Soulful Jazz Play-Alongs

I always find it extremely difficult to find good play-alongs. No matter where you look, the information is limited to the titles on the most necessary. Not to mention samples or even just the tracklist. The play-alongs from Hal Leonard, I had already mentioned it, they provide for my taste excellentes price-performance ratio (about 10-15 [...]


Jazz Play-Alongs for Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and play an instrument that many want to play on Christmas Eve, a two carols. Perhaps the mood, maybe even make to the grandma happy. Thus, a serenade, totally "naked" and with the notes from the flute book but sounds somewhat bland.

For all the tenor and alto saxophone, but also in Bb and Eb brass, guitar, bass and piano are available in the Jazz Play-Along series from Hal Leonard music books with a few CDs that promise a bit of variety on Christmas Eve ...


Hundred and one 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 book almost accidentally pushed it, I'm busy myself with the songs of Irving Berlin even closer.


The Real Book Play Alongs - Cheap play-alongs for jazz and blues

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


Bossa Nova - 10 Latin Jazz Favorites by Hal Leonard

Today I want you again to present a new play-along:
Bossa Nova - 10 Latin Jazz Favorites, Jazz Play Along, Volume 40, from the Hal Leonard Publishing. Some of them are ex-stock at Amazon, at a price to 12-14 €, including a lot cheaper than the series of Jamie Aebersold.


The story so far ...

How time flies yet. I found the title match, in allusion to a famous series. Today I noticed that my last contribution to the actual topic here already almost exactly three months ago.
Meanwhile, of course, much has happened - the usual holiday bustle, a nice, long Christmas holiday, a quick start into the new year and unfortunately far too little time to play the saxophone. But still, I think, to have used the few good times.


NEW: The saxophonist and jazz saxlog shop for beginners

Since I am dealing with the topics of saxophone and jazz, I am constantly in search of music, good music and play-alongs. Seek in the depths of the web for pearls is not always easy, especially as time consuming.
So I've decided to [...] at this point a little "Shöpchen" too ;-)