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Book 184 pages. Jazz harmony, as taught at the Berklee College of Music is based on the so called Chord Scale Theory. This method - further developed - is now available as a comprehensive textbook for the first time. Emerged from practice and designed for practical use, it provides theoretical knowledge necessary for improvisation, composing, and arranging.

This handy reference helps aspiring pianists when they're faced with parts that offer chord symbols and slashings only. Just like looking up words in a dictionary, players can find two voicings for every chord. 138 pages.

Book & CD. One of the most fascinating and illuminating books ever written on the subject of improvisation. Pat Metheny

A great book for band and choral conductors, keyboard players, guitarists, students and anyone interested in arranging music! Step-by-step lessons on all the ways you can put together top-notch arrangements. Creative Arranging is an in-depth look at the active elements of the arranger’s craft: harmonic and rhythmic expansions of the basic chords and melody of a lead sheet, intros and cadences, motion, surprise, colour and texture. The book includes dozens and dozens of great, easy to understand musical examples by the author, Bill Holcombe. Creative Arranging is a thorough and fascinating book to understanding and using the fundamentals of the arrangers art. CD available separated.

Optional CD. A great book for band and choral conductors, keyboard players, guitarists, students and anyone interested in arranging music! Step-by-step lessons on all the ways you can put together top-notch arrangements. Creative Arranging is an in-depth look at the active elements of the arranger’s craft: harmonic and rhythmic expansions of the basic chords and melody of a lead sheet, intros and cadences, motion, surprise, colour and texture. The book includes dozens and dozens of great, easy to understand musical examples by the author, Bill Holcombe. Creative Arranging is a thorough and fascinating book to understanding and using the fundamentals of the arrangers art.

Book 102 pagesStudy of Chord Progressions. This is the definitive study of chord progressions of hundreds of carefully chosen tunes from the jazz musician’s repertoire, comparing them, linking them together by commonalities, and codifying harmonic traits that will clarify the reader’s understanding of how progressions work. It not only provides the means to learn and memorize tunes more easily, but also becomes the key to acquiring the skill to cognize progressions by ear!

Best Seller. Book 186 pages & 2 CDs

A detailed analysis of 8 classic jazz ensemble charts by Sammy Nestico, Thad Jones and Bob Brookmeyer

For all instrumentalists. A Study Guide for Developing Soloists - 400+ page Book and 2 CD's. By George Bouchard . NEW EXPANDED EDITION. All aspiring jazz players find themselves at a point in their development where they are ready to go from playing right notes to actually playing meaningful solos. Making this transition can be as frustrating as it is essential. INTERMEDIATE JAZZ IMPROVISATION is for everyone wishing to bridge the gap between playing scales, chords and licks to playing realistic, flowing jazz lines! It's specifically designed to build upon the knowledge you already have and to improve your understanding and skills as a soloist. The 2 Play-A-Long CD's include selected tracks from Aebersold Play-A-Longs coordinated with exercises and solo examples played on a separate channel and notated in the book. All parts in the book are transposed for all instruments. Useful for both private and classroom settings. Expanded version includes over 150 pages of additional transcribed solos from the CD's. Book is well over 400 spiral bound pages. Includes transposed parts for Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef. This popular book has become a classic! Testimonials are many about how this book is helping musicians who feel they're on a plateau in their development! Highly recommended.

Best Seller. Book 95 pages

Best Seller. Book 116 pages

2 CDs with book. A no-nonsense approach consisting of two hours of recorded ear training exercises with aural instructions before each. Beginning to advanced. Starts very simply, with intervals gradually increases in difficulty until you are hearing chord changes and progressions. All answers are listed in book. Book contains transposed parts for C, Bb and Eb instruments to allow playing along.

This book is a comprehensive, how-to handbook for jazz educators. Featuring easy-to-understand text, loads of notated examples, photos, and unique illustrations by Steve Wiest, this 271-page compendium with two CD recordings provides inexperienced and seasoned teachers alike with tons of practical information.

A practical and systematic method that teaches how to practice jazz piano voicings so that they become automatic and intuitive. The method progresses step by step from 2-voice to 7-voice chord structures with fourths and upper-structure triads. Each chapter presents essential harmonic progressions written and spelled out in all keys, along with fingerings to help non-keyboardists. Also provided are songs, written out for both hands, which utilize the techniques and voicings just learned. Includes comping rhythms, bass line techniques, and practice strategies. Excellent for both classroom and individual study. Strongly endorsed by Mark Levine, Bobby Shew, Denis Diblasio, and many others. The included Play-a-long CD lets you practice the piano exercises in the book with bass and drum accompaniment; you can also practice comping along with a saxophone soloist. A demonstration piano track on one channel, played with a stylistic comping feel, gives you an idea of how the piano voicing exercises should sound.

Best Seller. Book 125 pages

Book 192 pages & CD. This method book/CD set is about undertstanding, developing and incorporating the art of melody into Jazz Improvisation. Topics discussed in the book are demonstrated by the author on the CD. This CD, along with the practice materials both in the text and in the play-along section, will give you the opportunity to hear, practice and then play for yourself the principles of melodic improvising.

A method for playing and writing jazz solos based on the melody and chord changes. This book is dedicated to students, classical and jazz alike, who never took the time to learn to improvise and now want a few lessons. It still takes time and a thing called practice, but this book and CD aim to make it less painful. American Grade 3

One of the world's most popular patterns books, many jazz greats have fond memories of practicing from this book! An exhaustive collection of improvisational jazz patterns in various meters and feels. Comments and suggestions by the author, a legendary composer, arranger, conductor and instrumentalist. This is a very popular book because it helps spell out some of the basic building blocks of the 'jazz language. Regarded by many jazz teachers as one of the essential texts for their students

Book inc 2 CDs

by Luke Gillespie. Covers all styles of comping, from basic and fundamental approaches to modern! A complete collection of II/V7/I voicings for jazz keyboard, starting with simple diatonic voicings and progressing into more harmonically rich and diverse voicings with intricate passing tones and complex harmonies. No longer will you be stuck using the same kinds of voicings over and over, even in different styles. Now you can have a variety of II/V7 voicings available at your fingertips for every musical situation. 112 pages

Best Seller Book 158 pages & 2 CDs

Best Seller Book 192 pages & 4 CDs

Superb collection of real bebop solos based on standard jazz repertoire tunes. Exciting and inspiring sight-reading for all treble clef instruments. For Bb instruments (only), the solos can be played (without transposing) with Aebersold Play-A-Long Volumes 6, 14 and 36 rhythm section accompaniment (see details on the play-a-long volumes under the 'Play-a-longs' section). Use these authentic examples to learn the secrets of bebop lines

Vocal Improvisation is designed for individual jazz singers, classroom students and teachers of vocal jazz. The exercises are appropriate for all levels of experience and can also be useful to instrumentalists for developing jazz articulation and learning to better connect what they 'hear' to what they 'play'.