Mel Bay Publications

This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CDs gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master

Blue Sax
Bridge Over Muddy Waters
Big Blue Swing
Slo' Mo' Blues
Too Sharp Blues
Bossa Blues
Big Beat Blues
Blue Caboose
BeBoppin' Alice
Bouncing Blues
Ursa Minor Blues
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