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THIS GROUND-BREAKING BOOK/CD package will
show you (or your students) how to use the Major and Minor Blues Scales
to improvise meaningful solos—without having to first master all the
scales and chords of a tune.
GOOD FOR ALL LEVELS - Essential for
beginners, perfect for intermediate students, and even useful for
professional players to hone their skills on this crucial—and often
neglected—part of the jazz language.
ACCOMPANYING CD by author Dan Greenblatt
and his quartet of swinging, New York jazz musicians shows how each
exercise should sound. And it also gives the student numerous play-along
tracks to practice with.
GREAT TRANSCRIPTIONS from Miles, Dizzy
Gillespie, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Dave Sanborn, Michael Brecker
and many more, showing how the Blues Scales are actually used in various
styles of jazz.
THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON THE BLUES SCALES
EVER PUBLISHED!
- step-by-step exercises to get beginning students able to quickly
solo using the two basic Blues Scales
- extensive dictionary of classic Major and Minor Blues Scale phrases
- help with transposing the ideas learned into other keys
- numerous ways to expand the Blues Scales to make them even more useful
- appendices for advanced players showing how the masters of jazz use
the Blues Scales in their own playing.
Endorsements
"An excellent addition to the growing number
of books and CDs dedicated to mastering the art of jazz improvisation.
Useful to beginners as well as advanced players, The Blues Scales
admirably addresses the vocabulary of the blues---the 'root of jazz.'
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Michael Brecker - saxophonist
"To actually play the blues, you have to know
what's in the blues. Dan has done a marvelous job of dissecting the
blues and then bringing all the pieces back together so you can make
beautiful music. This book will help those who want to have fun playing
the blues."
Jamey Aebersold - one of the world's foremost jazz educators
"Dan has done a great job with this book! A
good method for teaching blues and jazz improvising to beginning
students has been much needed. It has been a long time coming, but
finally that need has been filled."
Junior Mance - pianist with Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley,
Lester Young, Dinah Washington, etc.
"Finally a conscientious educator has created
a method which focuses on blues scales. It's sure to enhance the
aspiring improvisor's vocabulary, as well as expand their ideas for
composing. Dan Greenblatt's style of conveying this information is
crystal clear, and this will help the aspiring student to become a far
more impressive improvisor. Don't miss this book if you wish to
strengthen your musical articulation."
Reggie Workman - bassist with John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Elvin
Jones, Wayne Shorter, Max Roach, etc.
"I have seen first-hand how well Dan's
systematic and insightful approach to teaching jazz improvisation works
with students. With the publication of this book, jazz educators finally
have a clearly presented method for teaching improvisation, with the
goal of helping students develop the necessary vocabulary to create
intelligent, authentic and inspired jazz solos that actually deal with
the changes! 'The Blues Scales' will become my essential tool for
teaching improvisation at Roosevelt High School."
Scott Brown - Director of Bands, Roosevelt High School, Seattle,
WA and Faculty Member, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Band Director Academy
"This is a valuable book, with an innovative
and well-explained approach to using Blues Scales in jazz
improvisation."
Bill Kirchner - jazz educator and editor of "The Oxford
Companion to Jazz"
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