The World’s Best Piano Arrangements PDF. The most elegant, lyrical stylings, luscious harmonies, frills and fancies that mark the truly professional player – they are all here in the one collection that you will want to turn to again and again. Whether you play professionally, for friends, or just for your own enjoyment, you will thrill to these exquisite arrangements of the great songs, by such pianists as George Shearing, Bill Evans, Matt Dennis, Teddy Wilson, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Hazel Scott, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Eddie Heywood, Ed Shanaphy, Dave Brubeck and more truly great arrangers for piano!...

The Legends of Jazz Drumming traces the history of jazz drumming in America from its earliest, pre-1920 roots to the advent of the Be-Bop revolution in the 1940’s through the most exciting period in the evolution of jazz percussion, the 1950’s to the 1970’s. Included in this groundbreaking retrospective are rare film clips and still photographs of early pioneers such as Baby Dodds and Paul Barbarin, percussion legends Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough and Sid Catlett as well as innovators like Jo Jones and Kenny Clarke. The cool jazz of Shelly Manne and Joe Morello are...

Clay Moore Jazz & Fusion Guitar. Veteran teacher and performer Clay Moore (who has opened for the likes of the legendary Chuck Mangione and Spyro Gyra, among others) teaches this instructional aimed at intermediate and advanced students, to help them understand the intricacies of music theory. Chock full of facts and tip to help guitarists improve their playing, Moore covers the entirety of jazz technique and theory in this comprehensive, highly effective lesson. Geared toward intermediate- and advanced-level players, Moore’s lessons focus on the theory of chord and scale relationships and how they relate to the fretboard; position playing;...

Per Danielsson Jazz Piano DVD Real Book. Learn loved jazz standards from a piano player’s point of view. Per Danielsson analyzes and teaches both melodic and harmonic material with an “easy to understand” approach, paying particular attention to each tune’s unique features and demonstrating elements of the standards that have evolved over time to become the recognizable components that make these songs the classic masterpieces as we know them to be. The visual application of this DVD will help you to absorb the tunes more completely, and speed up the learning process. The tunes are recorded with a four...

Jake Willson Creative Chromatics Boxset. Become a master of chromatics as we teach you everything you need to know to start earning your stripes as a seasoned fusion pro! Being in total control of your ability to create tension and release is a fundamental skill of all great sounding contemporary guitar players. Throughout this three-part masterclass course we’ll be showing you how to build up that control so that you can apply it at the perfect moment to add more depth and interest to your musical lines. You’ll achieve this by learning how to combine chromatic pathways and embellishments...

John McLaughlin This Is The Way I Do It DVD download. Leave it to John McLaughlin to revolutionize how guitar improvisation is taught to the masses. This is the Way I Do It is a DVD landmark. It is the first music instruction DVD to use the full capabilities of the medium. Displayed for all of the chapters are three camera views, the left-hand, the right-hand and a score so that the player can follow along. Subtitled in five different languages for worldwide application. This three DVD set is not for beginning guitarists. You will need to have a...

Dave Weigert Jazz Workshop for Bass and Drums PDF. This softbound book explains how to play jazz bass and jazz drums. The chapters are as follows: History of Jazz Bass and Drums, Notation Improving Reading Skills, Lead Sheet Interpretation, Effective Practice, How To Practice With recordings, Set-Ups and Fills, Time, Jazz Feel, Form, Improvisation, Latin Feel, Comping and Time Playing, Touch, Tone, and Dynamics, Funk Feel. Listening and Developing Ears, Rehearsal Preparations. This comprehensive book/CD set can help drummers and bassists gain valuable playing experience in jazz, funk, and Latin jazz styles. Textbook for bassists and drummers. Helps to...

In Session with Carlos Santana PDF. Now you can be the featured artist on and play along to six classic Santana tracks! The book contains note-for-note transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tab, with full top lines with lyrics and chord symbols. There is a breakdown and analysis of each solo, containing essential hints and tips as well as biographical notes on the music and a full discography. The CD contains full demonstration tracks of all the featured songs, full backing tracks of all the songs for you to join in with and the solo demonstrated in full and...

Jim Chapin Speed, Power, Control, Endurance download free. Jazz drummer Chapin shares tips for would-be and intermediate drummers alike, focusing on increasing speed, power, control, and endurance. Features exercises and examples of accented and non-accented stickings. Many of the world’s great drummers credit their skills in part to Jim’s teaching and his books, Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer, Volumes 1 and 2. Whether a beginner or an accomplished drummer, this DVD (with added master-class footage) will continue to help drummers of all styles and levels achieve more Speed, Power, Control and Endurance. Enjoy the Chapin magic and do...

Jazz Piano Solos Volume 12 Swinging Jazz PDF. Piano Solo Songbook. Hip piano solo arrangements with chord names of 23 swinging classics. Easy reading, interesting reharmonizations and nice little solo sections. Most of the titles are well-known to the ‘boomer’ generation and their parents. I’m sure these arrangements would be “baby steps” to a real jazz musician. I’d put the “Jazz Ballads” (volume 10) in this category also: lots of good titles! (But the difficulty level varies more between the arrangements.) Oh, I should mention that chord symbols are included in both books, so it’s not hard to add...