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Jazz
Guitar Comping By Andrew Green
 This book helps players get a handle on the most important job a guitarist has when playing in a small group: comping. This book will show guitarists ways to create chord voicings and comping rhythms that will make them an asset to any jazz group. "Comping" is an abbreviation of the word "accompanying". Within a Jazz group, it is the art of improvising a chordal accompaniment for a soloist or singer. When you are the only chordal instrument in the group, you will likely spend 75% of the time comping--which means that it is the most important thing you do. Jazz Guitar Comping gives the guitarist the tools needed to be an effective comper, and an asset to any small jazz group. There is a wealth of information about building chords, voice leading and the rhythm. The CD contains mny examples from the book and includes recorings of a jazz quartet with analysis of the soloist and the comping. |
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Chords
for Jazz Guitar: The Complete Guide to Comping, Chord Melody and
Chord Soloing by
Charlton Johnson
This book/CD pack will teach you how to play jazz chords all over the fretboard in a variety of styles and progressions. It covers: voicings, progressions, jazz chord theory, comping, chord melody, chord soloing, voice leading and many more topics. The CD includes 98 full-band demo tracks. No tablature. Customer review: "A great method-supplement for Jazz Guitar, but not the first or only book to buy if you are just starting out in Jazz Guitar. This is a good chord method book/CD package, heavy on method, lighter on comping, chord melody, and chord soloing, and jazz standards. If you already have some good Jazz intro books, and found them easy going, this book may help round out your skills. It is recommended as a complementary study and follow-on once for the aspiring Jazz Guitarist needing very structured practice-method material". |
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Learn
to Play Brazilian Jazz Guitar by
David Marshall
 Brazilian jazz is the combination of the energizing rhythms of Brazilian and North American jazz music. Playing this style requires special skills not normally taught to the guitar student. This comprehensive book is designed to provide the guitarist with all that is necessary to understand and play Brazilian jazz such as chord structures, chord progressions, rhythms, decomposition, memorization, arranging, improvisation, notation, chord symbols and accompaniment as well as an overview and history of this coloful music. Solos are provided that implement various concepts and skills learned. They include: Amor Docy (Sweet Love); Passaciaille (Theme and First Variation); Bossa Barocco (Bossa Baroque); Bossa Improviso (Impromptu Bossa); Minuet (from "The Notebook of A.M. Bach); Choro Classic (Classical Choro); Choro Menor (Minor Choro); De Vez em Quando (Once in a While) and more. |
Mel
Bay's Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos (Various)
Mel Bay's Master Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos presents a generous
collection of 67 challenging pieces designed to enhance the repertoire
of the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist. Many of the world's
finest jazz guitarists of the latter half of the 20th century are
represented, including John Abercrombie, Cal Collins, Mickey Baker,
Jim Ferguson, Sal Salvador, Buddy Fite, Jerry Hahn, Rick Haydon,
Sid Jacobs, Bucky Pizzarelli, Charles Chapman, and many others.
The selections include both new pieces and some of the best previously
published pieces from the latter half of the 20th century. Standard
notation and tablature are offered for most pieces along with a
biographical sketch of the performer. A set of 3 companion stereo
CD's is included, making this an ideal sourcebook for serious students
and professionals alike.
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Introduction
to Gypsy Jazz Guitar
By John Jorgenson
In this first of three volumes of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's new Gypsy Jazz Guitar instructional series, "Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar," Jorgenson provides the foundational information and practice material necessary for you to gain an understanding of the Gypsy jazz guitar style. The first half of this volume addresses the important element of Gypsy jazz rhythm. The second half of this first volume addresses soloing. Each volume of this three-part series includes a 2-hour instructional DVD, an audio CD with practice audio tracks, and a full format book which presents all of the theoretical information, chord charts, fret board diagrams, music notation, and tablature for the material presented on the DVD. |
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Jazz-Rock
Solos for Guitar: Lead Guitar in the Styles of Carlton, Ford, Metheny,
Scofield, Stern and more! (Various)
Examine the solo concepts of the jazz-rock masters in this comprehensive book/CD package! You'll get phrase-by-phrase performance notes, plus tips on: improvising with triads; blues fusion; lines for static chords and vamps; atmospheric jazz; double stop improvising; and much more. The book includes standard notation and tab, and the CD features both full-demonstration and rhythm-only tracks. Customer review: "Having been through several jazz instruction books, this is by far the best. It runs its solo lines over complex chords- the kind you hear the better players actually playing over. It explains the concept behind the lines before giving them. This way, not only will the lines stick better, but you will have the background material to build your own lines. It is not a beginner book, but even a beginner could follow the well laid-out diagrams; it may just take him a while to get up to speed. ". |
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All
Intros and Endings for Jazz Guitar: Bebop, Swing, Latin, Ballads
By Jim Ferguson
The fifth book from Jim Ferguson, All Intros & Endings features dozens of hip intros and endings that you can use not only for gigs, but also as a staring point for developing your own ideas. There are chord progressions, voice-led ending chords, vamps (bebop, swing, Latin, and ballads), extended ideas, classic intros, and many concepts which are designed to provide the player with the material to fuel his or her own creativity. It includes sections on the major #11 and minor-major 7th chords, and symmetrical devices. Notation and tablature with a 44-track CD. Customer review: "This is a great book for intermediate players who want some new ideas -- not only for intros and outros but comping and solo playing too. There's a lot of really nice stuff here, lots of modern-sounding chord voicings and a brief, but good, discussion of voice leading. This guy's books are all very good". |
