Jazz Play Along: 8 Essential Volumes for Getting Started

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Jazz Play Along: 8 Essential Volumes for Getting Started

If you are looking to purchase or start practicing with the series, certain volumes serve as industry-standard entry points:

Volume 1: How to Play and Improvise Jazz (with audio MP3): The foundational textbook of the series, focusing on basic scales, chord structures, and mental frameworks for improvising.

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Volume 2: Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 - Vol 02 - Nothin' But Blues: A vital deep dive into the jazz-blues progression, offering slow-to-medium tempos ideal for beginners.

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Volume 3: The II-V7-I Progression Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3: Dedicated exclusively to mastering the most common chord progression in jazz music.

Volume 21: Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 - Vol 21 - Gettin' It Together (& Supplement): When in their teens, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, J J Johnson and many others would have loved to practice and solo with these tracks because they are THOROUGH, COMPREHENSIVE and extremely important in developing jazz skills. “Getting’ It Together” is where it’s at for playing JAZZ.
Volume 24: Major & Minor: Focuses entirely on practicing the core scales in every single musical key.
Volume 54: Maiden Voyage: Contains the standard chord changes for introductory jazz standards like "Autumn Leaves" and "Blue Bossa"
Volume 22: Favorite Standards: Lyrics included. The first set of jazz and popular standards that players have always enjoyed recording and improvising on. A stellar representation of American popular music that will offer years of enjoyment for all musicians. You need to know these songs.
Volume 85: Tunes You Thought You Knew: The new millennium suggests a need for revamping great standards of the 20th century. Highly respected pianist, composer, and author Andy LaVerne has designed a set for such a purpose. Showcased are the musical and playable reharmonizations in a way musicians will find entertaining and enlightening. Some are tastefully subtle while others are surprisingly bold. Take these techniques and reharmonize your own tunes!