Every musician should have a basic understanding of how and why pianists voice chords in certain ways. This book, designed by a horn player, addresses and explains the basics of authentic, hip sounding chord voicings in simple, non-pianistic language. You’ll be comping on your own over Standards in a short period of time. Includes written voicings over many of the most popular Aebersold play-a-long tracks, so you can comp with bass and drums backing you up! No piano skills are required to use this book effectively. Play great jazz voicings today!
Publications
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Jazz Piano Voicings for the Non-Pianist
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Pocket Changes I & II
Pocket Changes I & II, widely used by musicians throughout the world, contains standard progressions (no melodies) to 421 & 381 tunes (respectively). These handy, small-formatted books contain a great deal of musical information that has proven to be very useful for both educational and professional playing situations – tunes played by all jazz musicians, professional and amateur alike in a format that will fit in any case. There are no duplications between volumes and come in concert key only.
Relationships and Open World
October 31, 2008 –
Louisville Jazz Society Newsletter
As we look forward to receiving another group of Russian jazz students as part of the Open World… [read more]
Jazz Studies in Brazil
March 1, 2008 –
Louisville Jazz Society Newsletter
In March 2008, seven faculty members from the University of Louisville Jamey Aebersold Jazz… [read more]
Perm, Russia: Student Reflections
July 20, 2006 – It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Louisville has a sister. How come we haven’t seen her? Well, she lives quite a ways away and… [read more]
La Plata Jazz Festival: Student Reflections
June 21, 2006 – The connection between two sister cities from across the globe is one that celebrates their cultural and language differences yet still creates… [read more]
A Year in Global Jazz
April 1, 2006 – Jazz Educators Journal — As someone who has actively been involved in the jazz education movement for more than 30 years, I have witnessed… [read more]
The Polish-American Ensemble
November 21, 2005 –
KENTUCKY MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
One often hears that music is the universal language. I have been very fortunate to… [read more]
Australia, Hamilton Island, and Jazz Education
October 1, 2005 – Imagine standing under a swaying palm tree, shading yourself from the blazing tropical sun; a welcome breeze off the ocean, helping to cool the… [read more]
The Jazz Connection – Russia:Louisville
April 1, 2004 – From 2004. One often hears of how “music is the universal language”. This statement was proven true again during a recent visit to the… [read more]
Jazz in Estonia
February 4, 2004 – Friends and colleagues gave me the oddest looks when I told them that I was going to Tallinn, Estonia, for ten weeks. Why? To help build a jazz… [read more]
Copyright Law
January 1, 1991 – Copyright law is an important concern for the musician in today’s contemporary society. It affects all aspects of music in our culture. The… [read more]
Blue Note Classics: An Analytical, Comparative & Historical Study of Eleven Jazz Recordings
October 1, 1990 –
(PROCESSES, APPLICATIONS, AND ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, JANUARY, 1990)
In music, when one composes, the artist creates new… [read more]
College Jazz: A Brighter Future in Sight
September 20, 1990 –
(JAZZ EDUCATORS JOURNAL, FALL 1990)
When educators consider the inevitability of declining enrollment at colleges and universities,… [read more]
Thoughts on Starting a Jazz Program
August 1, 1990 – I found this recently and, while times have changed, much still pertains to today…. [read more]
Aesthetic Education & the Jazz Ensemble
January 1, 1989 –
(JAZZ RESEARCH PAPERS. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATORS, 1989)
During the past quarter century, public and private… [read more]
Schools of Music and Adult Education
June 1, 1988 – “music educators from all parts of the country related the same story, a decline in enrollment, less money, and faculty and staff… [read more]
Summer Jazz Workshop: An Organizational Study
August 1, 1987 – The purpose of this paper is to examine the Summer Jazz Workshop, originally known as the National Stage Band Camp, from an organizational… [read more]
Jazz Education – Who Will Educate the Educators
July 1, 1986 – During the past twenty-five years, the teaching of jazz and improvised music has added a new dimension to the field of music… [read more]
Jazz, College Music Departments and Enrollment
June 8, 1986 – When educators consider the inevitability of declining enrollments at colleges and universities, the non-vocational disciplines, such as music,… [read more]