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Why no "West Coast" cool jazz play-alongs?



 
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markp
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:47 pm    Post subject: Why no "West Coast" cool jazz play-alongs? Reply with quote

I love Aebersold play-alongs, and all the other products offered by Jamey Aebersold, including his workshops, which I have attended.

I was just listening to Chet tonight and wondering why there isn't a Chet Baker/Russ Freeman play-along, as well as a Gerry Mulligan/Baker and Miles/Mulligan "Birth of the Cool" volume. Not to mention Bob Brookmeyer, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers, etc.

Such great tunes: Bea's Flat, Band Aid, Line for Lyons, Maid in Mexico, Russ Job, Carson City Stage, Batter Up.

I learned that there is no Kenny Dorham volume because a certain villain bought all the rights to his music and refuses to allow it, and that some similar legal problems caused the Clifford Brown volume to be discontinued.

Is there a similar obstacle to Baker/Mulligan, or some other reason that there is no Chet play-along? Maybe they just hadn't thought about it yet or haven't gotten around to it.


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Yamahaguy
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought this years ago when I was transcribing a bunch of Chet's solos
on Line for Lyons...

https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=843039&lid=0&keywords=Jazz%20Play%20Along%20mulligan&subsiteid=1&
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Richard III
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regarding the Gerry Mulligan/Baker stuff. There is so much space in these recordings, why not just play along. I've done that and find it helpful. I don't like Aebersold because I find the chords used are too hard to follow. But then I like melodic improvisation which is more common with the Chet Baker stuff.
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