Smooth jazz bass grooves books

Here are bass lines for 11 songs with a range of artists. See more ideas about music, smooth jazz and music videos. The following artists and bands have performed smooth jazz. The 90s saw the birth of a new instrumental genre called smooth jazz. Slap it funk studies for the electric bass by tony oppenheim should be on every bass players book shelf. World class music educational products for blues, latin, funk, gospel, jazz, rock, african, celtic styles. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message. One of the jazz scenes finest bass players whats on in london. Blues, jazz, funk and rock digital downloadable music ebooks. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smo. He is also a published author having penned one of the best selling bass guitar books ever basslines. Anything written by ed friedland is good, the complete bass method published by hal leonard is great. Recommend smooth jazz guitar instructional books, dvds. Bass and drums form the nucleus of any rhythm section.

Includes a playalong cd, practicing concepts, groove transcriptions, practical exercises, and invaluable advice. The idea is to keep the triplets as smooth and even as possible. Ive been really struggling to get things to sound smooth and i suspected rhythm was. Remember that playing your bass grooves against this displaced pattern is an advanced. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute.

Speaking of retro, snowboy gives the rhodes and b3 an intense dual workout on the trance gem astralisation. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The real book can be a fantastic tool that you can use in many different. Ultra smooth jazz grooves for eb alto saxophone bookcd by. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. The blues in 12 keys, book i in the constructing walking jazz bass lines series. The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chordwalking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 12 step below to whatever is the next chord. From the irresistible, funky shuffle feel of dave koz s charttopping anything s possible to the driving, latinspiced rhythms of jessy j s hot sauce, smooth jazz hits. Great thing with jazz is the bass can be as noticeable as you and the rest of the band want.

Gordon of the super groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the smooth jazz genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner, intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. Ascap, cd baby pro publishing, cd baby sync publishing, and 1 music rights societies. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up. Smooth jazz chieli minucci night grooves 2003, cd discogs. This doesnt necessarily mean that the bass part you come up with has to always lockin with what the kick drum. Let the mellow sax be your guide to a place where fretless bass and gentle congas create grooves deeper than the mariana trench. Guitar and bass blues and rock jazz latin funk african mandolin. Jazz fusion also known as fusion is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. The creative jazzfusion composer and performer has won 14 grammy awards.

Groove 101 is a complete book to practice your time and learn how to play with the drums in a professional way. See more ideas about smooth jazz artists, jazz artists and smooth jazz. Gordon, have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the smooth jazz genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner, intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. Jazz online bass workshops constructingwalking jazz bass lines. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. On each of the 20 tracks, the groove is separated into 3 melodic ideas. Ultra smooth jazz grooves for eb alto saxophone bookcd. I have so many smooth jazz cd the artists are in a sense good storytellers. But if youre really looking for a walking jazz bass line book, then in alphabetical order ed friedland, ed fuqua, jay hungerford, and bob magnusson all have good books, each with a little different approach. Sep 27, 2012 constructing walking jazz bass lines walking bass lines 3 book set for a limited time buy books 1 3 and take our walking bass workshop. We offer digital downloadable music instruction ebooks for piano, keyboards, organ, saxophone, flute, brass, guitar, violin, recorder and others. After releasing their first cd supergroovin, which received world.

The playalong cd includes seven complete tunes in the styles of smooth jazz piano icons such as brian culbertson, marcus johnson and bob james. Smooth uptempo the worlds smoothest jazz at an energetic bpm. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smooth jazz. This 94page bass method holds 260 original grooves and exercises and comes with a dvd packed with more than audio tracks.

The worldwide leader in jazz improvisation educational materials for over 50 years. Youll find your smooth jazz sheet music at sheet music plus. The website is subdivided on the left side into physical books and digital download ebooks including individual lessons with pdf, mp3 and midi files from our extensive catalog of blues, jazz, funk, latin, country, gospel, world music styles. Ultimate grooves, quite simply, features the top artists in smooth jazz in their most grooving tracks. Gordon of the super groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies called ultra smooth jazz grooves for bb instruments in the smooth jazz genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner, intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. Bass fingerstyle funk grooves made easy by chris matheos. Jul 22, 2018 l5 jazz groove guitar licensed to youtube by cd baby on behalf of larry lehmann. The communication between the bass player and drummer has got to be tight in order for the groove to be established. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series 100 ultimate blues riffs andrew decided. If youre looking for a jazz song to practice your jazz chops, i recommend autumn leaves. This excellent bookcd combo starts you off by giving you a firm grounding in chord voicing and scale basics, but then has you making very cool grooves soon after. L5 jazz groove guitar licensed to youtube by cd baby on behalf of larry lehmann. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up listening to rock and roll. It just so happens that i am starting to learn walking bass lines with my bass teacher.

Smooth vocals hear only the best in smooth vocal jazz, celebrating the human voice mixed perfectly alongside creative jazz. Blessed with a gift for using their imagination to turn a story into an success soft, melodies songs. Jazz bass books learn bass guitar, bass guitar tabs, music theory. Jimmy haslip bass alex al bass ulco bed guitar david benoit synthesizer,piano,fender rhodes rick braun trumpet,flugelhorn. Jamey aebersold jazz does not accept liability for incorrect spelling, printing errors including prices, incorrect manufacturers specifications, or grammatical inaccuracies in any product included in the jamey aebersold jazz catalog or website.

Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. May 6, 2020 music to make you day smooth and relaxing. The widest selection of smooth jazz sheet music, songbooks, and music books. What is a real book and why theyre so important scotts bass. This cool, comprehensive guide provides the history and essential bass lines for 34. If you like smooth rides, mellow vibes, and sultry heat, then dim the lights and soundtrack your night of passion with the cognaclaced sounds of midnight love. He is so stoked and happy that one of his students is wanting to learn jazz and walking bass. Very simple chord progression to learn how to form walking bass lines or even solos over.

Misc beginner jazz bass tab a lot of new and old jazz is built on r, 3, 5, 3. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up blues sax playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Fingerstyle funk bass playing can be found in many styles ofmodern music. Smooth jazz sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. That means root of the scale, 3rd note, 5th note, 3rd note or r, 5, 3, 5. Smooth jazz to me is really about focusing on melody and lyrical improv so quite a bit of modal playing along with traditional jazz improv. Ultimate grooves by various artists on amazon music. I use a korg oasys to make many of my tracks, however guitar center does sell a number of sample dvds for use with ableton live or sony acid on their website. How to play grooving bass lines making music magazine. Each melodic idea example or riff is played first, by the guitar with the groove.

Andrew d gordon ultra smooth jazz grooves for eb alto sax pdf. The best books for a bassist to read and learn from. Internationally renowned authors, musicians and recording artists, frank villafranca and andrew d. It is designed to help all levels of bassists improve their time, control, groove, pulse, vocabulary, theory, sightreading and inner clock. Walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys upright bass and electric bass method.