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07-30-2009, 01:04 PM
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This may have been posted before, if it has please direct me to the thread. I'm starting to really enjoy jazz and the sounds of greats such as Coltrane and Davis. However, I can't seem to find a book that has any jazz teachings or instruction. Anyone have any book suggestions? |
07-30-2009, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northampton, England | | | There's some good stuff on youtube. Uk based player called Dave Marks has an excellent series on walking bass, but there's loads more if you look.
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07-30-2009, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | Check the DOUBLE BASS side of the board, a buncha stuff in the thread called JAZZ TECHNIQUE...
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07-30-2009, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by leftybassman392  There's some good stuff on youtube. Uk based player called Dave Marks has an excellent series on walking bass, but there's loads more if you look. | Dave Marks' videos are great. They certainly helped me alot when I was starting out.
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07-30-2009, 01:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | Mark Sabatella's Jazz Improvisation Primer is an excellent online resource; I devoured it in college. Very robust in terms of harmonic and modal theory and historical/stylistic overviews. Very good for my lack of notation reading abilities at the time.
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07-30-2009, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tch90 However, I can't seem to find a book that has any jazz teachings or instruction. | Seriously? There are lots of books out there about jazz bass. Ed Friedland's books are good for beginners, as are Todd Johnson's "module" books and videos. Todd Coolman's book "The Bottom Line" is a good one. Then there are Ron Carter's and Ray Brown's books. Any of these will get you started. |
07-30-2009, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Check the DOUBLE BASS side of the board, a buncha stuff in the thread called JAZZ TECHNIQUE... | To the OP, this is the guy to listen to. Ed has written some books on playing Jazz. |
07-30-2009, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Nazium Seriously? There are lots of books out there about jazz bass. Ed Friedland's books are good for beginners, as are Todd Johnson's "module" books and videos. Todd Coolman's book "The Bottom Line" is a good one. Then there are Ron Carter's and Ray Brown's books. Any of these will get you started. | I'm sorted of limited in selection. My local GC doesn't hold in stock the stuff I want, but I haven't really looked on the internet much. thanks for the suggestions though. |
07-30-2009, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tch90 I'm sorted of limited in selection. My local GC doesn't hold in stock the stuff I want, but I haven't really looked on the internet much. thanks for the suggestions though. | aebersold has some bassline books that are good reading practice and you can sit down and take the lines apart......ron carter's charlie parker book is great and the lead sheets/solos/play along cd's are available too
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07-30-2009, 03:22 PM
| | | Abersold has a good introductory book with CD called How to Play Jazz and Improvise - Volume 1
Try http://www.jazzbooks.com
There is even some good free stuff to download there. |
07-30-2009, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jgbass Abersold has a good introductory book with CD called How to Play Jazz and Improvise - Volume 1
| +1 on the Aebersold books. They have some really good hands-on examples and practice routines that will get definitely get you started. |
07-30-2009, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rutherford, NJ | | Mike Richmonds Modern walking bass technique is a excellent collection of studies that really explore the essence of Jazz Bass Playing http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=673
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07-30-2009, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia | | | thanks for all the links. i'll definitely be looking in to those sites |
07-30-2009, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by XylemBassGuitar +1 on the Aebersold books. They have some really good hands-on examples and practice routines that will get definitely get you started. | Quote:
Originally Posted by jgbass Abersold has a good introductory book with CD called How to Play Jazz and Improvise - Volume 1
Try http://www.jazzbooks.com
There is even some good free stuff to download there. | How is the reliability of these sites? in terms of ordering and such. |
07-30-2009, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK | | | also the mark levine jazz theory book, its pretty comprehensive!
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