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Recordings of jazz standards

#21
Do like I did. Find a cat that plays that kind of music and take lessons. I am now studying with the Great Jazz Bassist Tyrone Brown. I owe him some homework too and I'm on TB. LOL!!! Don't forget manuscript paper and a #2 pencil :-)
 
#22
From your responses, it sounds like you are looking for play-along recordings of jazz standards. Many of the replies to your original post are suggesting "original" recordings of those standards, not for playing along but for listening and learning the song. The play-along recordings are not meant to be heard for the pleasure of listening, but only for pedagody. Band-In-A-Box provides robotic "performances" of many songs. They are useful if you have no other source available, but any recording with actual musicians is preferable. You can find many recordings of standards in Jamey Aebersold and Hal Leonard collections which are much better than BIAB. In my experience, the Hal Leonard books have better typography and usually better quality recordings, but you'll be fine with either.
 
#23
mixmastermike said:
Having people to play with is the tough part where I live. I'm sure it is for a lot of us, with that said is the band in a box program a passable substitute for live situations?
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Well, I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. If you just want to learn the tunes for your own pleasure, I'd still go with the Abersold stuff or something similar, over BIB. At least they sound real. Then go back to the original versions to check out the differences. If you already have BIB, it can't hurt to use it I guess, but those canned basslines aren't gonna help you much. You need something played by a real human to really get it, if learning basslines is what you are after. If you already know how to walk, then BIB is a decent backing.

If you want to play live, you have to be able to react to the situation. Problem with records, is that the the spontaneity doesn't happen and you can always anticipate what will come next. Playing live, the excitement, adrenaline and crowd gives a whole different vibe to the experience, one you can't get from the playalongs. I just use them to prep for rehearsals.

I live practically in the middle of nowhere and managed to find a couple of pretty heavy guys to play with. You might be surprised who you run into if you look around.
 
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phillybass101 said:
Do like I did. Find a cat that plays that kind of music and take lessons. I am now studying with the Great Jazz Bassist Tyrone Brown. I owe him some homework too and I'm on TB. LOL!!! Don't forget manuscript paper and a #2 pencil :-)
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Definitely, bro! I studied with Anthony Wellington for about 4 years and that guy has so much knowledge, it's insane...
 

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