Great Play-Alongs For Jazz: Jamey Aebersold is a sure thing!
Why use Jamie Aebersold?
Designed for all instruments, these Jamie Aebersold selections feature instructional books with accompanying CDs. The play-a-longs make learning and practicing your favorite jazz standards easier and more fun than ever! For over 40 years, Jamie Aebersold has been making materials that address the main components of jazz, allowing people to listen along with the music. This approach teaches sight reading, while emphasizing the listening component that is so critical to jazz. The combined with Aebersold’s reputation of delivering the greatest selections at the best quality makes Aebersold #1 in jazz play-a-longs. They are a must for jazz musicians, and as soon as you try them out, you’ll know why.
Aebersold’s Play-A-Long Series
Most of the volumes in Aebersold’s “Play-A-Long” series feature a selection of 10-12 jazz standards, though some focus on scales, standardized chord progressions (like the blues), or original compositions by Aebersold’s collaborators. The books contain charts for the tunes in question, transposed as necessary for instruments in C, B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef. The recordings normally feature a professional rhythm section (typically piano, bass, and drums, occasionally including guitar) performing an improvised accompaniment (or “comping”) to each song. Melody instruments like saxophone and trumpet are omitted, enabling a jazz student to practice playing the song’s melody, and improvising over the song’s chord changes, with accompaniment. (Related examples of this format include the “Music Minus One” series and the popular pastime of karaoke.) The piano and bass tracks are typically panned to opposite channels, so that a pianist or bassist can easily omit the recorded piano or bass part by muting the appropriate channel.
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Aebersold Volume 72 :Street of Dreams (12 Well-Known Standards) Book/CD set The rhythm section sparkles on this exciting collection of one dozen of the world’s most popular songs. You’ll enjoy the variety and be impressed with the nice balance of old and new well-known selections. This volume includes a quality stereo recording and a coordinated booklet with parts for all instruments… treble and bass clef, Bb and Eb. (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.) |
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Billy Strayhorn – Aebersold Volume 66 :Billy Strayhorn (Lush Life) Book/CD set Billy Strayhorn is one of the best-loved yet underrated composers of jazz. His famous collaborations with and for the Duke Ellington band have become some of jazz’s most enduring standards, and now for the first time you can discover for yourself Strayhorn’s unique and beautiful style. Discover why Ellington felt such an affinity for this man’s compositions. This volume includes a quality stereo recording and a coordinated booklet with parts for all instruments… treble and bass clef, Bb and Eb. (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.) |
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Aebersold Volume 90:Odd Times: Odd Time Signature Songs, Including Take Five! Book/CD set Don’t feel uncomfortable everytime someone calls a tune in an odd meter. At last, here is a thorough workout in odd time signatures, including 3/4, 5/4, 6/8, 11/4, and alternating time feels that will give you the confidence and proficiency to perform at your best. Make unusual time signatures feel as natural as 4/4. This volume includes a quality stereo recording and a coordinated booklet with parts for all instruments… treble and bass clef, Bb and Eb. (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.) |
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Aebersold Volume 88:MILLENNIUM BLUES – Blues with a Twist for the Third Millennium Book/CD set The BLUES are BACK!! The blues are the basis of much of modern music, and this Volume highlights many of the different ways the “blues” are approached in jazz. There are a variety of feels, grooves and tempos which will give you a good workout on the blues progression. This volume includes a quality stereo recording and a coordinated booklet with parts for all instruments… treble and bass clef, Bb and Eb. (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.) |
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Brecker Brothers – Aebersold Volume 83 :The Brecker Brothers Play-a-Long Book/CD set For years, musicians have been requesting a high quality funk/fusion play-a-long of well-known recorded hits. Well, be assured that this set delivers. The Grammy-winning Brecker Brothers band has successfully blended jazz, funk, rock, electronics and contemporary rhythms into exciting, energetic music, and this is your chance to play some of their greatest hits!! This is definitely one of the most incredible sets we’ve offered, and it’s sure to be a huge seller. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE! This volume includes a quality stereo recording and a coordinated booklet with parts for all instruments… treble and bass clef, Bb and Eb. (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.) |
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