Jazz In Focus - Blues Improv: Piano: Instrumental Tutor

Par ASCH GLENN / REINER DAVID. For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works inpractice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz / Recueil / Violon

Explore the world of jazz violin with one of America's finest jazz and swing violinists Jeremy Cohen. With this book/CD pack violinists can: practice soloing and improvising along with a recorded Hot-Club-style band · learn melodies and solos to 16 great jazz standards · build strength stamina focus and improvising skills by jamming with the band. Includes two audio CDs with variable-speed practice tracks and full-band accompaniment.

Bob Mintzer's 15 Easy Jazz/Blues/Funk Etudes will appeal to both the aspiring player and more experienced musicians. For the younger player particular care is given to range rhythmic figures and overall playability. The more accomplished musician will appreciate the high level of musicality the lyrical compositions and the opportunities to improvise provided in this book and CD set.15 Easy Jazz/Blues/Funk Etudes has simple clear format: Bob Mintzer plays and demonstrates each etude with a stellar rhythm section on the included CD. You'll learn each etude and when ready can play along with the CDaccompaniment.Each of Bob Mintzer's 15 etudes focuses on the 'melodic groove' and is drawn for the jazz and blues tradition. Everything you need to play jazz funk and blues is included and all books are compatible so that they can be performed together.

This unique book gives an in-depth insight into blues guitar from early Chicago Blues through Memphis and Detroit Blues the British Blues boom Jazz Blues and many other blues genres right up to the blues styles of today’s hottest guitarists.Focusing on the playing styles of influential guitarists author John Wheatcroft teaches the basics of blues improvisation and shows how it has developed over the years. Learn how to solo like classic blues guitarists B. B. King John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins and then move on to find out more about the playing styles of Eric Clapton Jimi Hendrix Stevie Ray Vaughan Robben Ford and many others.Simple step-by-stepguides introduce basic techniques harmony and theory with demo solos and backing tracks on the accompanying CD.

Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band to small combos to a solo context. This book is divided into 4 sections which addresses 12-bar blues progressions, 3-note Freddie Green-type chords, shuffles, swing riff comping, chord scales, linear bebop comping, modal concepts, triads over bass notes and a wealth of chord voicings and inversions. Includes over 110 music examples, 45 complete 12-bar choruses, and a CD with 30 tracks. It also offers a helpful glossary of jazz terminology. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Start taking your blues playing to the next level with an injection of jazz and practical theory! This excellent DVD draws from the styles of legendary artists such as Larry Carlton and Robben Ford. We'll look at 30 licks in greatdetail (across 3 positions) which are not only taught note for note but explained in a way that will not just show you where to play but focusing in on exactly why we're playing that particular note in relation to the chord. TheDVD also includes tab which features all the licks improvisation and diagrams to really help you get this under your fingers fast. It also looks at scale and arpeggio shapes in a selection of CAGED positions and digs down intothe sound of the dominant 7 chord and much more to massively improve your blues fusion techniques.