for String Players A bibliography by Renata Bratt and Paula Zeitlin for the IAJE String Caucus

Contents Jazz History ...... 1 Jazz Strings Instruction Books ...... 1 Other Useful Methods and Jazz Studies, non-string specific...... 3 Until you find a band: play-along recordings ...... 4 Standard Equipment: Fakebooks ...... 5 Arrangements for Jazz String Ensembles by Publisher ...... 5

Here is the format used for an individual The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz entry: Smithsonian 2100 title currently distributed by Rounder Records, author(s) Cambridge publisher comment Jazz Strings Instruction Books A New and Innovative System for Learning Jazz History to Improvise for Strings Mark Chung's Jazz Strings website contains by David N. Baker a fine bibliography, discography, and a Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc., 1211 Aebersold wealth of historical information. You can Drive, New Albany, IN 47150 find it at: 1-800-456-1388 http://shoko.calarts.edu/~chung/jazzviolin.html A method for all strings by a master jazz educator. In addition to biographies of individual musicians and to general books on jazz Stringed Instruments Improvisation, Vol. l styles and periods, there are three very ( and Viola) and Vol. II Cello and useful tape or CD sets: Bass) by David N. Baker The Talking Violin (audiotape series) Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing, 1976 by Julie Lyonn Lieberman and Dr. Billy All levels. Taylor Improvised Music Collective, P.O. Box 495- Salsa Violin: How to Play Salsa, Charanga A, NYC, NY 10024 and Violin This set of five tapes covers Fiddle, by Sam Bardfeld Early , String Bands, New Age Gerard& Sarzin Strings, and Violin of the Eighties. Features the history of the violin's role in Afro-Cuban music, discussion of technique The Instrumental History of Jazz and clavé, transcription and analysis of 16 by Dr. Willie L. Hill, Jr. solos by major artists, with a CD of the solos N2K Encoded Jazz, N2KE-10004, 1997 and play-along tracks. This enhanced two-CD set is an excellent compilation of examples from different jazz periods. It will play on all stereos and most Macintosh and Windows computers. Jazz for String Players, a bibliography page 2

Jazz Improvisation Made Easy Reading Key Jazz Rhythms by John Blake and Jody Harmon by Fred Lipsius with Evan Price, violin 1993 Advance Music, 1997 Box 186, 301 Littleton Rd., Westford, MA Distributed by Sher Music Co., P.O. Box Intermediate levels. For violin, viola and 445, Petaluma, CA 94953 cello. Book and CD with four sections, each A book and two CD set of jazz etudes based with a jazz composition, scale patterns, call on blues and jazz standards, each and response, improvised solo by John emphasizing an important jazz rhythm. Blake, solo transcription, and play-along Includes play-along tracks. Other versions track. Each section uses a different major are available for other instruments. Use scale, so that students can improvise trombone version for bass clef readers. immediately. Both swing and Latin styles are included. Blues Fiddle by Julie Lyonn Lieberman Fiddling Chord Book New York: Oak Publications by Craig Duncan History of blues fiddle and tunes "in the Mel Bay Publishing style of". Beginner-intermediate. Good Helpful guide to chord voicings for the discography. violinist. Improvising Violin (revised ed.) Jazz Violin by Julie Lyonn Lieberman by Matt Glaser and Stephane Grappelli Huiksi Music, Box495, NYC, NY 10024 New York: Oak Publications, 1981 Also available as instructional audio series History, discography, and transcribed solos through Homespun Tapes: 1-800-33- of six great violinists. Intermediate and TAPES. advanced. A survey of improvised violin styles.

Jazz Chord Studies for Violin Tonic to Chromatic, Tonal Structural by Matt Glaser and Joe Viola Patterns of Stringed Instruments Tuned in Boston: Berklee College of Music, 1984 4ths and 5ths. Vol. IV--Violoncello Intermediate-advanced studies and etudes. by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson Johnsong Music, P.O. Box 3646, Napa, CA, Creative Ability Development (for violin, www.johnsong.com viola, cello, or piano) Basic jazz theory and a lexicon of intervals, by Alice Kay Kanack chords, and scale forms as they fit on the Summy-Birchard Inc./Warner Brothers cello fingerboard. Publications Entry-level/beginning improvisation method The Jazz Fiddle Wizard using jazz, blues, Latin, and classical styles, by Martin Norgaard with accompanying CD. Mel Bay Publishers A step-by-step jazz violin instruction book Improvisation for Children and CD. For intermediate/advanced by Alice Kay Kanack violinists. This method teaches Warner Brothers improvisational patterns by using tunes and Book and CD method for pre-schoolers, chords from standard jazz repertoire. contains 27 different songs and games to help children expand their creative musical abilities. Jazz for String Players, a bibliography page 3

