Six complete performances, including opening and closing theme statements, improvised solos and six play-along tracks which feature the rhythm section without soloist.
A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie): Classic bebop composition, alternates between Latin and swing. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma): medium tempo. ’Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk): Ballad using Monk’s changes und Dizzy’s intro and coda. Lo Flame (Bill Dobbins): Based on the chord changes to the standard "All Of Me", medium fast. Embraceable You (George Gershwin): A relaxed 2-beat "walking ballad" version. Bertha The Dragoness (Jimmy Knepper): A challenging new line based on the chord changes to "Sweet Georgia Brown", uptempo.
Each volume of this unique jazz improvisation method includes: State of the art recordings (multi-track digital), recorded in the excellent Bauer Studios, where many of the productions for the record label ECM have been done, and in the Skyline Studios in New York City. Each set contains six complete performances, including opening and closing theme statements, improvised solos and six play-along tracks which feature the rhythm section without soloist. Many performances use the original arrangements from classic jazz recordings (So What, Equinox, A Night In Tunisia, ’Round Midnight, Con Alma, Webb City, Joshua etc.).
Bill Dobbins - piano, Ron McClure - bass, Billy Hart - drums, Randy Brecker - trumpet and flügelhorn, Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
Six complete performances, including opening and closing theme statements, improvised solos and six play-along tracks which feature the rhythm section without soloist.
Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk): Slow blues in B flat. - Minor Incident (Bill Dobbins): C minor blues, medium tempo. - All Blues (Miles Davis): As performed on the Miles Davis album "Kind Of Blue". - Alto Blues (Bobby Watson): Blues in A flat, medium fast tempo. - Blues For Barry (Bill Dobbins): Uptempo bebop blues in F. - Blues For Bud (Bill Dobbins): Up-tempo bebop blues in d minor. - By Bill Dobbins.Published by Advance Music (AV.14502).
One of the preeminent vibraphonist's in jazz, this CD contains two complete LPs from the onset of Gary Burton’s career. The trio album New Vibe Man in Town marks Burton’s debut LP as a leader, while the quartet album Jazz Winds from a New Direction showcase the vibraphonist in collaboration with celebrated guitarist Hank Garland. Drummer Joe Morello is featured on both albums.
Piano Voicing Method for All Musicians by Phil DeGreg. A practical and systematic method that teaches how to practice jazz piano voicings so that they become automatic and intuitive. The method progresses step by step from 2-voice to 7-voice chord structures with fourths and upper-structure triads. …