Advance Music The Essence Of The Blues

• Trumpet Method for Blues Playing and Improvisation
• 10 Etudes for Playing and Improvising over Blues Forms
• Suitable for beginners and slightly advanced musicians
• Covers style, phrasing and performance in the blues
• Includes scale exercises and vocabulary exercises
• Includes tips on rehearsal and practice
• Includes ideas for your own improvisations
• Includes recommendations for listening to key blues and jazz recordings
• Pieces inspired by influential blues and jazz musicians
• Language: German/English
• Instrument: Trumpet
• Composer: Jim Snidero
• Publisher: Advance Music
• Series: The Essence Of The Blues
• Publisher’s number: ADV 14532
• ISBN: 978-3-95481-053-6
• ISMN: 979-0-2063-0035-6

Developing blues phrasing and improvisation on the trumpet

Jim Snidero’s new method, *The Essence of the Blues* for trombone, offers beginners and slightly advanced musicians an introduction to the world of the blues. The 10 solo pieces are accompanied by corresponding scale exercises, rehearsal tips, suggestions for your own improvisation and recommended listening material.

The professionally recorded backing tracks offer a unique band feel with a top-class line-up: Steve Davis (trombone), Mike LeDonne (piano/organ), Peter Washington (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums).

Contents:

• Introduction
• Style and Performance
• Tuning pitch A (resonant)
• Tuning note Bb (sustained)
• Duke’s Jam
• Papa Lou
• King BB
• Freeloader
• Minor Trane
• Mister T
• Bags
• Newkness
• Blue Funk
• Bird in Flight
• Basics of Blues Theory
• Vocabulary Exercises
• Recommended Recordings
• Information about the musicians