Jazzin': Trumpet / Soprano Sax / Clarinet (book/CD play-along)

12 Jazz tunes for any kind of jazz ensemble - or just play along
Level intermediate - intermediate advanced

The books in ”Jazzin’” contain 12 songs for jazz ensemble. The idea of the books is flexibility. In addition to rhythm parts, there is a melody, a harmony part, and backgrounds or fill-ins for every song. This means that the songs can be performed by a trio (for instance, piano, bass and drums), as well as by a larger group, maybe guitar, piano, bass and drums, plus two horns and a singer.

Melodies, harmony parts and solos have a register that makes it possible to play (and sing!) everything on most instruments. Of course, some instrument combinations will work better than others, and different songs may fit better for different singers, but most of the material will work in most ways.

The books come with a CD. The songs are recorded in short versions, where the melody (plus harmony part and/or fill-ins) are presented by song and/or an instrument, this is followed by a solo, and at last, the melody is presented in a new combination by instruments and/or vocals.

All songs come in a stereo mix with melodies and solos, and also in a ”minus one” version with just rhythm, that can be used for practising. In the minus one version, the drums are in stereo, the bass is in the left channel, and the chord instruments (piano and/or guitar) in the right channel. This makes it possible to practice melodies and solos with a complete backing, chord instruments with just bass and drums, and bass with just chord instruments and drums.

There are three exceptions from the rule about flexibility. The first is ”St. James Infirmary”, which is possible to perform with other instruments than trumpet/clarinet/ trombone. The two other exceptions are the arrangements of ”You Don’t Know What Love Is” and ”Lady Be Good”, that are written for a specific horn section – four and five horns – and are a kind of ”reduced big band arrangements.”

New Orleans Jazz: St. James Infirmary
Swing: Lady Be Good
Swing: Swing Blues
Bebop: Bop Blues
Bebop: Oleo
Ballad: You Don´t Know What Love Is
Cool: I Can´t Believe (That You´re In Love With Me)
Bossa Nova: Don´t Look At Me
Modal Jazz: All Blues
Fusion: Recorded Time
You Don’t Know What Love Is, “simulated big band arrangement”
Lady Be Good, “simulated big band arrangement”