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This page last updated on 4 February, 2012
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Note: Collections with multiple composers are listed under "Various".


  Baker
 Jazz Pedagogy, for Teachers & Students
  This volume was the first published jazz teaching method. One of America's greatest musician-teachers, David Baker, shows how to develop jazz courses and jazz ensembles, with lesson plans, rehearsal techniques, practice suggestions, improvisational ideas, and ideas for school and private teachers and students.
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  Berg
 Essentials of Jazz Theory Complete, w/3 CDs
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Item: 63430
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  Berliner
 Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation
  A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents the lifetime of preparation that lies behind the skilled improviser's every idea. The product of more than fifteen years of immersion in the jazz world, Thinking in Jazz combines participa...

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Item: 85179
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  Carr et al
 Rought Guide to Jazz, 3/E
  The third edition of the Rough Guide to Jazz has over 2,100 critical biographies, ranging from greats like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to rising stars like Stacey Kent and Jamie Cullum. As well as outlining every artist''s career, each entry concludes with recommendations of the best of their recordings on CD. The guide includes many illustrations by top jazz photographers.
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Item: 63842
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  Coker
 How to Listen to Jazz
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Item: 85180
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  Coker
 Improvising Jazz
  
Item: 85188
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  Coker
 Teaching of Jazz, The
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Item: 18063
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  Coker, Knapp and Vincent
 Hearin' the Changes
  Studies the chord progressions of hundreds of carefully chosen tunes from the jazz repertoire by comparing them, linking them together by commonalities, and codifying harmonic traits to show how progressions "work." As the ability to recognize progressions by ear improves, learning and memorizing tunes becomes easier.
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Item: 85184
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  Collins
 Lead Lines & Chord Changes
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Item: 03654
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  Crook
 How To Improvise, w/2 CD's
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Item: 18064
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  Doky
 Jazz Transcription
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Item: 18062
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  Fitzgerald et al
 Chop-Monster Jr. w/CDs
  Jazz language tutor for elementary general music instructors. Handbook with reproducable worksheets and 2 CDs.
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Item: 49822
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  Galper
 Forward Motion - Creative Jazz Phrasing
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Item: 56087
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  Gillespie, L.
 Stylistic ii-V7-I Voicings for Keyboardists
  Covers all styles of comping, from basic and fundamental approaches to modern! A complete collection of II/V7/I voicings for jazz keyboard, starting with simple diatonic voicings and prhttp://jazzbooksmm5.com/mm5/#IMAGogressing into more harmonically rich and diverse voicings with intricate passing tones and complex harmonies. No longer will you be stuck using the same kinds of voicings over and over, even in different styles. Now you can have a variety of II/V7 voicin...

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Item: 85303
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  Gridley
 Jazz Styles - History & Analysis, 10th Ed.
  Includes Text, Jazz Demonstration Disc and My JazzKit Student Access Code Card.
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Item: 74789
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  Gridley
 Jazz Styles - History & Analysis, 8th ed.
  For undergraduate courses in Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Evolution of Jazz, Introduction to Jazz, and Jazz Appreciation. America's most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing students how to listen and what to notice in each style. Though originally conceived for nonmusicians and written at a college freshmen reading level, Jazz Styles also has been widely adopted in courses for musicians because of its point-by-point specificatio...

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Item: 64825
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  Jarvis & Beach
 Jazz Educator's Handbook, w/CD
  After months of diligent preparation, we have released The Jazz Educator's Handbook by Jeff Jarvis and Doug Beach. Featuring easy-to-understand text, loads of notated examples, photos, and unique illustrations by artist Steve Wiest, this 271-page compendium with two CD recordings provides a wealth of practical information for inexperienced and seasoned teachers alike. Topics include Starting a Jazz Program; Recruiting Students; Instrumentation & Set-Up; Combos & Chamb...

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Item: 44312
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  Mauleon
 Salsa Guide Book, The
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Item: 17371
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  Nettles
 Chord Scale Theory & Jazz Harmony (Nettles)
  As taught at the Berklee College of Music, jazz harmony is based on the Chord Scale Theory. Based on that method, this comprehensive text provides the theoretical knowledge that's necessary for improvisation, composing and arranging.
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Item: 71574
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  Prosser
 Intervallic Ear Training for Musicians, w/2 CDs
  Steve Prosser's "Intervallic Ear Training for Musicians" is the product of 35 years studying and teaching interval awareness in music. The text provides a step-by-step method for assimilation of, as well as graded exercises for, each interval. Each Chapter concludes with Mastery Exercises and Etudes. After adequate study of the text, the student will be able to hear, recognize, read and write music through the use of musical intervals. This skill is particularly helpfu...

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Item: 82812
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  Reeves
 Creative Beginnings - Jazz Improv Intro, w/CD
  Appropriate for undergraduate jazz improvisation courses, jazz bands, and adult beginners. Motivating beginners to improvise from the start, this comprehensive approach to jazz improvisation offers discussions of jazz theory, exercises based on scales and chords, and jazz compositions suitable for classroom or ensemble performance to help develop facility in jazz improvisation.
  
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  Reeves
 Creative Jazz Improvisation, 3/E
  
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  Russo
 Composing for the Jazz Orchestra
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Item: 74733
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  Sanborn
 Jazz Tactics, w/DVD
  Chase Sanborn's insightful and humorous writing style has created fans worldwide. The author of the Brass Tactics series of books now turns his focus towards jazz improvisation. Writing from the perspective of a life-long jazz musician, Chase offers information and tips for musicians of all levels. Jazz Tactics enlightens and entertains while it unravels the mysteries of jazz. 240 pages/spiral bound.
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Item: 43586
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  Taylor
 Sight Reading Jazz - CD for treble & bass
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Item: 66697
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  Various
 Teaching Jazz: A Course of Study
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Item: 72659
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  Wright
 Inside the Score - CD only
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Item: 77158
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  Wright
 Inside the Score, w/CD
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