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Author: NP
Date: 2015-08-15 16:56
Hi, I want some good jazz books to play on my clarinet. I'm doing grade 6 so songs about grade 6-8 would be good.
Also, do you have any good songs to play on bass clarinet, or should I just play clarinet songs on it?
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Author: Mirko996
Date: 2015-08-15 18:56
With bass clarinet you could listen some pieces done by Eric Dolphy, Bob Mintzer, Gianluigi Trovesi or mood indigo by Duke Ellington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohBkHaHap8
the same pieces you do with b flat clarinet you can do it with bass clarinet
you could watch about Fake Book and Real Book for B flat instrument or tenor sax, some Aebersold.
Post Edited (2015-08-15 19:12)
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Author: brycon
Date: 2015-08-15 20:43
If you don't have the time--or your ears/technique aren't developed enough--to transcribe, Jim Snidero's book, The Jazz Conception, is very good. It's the only jazz book I've ever seen that's actually worth getting. Transcription books, Abersolds, and most etude books are a waste of money.
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Author: kilo
Date: 2015-08-15 21:55
The Bb Omnibook is a great book for a clarinet player. Since all the pieces are transcribed from Eb alto sax, lots of passages are out of range of the tenor but can be played on a clarinet.
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Author: Filettofish
Date: 2015-08-18 00:24
Not sure how advanced you are as a player, but if you're interested in some free jazz, a relatively accurate transcription of Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet solo on "God Bless the Child" is available in multiple locations on the internet. The Parker Omnibook was already mentioned, but the Coltrane Omnibook is also useful. Seeing as Coltrane played tenor, a majority of the solos are more comfortable that those found in the Parker Omnibook.
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2015-08-19 00:08
A book called Jazz and Blues at sheetmusicplus.com has some good things. Comes with a play-along cd. Also on the same site Play The Duke, and Dixieland Jam.
Leonard
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2015-08-19 16:55
Hi Brycon. Have you seen the online course offered by Snidero? Do you know how it compares with the book?
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Author: NP
Date: 2015-08-19 17:06
Thanks for your suggestion about God Bless the Child. I've got the sheet music off the internet and it looks like a great song to play.
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Author: brycon
Date: 2015-08-20 06:10
Hey Liquorice,
I can't say that I'm familiar with Snidero's online course.
His book covers the swing style (no theory or improvisation). It's a collection of etudes based on standard tunes and comes with a play-along CD, featuring a top-call rhythm section as well as Snidero playing the solo part.
I said that I dislike both etude books and play-alongs, but I like Snidero's book because:
1. The rhythm section and Snidero are really swinging. (A lot of the Abersolds, by contrast, leave you with mediocre rhythm sections.)
2. The etudes get progressively more difficult and the articulation and expressive markings get progressively sparser. By the end of the book, you should be able to articulate and swing reasonably well--most of my students learn jazz to play in their school's big band, and I've noticed a marked improvement in their ability to read a chart, which doesn't include articulations, after going through Snidero's book.
3. It works as a great primer for transcription. The etudes are short enough that they can be memorized in a week or so, which then allows the student to focus on really matching Snidero's playing. And when the student begins working on improvisation, the book's CD functions as a great play-along.
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Author: Ed Z.
Date: 2015-08-20 09:49
How about Jazz Phrasing for Saxophone by Greg Fishman. Includes two discs, one for E flat alto and one for B flat tenor. you can use the B flat Tenor to play along with clarinet. You can also play yourself or with Greg Fishman. Comes in Vol. 1,2,3. I love playing with these discs. And, you learn how to phrase jazz.
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Author: JazzmanJohn
Date: 2015-08-20 20:10
for developing feel, I really like the Randy Hunter books, complete jazz styles books 1 and 2.
http://randyhunterjazz.com/
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Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2015-08-20 22:19
I like the Hal Leonard Play Along series. Not a world class rhythm section, but solid, and most importantly the chords aren't overly extended/filled out. I've sometimes used the Aebersold books to good effect, but the trouble with those, for me, is that Aebersold has too many stylistic opinions on harmony, so his books lock you into a narrower path. I'm not saying they're of no value--the can be very helpful. But the Hal Leonard's are more simple, open, etc., and I've found them much more useful.
More important than all of them, however, is a blank sheet of music paper, a recording of a master, and a pencil. Transcribing, and most importantly, jamming with a live rhythm section, reveals everything else to be inadequate, and much less important than it might seem beforehand.
Eric
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The Jazz Clarinet
http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/
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Author: James Langdell
Date: 2015-08-31 06:49
The venerable Omnibook of Charlie Parker transcriptions has been joined by similar Omnibook editions of John Coltrane and Miles Davis solos.
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