Jazz Conception Guitar

21 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation

Revised and expanded 2nd edition

Jazz Conception is a new and exciting way for players at all levels to learn the language of jazz! Each book/on-line audio track set features 21 solo etudes based on chord changes to standards and blues. The same 21 etudes have been 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 audio tracks. Play along with one of today’s 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/audio track set 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 (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 Jazz Conception Study Guide (Concert key, order no. ADV 14730). 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.