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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-04-06 07:02
i would like to know some of the basics of improvisation.
i have a book on some of benny goodman's best titles.
i would like to know the most basic improvisation technics.
i wouldn't want to be like benny but at least i would like to know how they improvise it.
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Author: Benni
Date: 2003-04-06 14:51
The absoulte most basic improvisation method I've found is Essential Elements Jazz. Yes, they actually make a clarinet edition, and you can purchase it through Sheetmusicplus.com and help out this site. Some of it will seem too basic at first, but it's a great step between not knowing what to do when thrown a set of chords with slashes under them and working through the Aebersold books. The next most basic (and by far, the most used) improvisation technique is the first book in the Aebersold series. Unlike Essesntial Elements, he does not start you off with improvising off of a melody, which is why I found Essential Elements helpful to do first. After that, you could go get some more Aebersold books, take another look at those BG books (and look at the changes, which are only marked in the piano part for one of them, I think), etc.
Have fun! 
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Author: clarinetmama
Date: 2003-04-06 15:24
Check sheetmusicplus.com There are several Goodman books to be had. There is a Goodman method book or two, also books of solos. There are also Artie Shaw method books as well. The books are new. If you do a search on ebay you may find some vintage books as well.
Jean
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-04-06 20:08
Going through the Eddie Daniels book can be helpful. Also try to get the basics of what you'll be doing from *The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory*, available from Barnes and Noble for about 20 bux. It's a quite good basic theory book.
Regards,
John
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Author: ned
Date: 2003-04-07 03:34
Have you thought of doing all of this by ear? It'd be good training
(the best actually I reckon) for you if you are intent on learning improvisation.
Why you ask?
Well not all of the good players have books you can copy from - see my posted reply to "Artie Shaw LPs" about a genius player with the Duke Ellington Orch.
Barney Bigard is one of the best in my opinion. It didn't really start with Benny actually there are many other earlier players, mainly out of New Orleans.
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