Hal Leonard - Thelonious Monk Classics - Jazz Play-Along Volume 90 (CD/Pkg)

For use with all Bb, Eb, C and Bass Clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: Melody cue with proper style and inflection • Professional rhythm tracks • Choruses for soloing • Removable bass part • Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) • Additional choruses for soloing. 10 songs: Ask Me Now • Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues) • Brake's Sake • Coming on the Hudson • Evidence • Green Chimneys • Monk's Dream • Reflections • Straight No Chaser • Think of One. Softcover with CD. 64 pages. Size: 12" x 9". Artist: Thelonious Monk. ISBN: 793587603

Willis Music - Jazzabilities Book 1 Book/CD

The Jazzabilities series introduces the student to the sounds of jazz through short exercises and performance pieces. The emphasis is on developing rhythmic control through jazzy melodic and harmonic bits- in essence, building a jazz vocabulary. Many beginning jazz method or repertoire books are designed for the more experienced student. Jazzabilities Book 1 is written for the later elementary level student. It uses rhythmic durations and hand positions consistent with most level 2 method books. Swing eighths and bluesy accidentals are used throughout. There are no triplets in Book 1. The key to any successful performance is rhythmic control. Jazzabilities helps develop this control by isolating and mastering short rhythmic patterns before playing them. There are clear and simple instructions for the student and teacher in the book's introduction. Basic improvisation is also introduced. BOOK W/CD. 32 pages. Size: 12" x 9". Author: Eric Baumgartner. ISBN: 1423486064