Jazz Play Along 45 - GEORGE GERSHWIN + 2x CD

Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Genre: | jazz, blues, ragtime & swing |
Arrangement: | melody / chords |
Cast: | solo |
Format: | book + CD |
Series: | Jazz Play Along |
Parameters
Product code: | 00103643 |
Composer: | Gershwin, George |
Arranger: | Taylor, Mark |
No. of songs: | 20 |
Pages: | 159 |
Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
EAN: | 9781476821238 |
UPC: | 884088693084 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4768-2123-8 |
Weight: | 0.554 |
Audio examples
Songlist (20)
- Bess, You Is My Woman
- But Not For Me
- Embraceable You
- Fascinating Rhythm
- A Foggy Day (In London Town)
- I've Got A Crush On You
- I Got Rhythm
- Isn't It A Pity?
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Love Walked In
- The Man I Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- 'S Wonderful
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Summertime
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
Product description
For use with all Bb, Eb, C and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package helps you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes of all time. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: • Melody cue with proper style and inflection • Professional rhythm tracks • Choruses for soloing • Removable bass part • Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: • An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) • Additional choruses for soloing.
This supersized collection includes 20 Gershwin standards.
George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was an American composer and pianist, whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".