Soulful Jazz Play-Alongs

I always find it very difficult to find good play-alongs. No matter where you look, the information limited to the titles on the most necessary. Not to mention sound samples or even the tracklist. The Play-Alongs by Hal Leonard, I've already mentioned once, for my taste, they offer an excellent cost-performance ratio (10-15 [...]


Music tip: Verve Jazz Club by

For some time there are a number of compilations from the house of Verve Records. The CDs are the Jazz Club series is available in seven different segments: Legends, Highlights, Moods, World, Trends, History, and Easy.

The segments are then color coded as stated on the cover. At the price of € 5-6, there is a CD of [...]


Einhundertundeins years Irving Berlin

Many people know his songs, but few know the man behind it - Irving Berlin, composer of over 2,000 pieces. Through a play-along issue encountered almost by chance, I'm busy myself with the songs of Irving Berlin even closer.


The Real Book Play Alongs - Low Cost Play-Alongs Jazz & Blues

Since November 2008 there is the Real Book by Hal Leonard Play-Along with a number of CDs. Brilliant idea, The Real Book in this form or in a similar issue you anyway. In the various editions are 3 CDs with 60 play-alongs. The recordings are kept in the usual good quality and very [...]


NEW: The saxlog Shop for saxophonist and jazz beginners

Since I am dealing with the topics of saxophone and jazz, I'm constantly on the lookout for notes Playalongs and good music. search for in the depths of the Web for pearls is not always easy and, above all, time-consuming.
I have therefore decided to [...] at this point a little "Shöpchen to ';-)


Tip: Antonio Carlos Jobim Bossa Nova Playa Long by Aebersold

I had recently Jamey Aebersold Jazz: Antonio Carlos Jobim (Bossa Nova), a book purchased with Playalong CD, as I find the songs of Jobim awesome and I want to explore it with particularly Wave and Desafinado.


Stan Getz - Artist Transcriptions

've Found me via ebay, a new book: The Stan Getz - Artist Transcriptions For Tenor Saxophone.