Approach To Comping: The Essentials

A Guide To Jazz Accompanying

A step-by-step guide to basic comping rhythms, voicings, and progressions – as played by the masters – that focuses on how to play (or “comp”) behind a jazz soloist. Topics covered include: Basic rhythms and voicings for comping; 11 note-for-note transcriptions of Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Tadd Dameron, and Barry Harris comping behind the soloist; 3 modified transcriptions in the style of Red Garland, Sonny Clark, and Bobby Timmons comping behind the soloist; comping guides, rhythms, and progressions derived from the transcriptions; over 80 comping exercises aimed at getting the concepts under your fingers; plus interviews about the art of comping by Harold Mabern and Renee Rosnes. 272 pages, plus online audio featuring demonstrations and play-along tracks.