Recommended Books (Faq up to date?)
Danielle E
as to when this was written. I am not sure if this is still up to date.
Any thoughts? Is this still a good list or are there other publications out
there that would do a better job or should be used to supplement this list?
Danielle
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Mickey Baker's book "Complete Course in Jazz and Hot Guitar, Book 1" - This
book is a good place to start for people new to jazz. While there is not a
lot of theory explaining the material that is presented, this is a good
reference to get the sounds of jazz chords in your ear. In addition, it's
incredibly cheap.
William Leavitt's set books "A Modern Method for Guitar". There are three
volumes. There is also a book called "Reading Studies for Guitar" that is to
be used along with the "Modern Method" books. These books are excellent for
getting a good foundation in jazz guitar. The first two books in the series
have been highly recommended. The third book has been found to be not as
essential.
Joe Pass' "The Joe Pass Guitar Style" is a small book with a wealth of
information on both chording and soloing. This may not be the best book for
the absolute beginner. However, once a solid foundation has been
established, this book has been highly recommended. It uses standard
notation exclusively.
Mark Levine's "Jazz Theory Book". This book is not specific to the guitar.
However, the choice of topics is excellent and the discussions are clear and
relatively complete. Transcribed solo fragments illustrate concepts
throughout this book, so you can see just how the theory is put into
practice.
Ted Greene's "Chord Chemistry". Greene has reportedly regretted the
presentation as too complicated, but many guitarists swear by this book as a
good reference for the possibilities of chordal playing.
Jerry Coker's and Dave Baker's works are also recommended.
For more modern styles, Joe Diorio's "Fusion" and "21st Century Intervallic
Designs" and Mick Goodrick's "The Advancing Guitarist" are the newsgroup's
suggestions.
"
Max Leggett
<dani...@reply.to.group.com> wrote:
>The text quoted below is from the faq from this group. It's not clear to me
>as to when this was written. I am not sure if this is still up to date.
>Any thoughts? Is this still a good list or are there other publications out
>there that would do a better job or should be used to supplement this list?
Still a good list, but there are excellent books published regularly -
I have a shelf full - that can supplement these. But these are a good
place to start.
>Mickey Baker's book "Complete Course in Jazz and Hot Guitar, Book 1" - This
>book is a good place to start for people new to jazz.
Especially those coming from blues and rock.
>William Leavitt's set books "A Modern Method for Guitar".
People who've used this swear by it.
>Joe Pass' "The Joe Pass Guitar Style" is a small book with a wealth of
>information on both chording and soloing.
Excellent, excellent resource, along with 'Joe Pass On Guitar'. So
much stuff you can steal and use.
>This may not be the best book for
>the absolute beginner. However, once a solid foundation has been
>established, this book has been highly recommended. It uses standard
>notation exclusively.
What he said. 'On Guitar' uses tab if you're reading challenged.
>Mark Levine's "Jazz Theory Book". This book is not specific to the guitar.
A good book to have in your library as a reference.
>Ted Greene's "Chord Chemistry". Greene has reportedly regretted the
>presentation as too complicated, but many guitarists swear by this book as a
>good reference for the possibilities of chordal playing.
I have it, but my eyes glaze over at the sight of all those chord
diagrams. Ted also wrote 'Single Note Soloing' vol I & II which are
excellent.
>For more modern styles, Joe Diorio's "Fusion"
Great book. It's not 'fusion' fusion, but a fusion of traditional
bebop and quartal harmony. Lots of good ideas to steal.
But a better idea would be to get a good teacher. Books are subjective
- what is a great book for me might be useless for you and vice versa.
A teacher wiill know what you need and provide that, rather than doing
a scattergun approach through various books. [He said with a shelf
full of books and Tal Farlow on the way.]
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souls out of men's bodies?
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pmfan57
Expressions" by Pat Martino.
Also, if you can find it, "Jazz Riffs for Guitar" by Richard Boukas.
That was by FAR the best $2.95 (in it's first printing) I ever spent.
Great book.
And go download the Ted Greene lessons that are mentioned in a recent
thread. That's the motherload, as someone said. And free!
Joe
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Any recommendations for Jazz Rhythm Guitar and comping books?
Ed S.
pmfan57
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pmfan57 wrote:
> Barry Galbraith's book is the best one, but requires reading.
>
>
Thanks. I found it on Jamie Aebersold's site. My reading is improving
but still read chords slowly (back to studying Classical Guitar).
Ed S.
cooper
Good beginer book with half scales brief theory and chord progressions of
the ii-V-I variety with lots of variations.
coop
Adam Gottschalk
"Danielle E" <dani...@reply.to.group.com> wrote:
AFAIK, this list is years old. It was around when I first starting
reading the group 5 years ago. For my money, there's one book on
the list which I think is useful for your "average" player (Chord
Chemistry). The Joe-Pass thing is too narrow, as JP had his own
style, especially fingerstyle (which some, including me, don't
particularly love). The Leavitt thing is too academic and probably
only there because it's known that those are/used to be used a Berklee.
