 | JAZZ AND BLUES
A wide range of individual books and pieces in print, for the jazz enthusiast. Books include easy, intermediate and advanced. See individual details.
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 | The Aspiring Jazz Pianist
A method for the solo and combo pianist with play along CD. Includes fun and easy original etudes designed to enhance the concepts presented in each chapter. 148 pagesPlease note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
Price: £17.99
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 | An Approach To Jazz Improvisation
Musicians Institute Master Class Dave Pozzi explores the styles of Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, and others for a comprehensive guide to jazz improvisation. CD includes 99 tracks.Please note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
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Price: £13.99
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 | After Midnight - Blues
It's past the witching hour and time for some cool music, so pour the drinks, turn down the lights and play the songs that say how you feel... More than thirty sophisticated blues numbers to match the romantic mood, arranged for piano and voice, complete with lyrics and guitar chord boxes and chord symbols.
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Price: £15.99
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 | Fast Forward - Cool Blues Keyboard
Includes complete music for all riffs, licks, hints and tips, plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. Accompanying CD allows you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. Superb book and CD pack to help you get that real blues feel. Play along to the CD and learn the riffs, octave run downs, turnarounds, tops and tails to help you get that genuine blues sound on your keyboard.
Price: £10.99
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 | Fast Forward - Real Blues For Keyboard
Book and CD designed to help you play the real, down to earth home blues. Includes basic structures and techniques, original blues to jazz and rock piano, boogie and stride. Includes complete music for all riffs, licks, hints and tips, plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. Accompanying CD allows you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks and discover how bands get their unique sound. Suitable for Keyboard or Piano, includes bass line.
Price: £10.99
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 | Fast Forward - 12-Bar Blues Piano
Learn to play the 12-bar blues using authentic techniques to get the real blues sound. Play along with the matching CD and follow the easy instructions to discovering how bands get their unique sound. Includes complete music for all riffs, licks, hints and tips, plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. Accompanying CD allows you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. Sixty track CD and book pack, designed to help you play the real, down-home blues. Includes basic blues structures and techniques, original blues to jazz and rock piano, boogie, stride and walking bass styles. CD includes matching audio track to every music example in the book.
Price: £10.99
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 | Building A Jazz Vocabulary
By Mike Steinel. A valuable resource for learning the basics of jazz from Mike Steinel of the University of North Texas. Covers the basics of jazz, how to build effective solos, a comprehensive practise routine and a jazz vocabulary of the masters.
Price: £14.99
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 | Exploring Jazz Scales For Keyboards - Bill Boyd
The scales presented in this book produce idiomatic sounds associated with many jazz styles, providing the basis for jazz improvisations. Boyd explores the jazz scales and examines their potential, giving the player more improvisation resources.Please note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
Price: £9.99
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 | The Golden Age Of Jazz
The definitive anthology of jazz songs from the Twenties to the Fifties! Here are ninety-one classic numbers made famous by such legendary names as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Bessie Smith, Peggy Lee, Louis Jordan, Fats Waller, Sarah Vaughan and many more! All songs arranged for piano and voice, complete with lyrics and guitar chord boxes. 318 pages.
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Price: £24.99
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 | Improvising Blues Piano
Martin Mann. Unlock the mysteries of blues improvisation as you develop an understanding of different blues styles. Inside, you'll find everything you needed to know to get you playing the blues straight away. All exercises and examples are professionally demonstrated on the accompanying CD.96 pages.
Price: £13.99
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 | Jazz Chord Progressions - Bill Boyd
Contains the chord progressions found in most jazz standards, written with chord voicings which are indigenous to the style. Will help prepare the player for fake book reading and comping with a group. 96 pages.
Price: £7.99
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 | Jazz Fake Book
Over 500 great standards and jazz classics. Includes Take Five, Lullaby Of Birdland, Ain't Misbehavin' and I'm Beginning To See The Light plus many more. Melody line & lyrics, with chord symbols. Spiral bound for easy opening. 364 pages.
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Price: £29.99
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 | Jazz Keyboard Basics - Bill Boyd
Discusses several essential areas of basic jazz keyboard playing with over 300 music examples to play and analyse. Basic jazz chord voicing is thoroughly discussed and applied to comping, solo and melody playing.Please note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
Price: £7.99
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 | Jazz Riffs For Piano - Great Riffs - Book & CD
Frank Feldman. Learn the hottest tags, patterns, turnarounds, and solos in the style of the jazz world's legendary talents, such as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, George Shearing, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Chick Corea, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett. Included in this book/audio package are detailed performance notes for all examples. Book & CD.Please note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
Price: £13.99
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 | Jazz Piano Player - Autumn Leaves - Book & CD
15 jazz classics in an ingenious new format for jazz pianists. Each piece is presented in two formats: the first version includes melody, lyrics and basic chord structure, ideal for improvisation. The second version is a superb arrangement for piano solo, for intermediate level pianists. All the songs are helpfully included in their standard keys, so pianists will be able to play with other jazz musicians. The free CD included features full performances of all the arrangements by pianist John Kember. An essential new resource for all jazz pianists - a great way in for players wanting to make a transition into jazz, as well as for pianists wanting to develop their own style.
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Price: £12.99
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 | Jazz Piano Solos - Latin Jazz - Second Edition
17 Latin jazz classics, including Adios (Perez Prado, Astor Piazzolla), Brazil (Xavier Cugat, Django Reinhardt), A Day in the Life of a Fool (Stan Getz, Paul Desmond), Desafinado (Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim), Mambo #5 (Perez Prado, Xavier Cugat), Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader), Mas Que Nada (Dizzy Gillespie), Perfidia (Perez Prado, Nat King Cole), Samba De Orfeu (Paul Desmond, Vince Guaraldi), Triste (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cal Tjader), and more. 88 pages.
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Price: £13.99
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 | Just Rags
Arr Stephen Duro. A great series of piano solos which offers players the opportunity to try out a number of less conventional styles, using carefully selected musical favourites. Each volume contains pieces which are authentically arranged and fingered with helpful playing and style notes and chord symbols for accompaniment or improvisation.
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Price: £9.99
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 | The Lighter Side Of Jazz
Classics of the contemporary jazz repertoire, special arrangements for piano, voice and guitar with chord symbols. Includes 'Bewitched', 'Fever', 'Sunny' and 'Take The 'A' Train'. 80 pages.
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Price: £12.99
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 | Voicings For Jazz Keyboard
Frank Mantooth. A respected soloist, clinician and writer. Mantooth has written this book for any keyboard player interested in developing better jazz chord voicing. Written more as a 'how-to' book than a textbook. Voicings will make a valuable addition to the library of any performer, arranger, teacher or jazz theorist. Please note this is a "special order" item that takes 3/4 weeks for delivery.
Price: £9.99
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