"Outstanding
Jazz Keyboard/Organ Solos" by Andrew Gordon is designed to show how to play
solos or improvise over common chord progressions used in the "Jazz
idiom". There are 12 examples, each one being at least 32 measures in
length and consists of different jazz styles including:
 | Jazz-Blues
| Uptempo
| Mid Tempo & Slow Tempo-Jazz
| Jazz-Ballad
| Jazz-Funk
| Modal-Jazz
| Latin-Jazz
| Acid-Jazz |
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Not only are the solos notated, but also the chord voicings and bass lines
notated giving you the ability to study how each of the various parts work in a
Jazz setting. Learn how the great keyboardists/organists such as: Jimmy Smith,
Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Chester Thompson play, by utilizing chord
progressions from popular jazz songs including: Misty, Girl from Ipenema, This
Masquerade, Europa etc. as well as 12 bar Blues progressions. This is great
source material to learning new improvisational ideas as well as learning chord
voicings and rhythmic patterns that would take you many hours of study,
listening and transcribing the parts from albums. The audio cassette or CD that
comes with the book has the examples recorded in three versions. The first
version has the solo recorded with the rhythm backing tracks at the normal
tempo, the second version has the backing tracks without the solo recorded so
that you can practice soloing along with the backing tracks. This will be like
playing along with your own jazz trio of piano, bass and drums. The third
version at the end of the cassette or CD, has some of the examples, with the
solo and rhythm backing tracks recorded at a slower tempo.
Customer Comment About This Book This is the pest in the Florida Keys writing to
tell you that your "Outstanding Jazz Keyboard Solos" book and
CD arrived here today, Monday. I listened to the first three cuts and I was
impressed. If I can't learn to play a little jazz and spice up
some of my favorite old standards from your materials, I never will be
able to. I'm looking forward to a longer session this afternoon. I sure did like the slow blues and jazz blues. Then there
were all those nice changes under "Misty." I'm hooked for sure and I think this is a good point of departure from Dick Grove (love
that man dearly and miss him a lot). I look forward to working in your book and the other one that is on the way. Thanks for
your help and I would like to compliment you on a nice piece of playing
on the three tunes I listened to today. Best regards as always, js in
the keys.
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