Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble is a comprehensive method for jazz style and improvisation written by renowned jazz musician and educator Mike Steinel from the University of North Texas. This series provides a great starting point for young musicians to learn the style and nuances of jazz music as well as an introduction to improvisation and more advanced concepts.
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Hal Leonard Essential Elem Jazz Baritone Sax Bk2/CD

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Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble is a comprehensive method for jazz style and improvisation written by renowned jazz musician and educator Mike Steinel from the University of North Texas. This series provides a great starting point for young musicians to learn the style and nuances of jazz music as well as an introduction to improvisation and more advanced concepts.

Features:

Each Book Includes My EE Library
Every exercise and arrangement recorded by professionals
Repeated exercises feature rhythm section only
The basics of jazz style
How jazz and "traditional" music are different
Swing style introduced gradually using scat syllables
Includes Swing Era, Bebop and Latin/Rock
Quick start the rhythm section
Includes additional specialized material for piano, guitar, bass and drums
Rhythm players can either play along with the full band or study individually
Jazz history and people
Basic stylistic periods
Composers and performers
7 full band arrangements
Carefully paced performance pieces
Sample improvised solos included
Improvisation made easy
Starts with 2-measure phrases
Teaches how to "jazz up" a melody
Matches correct scales with chords

Specifications:

Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
32 pages