Some useful links to get legal backing tracks (use according to their license)
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Individual Tunes for sale (or free)
There's always YouTube Search
Songlist for Horn Players | Play Jazz Now (separate recordings for a specific instrument)
Apple iTunes Backing Tracks for Alto Sax ($0.69, not bad) Also Jamey Aebersold playalongs, $0.99)
Note: Apple takes 30%, so if you can, buy direct.
Karaoke Version has customizable tracks you can premix before downloading.
PG Music Powertracks multitrack mixer/editor but optionally has 30 original jazz, blues, and rock songs recorded by studio musicians.
Hal Leonard Play Along Books with CD (or nowadays a code to download all the tracks): Jazz Play Along - Hal Leonard Online
JazzBacks and SoulBacks: Professional jazz backing tracks, standards, smooth, soul, blues,
StandardsTrax: Backing Tracks for Singers & Musicians | Standardstrax
ProBackingTracks: Pro Backing Tracks | Blues, Jazz, and Smooth Jazz | Guitar Saxophone
Bobby's Backing Tracks: Bobby's Backing Tracks - Bobby's Backing Tracks
Software to create backing tracks
Erskine Essentials iOS Apps | Peter Erskine is also available as USB for all platforms.
iReal Pro
Band in a Box (BiaB) and BiaB Tracks
Drumgenius to generate beats to practice with
Logic X on Mac has a sophisticated and powerful drummer generator
You can change the key of a track with the free editor Audacity. Works very well for a half step or two.
Miscellaneous resources
The Fake Book Index doesn't cover all of the many, many playalong books out there, but if you are searching for a particular jazz song it does cover most of the Aebersold and Hal Leonard books, so can tell you which one(s) include a song you want.
Please add more in comments, make them easy to copy to this top post.
Individual Tunes for sale (or free)
There's always YouTube Search
Songlist for Horn Players | Play Jazz Now (separate recordings for a specific instrument)
Apple iTunes Backing Tracks for Alto Sax ($0.69, not bad) Also Jamey Aebersold playalongs, $0.99)
Note: Apple takes 30%, so if you can, buy direct.
Karaoke Version has customizable tracks you can premix before downloading.
PG Music Powertracks multitrack mixer/editor but optionally has 30 original jazz, blues, and rock songs recorded by studio musicians.
Hal Leonard Play Along Books with CD (or nowadays a code to download all the tracks): Jazz Play Along - Hal Leonard Online
JazzBacks and SoulBacks: Professional jazz backing tracks, standards, smooth, soul, blues,
StandardsTrax: Backing Tracks for Singers & Musicians | Standardstrax
ProBackingTracks: Pro Backing Tracks | Blues, Jazz, and Smooth Jazz | Guitar Saxophone
Bobby's Backing Tracks: Bobby's Backing Tracks - Bobby's Backing Tracks
Software to create backing tracks
Erskine Essentials iOS Apps | Peter Erskine is also available as USB for all platforms.
iReal Pro
Band in a Box (BiaB) and BiaB Tracks
Drumgenius to generate beats to practice with
Logic X on Mac has a sophisticated and powerful drummer generator
You can change the key of a track with the free editor Audacity. Works very well for a half step or two.
Miscellaneous resources
The Fake Book Index doesn't cover all of the many, many playalong books out there, but if you are searching for a particular jazz song it does cover most of the Aebersold and Hal Leonard books, so can tell you which one(s) include a song you want.
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