A Guide To Jazz Improvisation: Bass Clef

Item number: 1230158GC, Pages: 86, Price: $17.95

John LaPorta, author of "A Guide to Jazz Improvisation," is a legend in the jazz community. A teacher of jazz improvisation for more than fifty years, his unique, straight-forward, and simple approach has become the standard by which other jazz improvisation methods are measured. This method will help you develop a natural and intuitive approach to improvising. "A Guide to Jazz Improvisation" is an invaluable touchstone for every aspiring jazz musician. A long and impressive list of famous and successful musicians have learned to develop their own unique style based on LaPorta's approach. "A Guide to Jazz Improvisation" includes: jazz theory with practical explanations and applications of the jazz language, rhythm training with interactive call-and-responce exercises on CD, performance ear training with play-along and improvisation exercises on CD, and opportunities to improvise with a Berklee Jazz faculty band on CD.

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Editor(s): "A Guide To Jazz Improvisation: Bass Clef" was edited byJonathan Feist.

Publisher: "A Guide To Jazz Improvisation: Bass Clef" was published by Berklee Press.

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