Publisher : Advance Music

Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correctly in a large jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Bass in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples and a play along CD to help you put it all together.
The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.)

Introduction
Reading Big Band Bass Parts
Equipment
Physical Set Up of a Big Band Rhythm Section
Big Band Pieces
Basie's Blues
Shufflin' in F
Funk Unity
Morning
Joe's Thing
Leaving
Strayhorn
Big Band Discography
Jazz Bass Method Books

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