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Hello all
Any favorite books of canned pre-written (or transcribed) medium level jazz solos or arrangements?
I'm mostly into transcribing but I think taking some canned arrangements and working on them like classical pieces is pretty helpful. I have the John Stein Jazz Standards for Solo Guitar book which is pretty good. I might be better off with something a bit easier as well.
Anyway, anyone have any suggestions for something like that?
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10-08-2019 11:18 PM
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The John Stein arrangements are superb, but yeah, difficult.There are several books of Barry Galbraith arrangements that are excellent and much, much easier to negotiate.
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For "line" oriented solos, I've really appreciated the Jimmy Raney solos in Volume 20 of the Jamey Aebersold set. 10 solos taking the student through a solid swatch of bebop vocabulary and style, interesting rhythmic figures, and lots of examples of lines inspired by substitutions. Not a beginner book, especially if you aspire to the tempo used by Raney in the recordings, but it is a great place to get a lot of solid bop ideas and vocabulary under your fingers.
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I think the OP is referring to chord melody arrangements...as in solo guitar arrangements. Frank Vignola has put out a bunch of very accessible chord melody arrangements.....at least one True Fire course and new ones all the time as part of his ongoing True Fire channel subscription.
The Stein book and CD are excellent.
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Originally Posted by alltunes
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
For me lead stuff is a bit easier because it's a lot faster for me to transcribe a sax solo or something, chords kill me and I have a hard time hearing them. I've found playing some written music can really help my ear hear voicings vs trying to pull them off a recording before I've even tried to play them. My ear is sort of ok but limited in that regard.
But suggestions of good books are good. Now I just need more time and money.
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Originally Posted by sully75
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Originally Posted by sully75
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Originally Posted by alltunes
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I have one of Crowell's books; it came with a matching DVD...lots of great moves...very dense arrangements though (not unlike Conti's) but you can always leave out some of the chords to make them easier.
Frank Vignola's CM arrangements are very accessible and sound good too! His jazz channel at 10 bucks a month is well worth it. For each chord melody he has two vids. Performance and breakdown plus you can download a PDF in tab and standard of the arrangement.
I have to say that since joining Frank's channel I sold most of my jazz theory instruction books.
Chris Whiteman has some great arrangements too. You can watch them on YouTube.
Solo Jazz Guitar Chord Melody Arrangements 1 — Chris Whiteman Music
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Originally Posted by alltunes
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