Jazz 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 (Violin 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 Latin Jazz Violin This set of five tapes covers Blues Fiddle, by Sam Bardfeld Early Jazz Violin, 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 Bebop, 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, jazz standard, 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 Jazz Improvisation 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 Jazz Harmony 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