Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Blues in All Keys, Vol 42: Book & Online Audio (Jazz Play-a-Long for All Musicians, Vol 42)

I use this daily to practice my saxophone scales. More fun than repetitive do re me fa so la ti do

If you want to play jazz and especially the blues, this book is a must. Sure start off with Abersold's "How to play jazz and improvise". If you are then drawn to the blues, get this book next. It starts with simple tunes to memorize and play against a backing track along with the Dominant scale or arpeggios against each cord change. You can start by playing the tune straight up against the backing track and them improvise using various scales (Dominant, Blues, Bebop, Pentatonic) against the backing track as the chords change. Then finish with an improv over the original tune. So the pattern is listen to the chord changes. Play the tune straight up over the chord changes. Call out the chord changes against the backing track. Play the first note of each cord change against the backing track. Improvise against each chord change. Play the tune straight, improvise, improvise over the tune etc. Some keys are going to be easier to improvise over then others. Forcing yourself to play over all twelve keys helps you become more fluent and forces you to start to play by ear. When you just need more information, I would recommend The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine. For instance, read up on how to use the Bebop scale and learn some Bebop licks to play against the backing track.

There are nearly 150 Aebersold play-along recordings by now and I would place this in the top ten---it is what it says, blues in all 12 keys. The book contains heads for each track and they contain a wealth of solid jazz-blues "vocab". The tempos are moderate, allowing one to focus on tone and feel Also, the tracks contain two feels, one swinging and one Latin. (A triangle sounds to alert you that the feel is about to change.)Lennie Niehaus (alto sax), a great player and teacher, composed solos for all the tracks on this disc. They make a great companion to this play-along.

This is an excellent learning tool. I will be practicing with my trumpets, flugelhorn, cornet, piano, and organ. Yes...I will be busy. But, I will have so much fun! Enjoy!

Great support resource for guitar. The CD is a bonus with quality tracks and a wonderful warm up book, study book and development book.

My friend who is a music teacher for woodwinds recommended this book. Lots of stuff, comes with the CD. I wish they didn't have ads in the book though (I mean I bought the book!) but there is lots of content and I know it will keep my son busy with his saxophone.

It was a present to my husband.... he likes the book but the CD was not the right CD. It was for another book that I didn’t order. I would have given it 2.5 if I could, because he really did enjoy the book but was disappointed about the CD.

Good experience; had no problems

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