Jazz Philharmonic How to Play , for all instruments, by Randy Sabien and Bob Phillips vol.1-3 Alfred Publishers by David Baker For string orchestra students who are Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., 16380 Roscoe learning their instruments and/or at the same Blvd. POB 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410 time learning basic jazz concepts. Each of A set of books for intermediate through the books presents original tunes with advanced improvisers wishing to learn basic interchangeable parts, backgrounds, bass "bebop licks". lines, and solos. Any combination of string instruments will work using this format. Inside Improvisation Series: Vol. I Melodic Beginning improvisation is handled with Structures, Vol. 2 Pentatonics, Vol. 3 Jazz preparatory rhythms, scales, call-and- Live response, with musical listening examples by Jerry Bergonzi on the accompanying CD (purchased Advance Music. separately). Each comes with CD.

Jazz Cello, Viola, or Violin, a book and CD How to Improvise by Chris White with Amy Merrill by Hal Crook Cello Works, 501 Linn St., Ithaca, NY Advance Music, 199l 14850 Includes 2 CDs. A very clearly organized Toll free (877) 665-5815 (phone/fax with methods book, covering almost all credit card) or improvisational topics. www.newdirectionscello.com (go to "Store") Approaching the Standards, Jazz Three jazz tunes (blues, , and Improvisation Series Vol. 1-3. Treble Clef or Latin) are featured in this method for strings. Bass Clef book and CD Includes good advice on improvisational by Dr. Willie L. Hill, Jr. techniques (note choices, accompaniment Warner Bros. Publications patterns, etc) and jazz string history. A very friendly format for any instrument, these three books each feature eight classic jazz tunes with accompaniment, Other Useful Methods and Jazz discography, and composer information. Studies, non-string specific Nice jazz language examples for each piece There are hundreds of jazz methods books, as well as very clear chord charts are etude books, and transcriptions, but a few included. Recommended for good junior we have found very useful and clear are: high players and above.

The Charlie Parker Omnibook, bass or Teaching Jazz, A Course of Study treble clef by the International Association of Jazz by Jamey Aebersold and Ken Slone Educators The great alto saxophone player's MENC, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, transcribed solos. Excellent for the advanced VA 20191-4348 string player as jazz etudes and source of A basic book for all teachers interested in ideas. teaching improvisation. Particularly useful is the chapter on jazz in general music, with Improvisational Patterns: the Blues many ideas for incorporating by David Baker improvisational concepts when teaching New York, Colin Publishers, 1980 young children. An important jazz educator (and cellist), Baker has many more books, distributed through Aebersold. Jazz for String Players, a bibliography page 4

