Edition: Paperback Book and CD Package

Description: 40 Pages

Approaching the Standards is an innovative, user-friendly approach to jazz improvisation. Designed for the individual or group, each of the three volumes of this series contains a play-along CD with eight classic jazz tunes. Each volume features a jazz group demo recorded by top pros in a jazz gig setting, clearly written musical examples, jazz vocabulary, transcription opportunities, informative composer insight and a useful discography. Everything you need to begin improvising or to improve your jazz skills is included in Volumes 1, 2 and 3, available for C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef instruments. Volume 3 contains: "Tenor Madness", "Killer Joe", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Take The 'A' Train", "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "Secret Love", "Speak Low", and "Cottontail."

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