of the most versatile book/CD play-alongs available providing three CDs which offer a complete learning experience. You'll hear master musicians demonstrating the lessons in t...

Uncommon Bebop from Common Bebop Practices & Concepts demonstrates how to develop a colourful language for improvisation from common bebop practices and devices. Learn how to alter melodic lines beyon...

L'un des titres les plus populaires de tous les temps est celui de la petite mélodie appelée Take Five. Les musiciens le savent : derrière ce titre se cache une mesure à 5/4. Depuis Dave Brubeck, de p...

Hip up your playing with the signature sound of modern players. Contains many exercises/etudes of varying levels and 12 solos written over standard chord changes which utilize augmented scales in both...

A concise description of David's approach to playing over the stated tonality using chromaticism, polychords, derived chords, and non-diatonic scales. Includes a CD of David playing examples over sele...

Explores the 'hows, whats, and whys' of practice, performance, technique, and musicianship. Sometimes, it only takes a 'nudge' to move your playing to the next level. 6'x9' paperback. Why do musicians...

John Coltrane's landmark composition Giant Steps used a new harmonic formula. This book examines it in detail as well as Countdown! Also, contains many practice exercises and solo examples plus, how t...

Much has been written about the jazz 'language' or the jazz 'vocabulary.' Linguistic references are sensible and proper because, just as we speak in words and phrases derived from the alphabet, so do...

A Study Guide for Developing Soloists - Newly revised format features a 274 page Book, two audio play-a-long/demonstration CDs, and a third CD with 168 printable pdf pages of transcribed solos (from t...

Jerry Coker's new 84 page pocket-sized handbook teaches you not only 'how' to play in all 12 keys, but also 'why' it is essential to play in all 12 keys. This book is dedicated to all musicians who re...

For All Instruments! By Ben Markley. Learn how to create your own etudes in the style of your favorite players! Doing so reveals their favorite phrases and stylistic tendencies, allowing you to better...

This book is Jerry's newest contribution to the tool box of all serious musicians looking for new ways to expand their creative range. An easy read, Jerry presents a variety of ideas and material incl...

Learn the secret to playing long, flowing musical lines that move from one chord change to the other in a smooth, seamless manner. This book explains approach tones (a tone or series of tones leading...

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...

Im zweiten Teilband geht es um die Erschließung von Improvisationsmöglichkeiten. Erstmals wird ein Konzept entwickelt, aus dem heraus sich ein praktischer Zugang zu allen gängigen Möglichkeiten der Ja...

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