jazz etude book?

ben folds · Regular Member Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 26

Does anything like this exist? My teacher copied a few pages for me from a book called Dance Band Reading or something like that, and the few etudes in it have helped my jazz reading quite a bit. Anybody know of any other books like this?

missouri_trumpet · Regular Member Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 51

Sy Platt also has a book out that goes through some etudes he wrote.

trumpetmike · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:01 pm Post subject:

What standard of etude are you looking for?

Mark Nightingale (pro London trombonist) has written a couple of good starter etude books in the jazz genre;
Eazy Jazzy 'Tudes
&
Tipping the Scales

I use these in my teaching to add a bit of variety.

pmkt16 · Veteran Member Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Posts: 263

I am not sure what it's called but me and my teacher play out of a book where a guy took the chord changes of famous jazz songs and wrote little etudes to them. They are pretty cool to play and it comes with a cd which is nice. I'll try and remember what its called...

trumpetdiva1 · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:46 pm Post subject:

Try Jim Snidero’s “Jazz Conceptions.” It can be purchased at the Jamey Aebersold Web site. Conduct a search on Jim Snidero:
http://www.jazzbooks.com/scripts/search.asp

You can hear what one of these etudes sounds like by listening to my sound files on my Web site (still under construction):
http://course.wilkes.edu/trumpet/soundfiles

Click on the “Autumn” sound file link. I love this book and want to play it all the time. Joe Magnarelli plays the trumpet on them and sets a good example.

Janell Carter
http://course.wilkes.edu/trumpet/

StewMuse · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

<<I am not sure what it's called but me and my teacher play out of a book where a guy took the chord changes of famous jazz songs and wrote little etudes to them. They are pretty cool to play and it comes with a cd which is nice. I'll try and remember what its called...>>

"Courting the Upper Register II: J•A•Z•Z" does this while at the same time developing your upper range. More info...

http://www.stewmuse.com/Home.html

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bophead · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:02 pm Post subject:

Bugs/Bower Bop Duets will give you and a buddy a good start.

rafterman · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

Try treating transcriptions as etudes. Find the original recordings for a listening reference.

http://www.shout.net/~jmh/transcriptions/

jhatpro · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject:

Check out Rich Willey's Bop Duets and other jazz books available at http://shop.store.yahoo.com/boptismpublishing/bopduetbyric.html

Rich's books are based on the chord changes to standard tunes and are challenging as well as a lot of fun to play.
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jkramb19 · Veteran Member Joined: 16 Mar 2002 Posts: 365

I agree with Rafterman, get an omni book and start playing. start by goin through and playing all the rhythm tunes. you'll have some serious rhythm chops by the time your done.
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