Jazz Conception is a new and exciting way for
players at all levels to learn the language of jazz! Each book/CD set
features 21 solo etudes based on chord changes to standards and blues.
The same 21 etudes transposed and adapted for the main jazz
instruments.
See and hear how a well known soloist phrases and articulates and
play along with or without the soloist on the CD.
Play along with one of todays finest, swinging New York rhythm
sections: Mike LeDonne on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass, and Kenny
Washington on drums.
Start out fairly easy, then get progressively more difficult.
Use the etudes as a bridge to solos of the masters that are usually
more complicated and involved.
Learn melodies and lines that will give you a solid jazz vocabulary
and musicality.
Use the book/CD sets for private lessons, for self-study, or in any
combination up to a full jazz ensemble, including flute and clarinet.
If you are more advanced you may want to use the book to develop your
sight reading abilities, for transcribing the etudes off the CD (then
check against the book) or for just having fun playing along with a
great jazz rhythm section.
Use as an improvisation study, learning how to construct a swinging,
logical solo – works especially well in combination with the Study
Guide.
The Jazz Conception Series is also perfectly suited for the class
room. It can be used to develop younger students jazz style in a big
band or small group. In an improvisation class the teacher can use the
etudes as studies in improvisation. The Study Guide provides an analysis
of each etude, along with practice assignments for each etude.
Foreign language translations or text supplements:
German and French translations are available from the publisher (except
Study Guide). Spanish and Italian text supplements in preparation.
Japanese editions are available through ATN, Tokyo, Japan
