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So I was just browsing on Amazon and saw the Play Along series of books.
I then looked at the tunes and players and, of course, the players are all the usual big sellable names who, I assume, are playing big things in these books.
That got me thinking. If you're at this level of playing shouldn't you work all this out by ear?
Shouldn't you work everything out by ear anyway?
What do you think?
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11-13-2022 04:50 AM
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Who are we talking about?
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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Where there is a market, there is a product. And sometimes products which attempt to create a market.
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Aren’t these just the same as the Aebersolds? I looked at one (Joe Pass) and the comments complained that they contain the heads, no solos.
So I assume you get a lead sheet for the tunes, and a CD with backing tracks. But if you want to play Joe’s solos on those tunes, you’ll still have to figure them out (or find someone else’s transcription!)
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Originally Posted by grahambop
I'm guessing that's the solo section that they are talking about.
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There are several publishers of playalong books
Jamey Aebersold - Jamey Aebersold Jazz: jazzbooks.com - probably the longest-published series. Typically have the head of the tune and then several choruses of comping meant for improvizing. Lead sheets provided. Solos not provided, but refers user to selected recordings of the tunes.
Hal Leonard - Jazz Play Along Series | Hal Leonard Online - similar in concept to the Aebersold books but somewhat newer in feel. Hal Leonard also publishes many other series of playalongs, including, maybe, some transcribed solos.
Both of these are pretty good to use.
There are other playalongs published, of varying quality, by several publishers. Some of them are just solos for the player to learn, others are more like lead sheets.
It sounds like the OP is talking about some publisher who does solo transcriptions. Transcribed solos have a couple of good points: they help the player develop technique to play the solos, and, if used in conjunction with a lead sheet and lots of skull time, can give the player a starting point for trying to figure out why the artist played what they played in the solo.
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Originally Posted by Liarspoker
Joe Pass - Jazz Play-Along Volume 186 - Jazz Play Along | Hal Leonard Online
Some details on youtube:
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There is a nice Aebersold of Jimmy Raney playing duets with his own comping, you get a split-stereo CD of him playing both parts (so you can remove either side), and you can get the book of his solos to go with it. No rhythm section, just Jimmy and Jimmy!
I have it, although I confess I haven’t done much with it yet. Always the way with books...
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Originally Posted by Liarspoker
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