Studies in practical applications of jazz are everywhere. Worst of all,
there seems to be not one title on the list aimed at _beginning_ jazz
players. ??? Some more reasonable, and more practical, titles I'd put on
there:
--Signature Licks: best of jazz guitar, Wolf Marshall
--Warner Bros.' Ultimate Play-along: Just Classic Jazz, guitar vol. 1
(each standard has lead sheet, chord-melody solo, and single-line
solo...and Jimmy Haslip)
--Mel Bay's Jazz Guitar Standards (for each of the 22 standards, it has
a lead sheet, a chord-melody solo, a comping etude, and a single-line
solo)
--Aebersold vol. 76, How to Learn Tunes
--Aebersold vol. 16, Turnarounds, Cycles, and II/V7s
--Hal Leonard's Jazz Standards for Solo Guitar
For the more advanced:
--Barry Galbraith, Aebersold's Jazz Guitar Study Series, vol. 3, Guitar
Comping
--Hal Leonard's Jazz-Rock Solos for Guitar
--Scofield's Jazz-Funk Guitar (maybe)
--Tuck Andress' Hot Licks video
[All of the above have normal music notation and tab]
pmfan57
constructing bebop improvisations, at which JP had no peer on guitar.
Neither would lock anyone in to his style, despite the name of the
first tome. "Guitar Style" is not just a way to play like Joe Pass.
It's a must-have book for anybody that wants to play jazz guitar.
Actually almost no chord solo stuff is in there. "On Guitar" has a
section of transcriptions, some chord melody, and a large wonderful
section on single note soloing that offers a nice catalog of useful
bebop phrases even horn and piano players can use.
My son plays the solos in "Guitar Style" on piano for sight reading and
they sound like Bud Powell right hand solos. They sound great on
piano, not guitaristic at all (they don't even lay that easy on guitar,
compared to the solos of some other jazz guitarists). That's because
Pass listened to bop horn players to get his lines for the most part.
Danielle E
I am not playing "Fitzgerald & Pass...Again" on my turntable. I need to
bring out those vinyl gems more often. I love that album.
Do the books referenced address the style he used when playing with Ella?
Danielle
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> >
> > I am not playing "Fitzgerald & Pass...Again" on my turntable. I need to
> > bring out those vinyl gems more often. I love that album.
> >
> > Do the books referenced address the style he used when playing with Ella?
> >
> > Danielle
If the Joe /Ella stuff is what you're after then the JP books mentioned
here aren't going to be a quick help, I think.
What I found to be very helpful was the Robert Conti Source Code books
vol 4 and 5, called 'The Formula' and ' The Chord Melody Assembly Line'
respectively.
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orange cover book).
It seemed daunting when I first got this in the early 70's, but when I
look at it now I'm amazed at how clearly and concisely everything is
set out. Probably best to use with a teacher, as there's much implied
in the music that is not explicitly stated in words.
2) Mickey Baker, Book I
Ignore the text, the names of the chords or anything he says about
theory. But if you're brand new to jazz, and just want to get the feel
of connecting jazz chords under your fingers quickly, this is a great
place to start.
3) Van Eps Guitar Method, Book I (the one where he harmonizes the
scales in triads).
Opens the door to using and connecting chords in ways that go beyond
the normal approach to the guitar.
4) Sheets of Sound, Zucker.
You can look at Jack's book a couple of different ways, but I don't
know of any other book that is as effective at getting across the idea
of moving motifs and shapes all over the instrument.
5) Linear Expressions, Martino
One of the hard transitions to make is understanding how you use
scales, yet don't sound as if you're playing scales. Disregard the
text (PM has a tendency to make things as complicated as possible when
discussing them) and just get these under your fingers, and then
analyze why they work.
...
Max Leggett
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>Any recommendations for Jazz Rhythm Guitar and comping books?
Jim Ferguson has a good book, "All Blues For Jazz Guitar - Chords,
Riffs, and Grooves." He has two other books with similar titles - make
sure to get this one.
>
>Ed S.
pmfan57
"diminished concept" stuff. But the "convert to minor stuff"
simplifies things when learning the neck. It was used by Wes and
Benson too in the sense that both converted to minor over various
chords (although Wes probably didn't call it that; Benson has stated
it explicitly in interviews).
dom...@optonline.net
the Jazz Musician impressed me from the first time I opened it.
Keith Freeman
> of connecting jazz chords under your fingers quickly, this is a great
> place to start.
Far better is Steve Khan's Chord Khancepts, as it gives you the basis of
chord construction (3s+7s).
-Keith
Music samples, tips, Portable Changes at
http://home.wanadoo.nl/keith.freeman/
E-mail: keith DOT freeman AT wanadoo DOT nl
markr
Danielle E wrote:
> William Leavitt's set books "A Modern Method for Guitar". There are three
> volumes. There is also a book called "Reading Studies for Guitar" that is to
> be used along with the "Modern Method" books. These books are excellent for
> getting a good foundation in jazz guitar. The first two books in the series
> have been highly recommended. The third book has been found to be not as
> essential.
>
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I'm not sure why the third book would be considered less important;
that's where a lot of the substance and more advanced concepts are
presented. Someone said the Leavitt series is too academic but I think
it's still very good when used selectively with the guidance of a
teacher. It's the best presentation out there - that I've seen - for
understanding the guitar, not for understanding jazz necessarily, but
for getting a handle on position playing, basic harmony, chord scale
theory, altered chords and diminished scales, etc. etc...I can't think
of another book out there that covers all these areas in a systematic
way.
Mark R
markr
for you and vice versa."
Many of the books cover similar subjects. Often it's a just matter of
the student being ready to study and practice the material.
Steven Rosenberg
single-volume edition that includes all three books. Besides having
everything together, the entire thing has been re-set and is quite a
bit easier on the eyes -- typesetting has come a long way in the last
30 years.
Danielle E
keyboard version on the web but nothing guitar specfic. What I found dated
back to 1965.
Danielle
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