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Houston Publishing Jazz Exercises and Etudes for the Alto Saxophone
The exercises in this new book from Houston Publishing are designed to help the alto saxophonist develop more jazz technique and more control in the altissimo register. Includes jazz etudes on common chord progressions....details

Houston Publishing Playing Guitar In A Jazz/Big Band Book
The book Playing Guitar In A Jazz/Big Band is for giving the beginning jazz guitar player the basic instruction he or she needs to play guitar in a big band setting. All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long series. This big band guitar book is an extremely helpful reference for guitarists, educators, and arrangers....details

Houston Publishing Jazz Harmony on the Guitar Book
Stan Smith's approach to studying jazz harmony provides an appropriate sound in a jazz setting early in guitarists' development and will give you a foundation in both linear and structural harmonic concepts, preparing you for more advanced theoretical concepts. Other applications for the Jazz Harmony on the Guitar book/CD pack include voicings for percussionists developing 4 mallet technique on vibes, and material for band directors who want to use the guitar to its fullest potential, and for arrangers writing jazz for the guitar....details

Houston Publishing Jazz Theory Resources Volume 1 Book
Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in 2 volumes. Volume I includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II of the jazz theory course includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord and scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included....details