Ten Easy Jazz Duets (for C instruments or Until you find a band: play-along Bass Clef) recordings by John LaPorta with Greg Nielsen Again, these are only a few of many play- Miami: Warner Bros. Publications, 1996 along materials available. (alas, viola Beginner-intermediate, with CD. Good for players have to read treble or bass) learning to read jazz rhythms. A New Approach to The Jazz Theory Book by Jamey Aebersold by Mark Levine Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc., P.O. Box 1244, Sher Music Co., PO Box 445, Petaluma, CA New Albany, IN, 47150 A 552 page book written in a 1-800-456-1388 straightforward and easy to understand style, More than 90 volumes of a book plus CD or with many musical examples. It starts with tape. These are the most popular play-along the basics and moves on. For teachers, books, with a complete rhythm section advanced high school and college students. playing several choruses of each tune, giving you a chance to take long solos. The A Chromatic Approach to books cover blues, jazz standards, Latin and Melody jazz, contemporary jazz, and jazz by specific by David Liebman composers. The best ones for beginning and Advance Music,1991 intermediate players are: An ear-opening approach for experienced improvisers, and a classic. Includes CD of Vol. 2 Nothin' But Blues examples and practice tracks. blues in several keys, tempos Vol. 24 Major and Minor Comprehensive Technique for Jazz for scale pattern work using different Musicians jazz rhythms by Bert Ligon Vol. 42 Blues in All Keys Houston Publishing Inc. distributed by Hal self- explanatory Leonard Vol. 54 Maiden Voyage Very useful for musicians with basic jazz standards and modal tunes understanding of jazz tunes and materials. Vol. 70 Killer Joe standards Muy Caliente by Rebeca Mauleon Books of transcribed bass lines are available Sher Music, 1999 for all volumes. Afro-Cuban play-along CD and book with great rhythm section. Stereo separation for New Real Book Play-Alongs cello/bass. See also Mauleon's Salsa Sher Music Co, Petaluma, CA Guidebook and 101 Montunos (with CDs) Intermediate. This is a series of three for thorough exploration of this style, also CDs/tapes, each with ten songs, from the published by Sher Music. New Real Book Volume I (a popular "fake book" for jazz improvisers). They are: Jazz 14 Blues and Funk Etudes, (for C Classics, Jazz Standards, and Pop-Fusion. instruments), with two CDs Also, play-along CD for tunes from The by Bob Mintzer Latin Real Book . Warner Bros. Publications. (Aebersold dist.) Etudes and jam tracks, intermediate & fun!

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Rock and Roll Backup Compositions by Bert Ligon Tape/CD University of South Carolina, School of Homespun Tapes Music, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 1-800-33-TAPES Original compositions arranged for jazz It's not exactly jazz but it's a lot of fun. 15 string quartet or string orchestra with a different rhythm grooves, several blues rhythm section, many based on standard jazz tunes. Homespun also carries videos by Matt chord changes. Intermediate-advanced. Glaser, Darol Anger and Julie Lyonn- Complete listing available with sample pdf Lieberman, and backup tracks for David files for viewing at: Grisman's Dawg Grass/Jazz. http://www.music.sc.edu/departments/jazz/J azzStringsMusic.HTML

Standard Equipment: Fakebooks E&R Music Engravers If you're serious about playing jazz with all 17 Iris Way, kinds of musicians, it's good to own a Haverhill, MA 01830-1595 fakebook (melody and chord symbols only) (978)373-2918 that is used by lots of people. The oldest one [email protected] or is the Real Book (not legal nor always easy www.angelfire.com/ma/eandr to get) but also useful are the New Real Publisher of originals and arrangements for Book Vol. 1, 2 and 3, the Standards Real jazz string quartet and jazz string ensembles Book and The Latin Real Book, all by Miriam Rabson, as recorded by the published by Sher. Really Eclectic String Quartet (RESQ). Selections range from jazz standards to Arrangements for Jazz String klezmer/. Write for complete Ensembles by Publisher listing. Intermediate-advanced. All include at least one section for improvisation. Fiddlistics Music POB 19297 Alfred Publications Oakland, CA 94619 Jazz Philharmonic Publishers of originals and arrangements by by Randy Sabien and Bob Phillips Darol Anger, David Balakrishnan, Mark Twelve original jazz compositions scored Summer, Tracy Silverman, and Danny for any combination of stringed instruments. Seidenberg, as recorded by the Turtle Island Available for Violin, Viola, Cello and String Quartet and others. Includes pieces Teachers Manual, including full score. for solo cello, jazz string quartet, and jazz Excellent for beginning strings, and string orchestra. Useful performance notes, beginning improvisers at any level. suggested solos and suggested bass lines are available as well. Styles include rock, R&B, August Watters Music Publishing fiddle/jazz fusion, jazz standards, and more. P.O. Box 180242, Boston, MA Intermediate-advanced. Some of these are Publisher of arrangements of jazz standards now carried by Sher Publications. for jazz string quartet. Write for complete listing. Intermediate-advanced. Huiksi Music P.O. Box 495 New York, NY 10024 Publishers of originals and arrangements by Julie Lyonn Lieberman, including suite for strings and rhythm section.

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Note: there are other arrangements for and combos with string sections which do not include string improvisation. Many of these have been out of print for many years, but are gradually coming back into circulation.

There are also new arrangements for improvising strings which are available over the internet. You can use the information presented here as the starting point for a search. Here's how: use your favorite search engine (google.com is a particularly good one) and enter the name of one of the authors or the title of one of the publications; you should then see a list of related items.