Backing Tracks Aebersold playalongs

[nickh]

Hi Nickh.
Im wondering if you can help me.Why do the shouw all the notes they do on the F#7+9 & the B7+9?
thankyou

Hi,
I'm afraid I never did get around to learning Summertime so can't be of help!

😱

 

[TootSweet]

When Aebersold writes 7+9, he means an Altered Chord and Scale. He shows you the corresponding chord and scale tones the Scale Syllabus that comes with every Aebersold Playalong.

 

[Dibbs]

Those books are old. Nowadays it's more common to use a slightly different system for chord symbols that comes out of Berklee. As Toots says Aebersold uses +9 where we'd probably see Alt nowadays. That's everything altered i.e. b9#9#11b13 hence most of the weird notes.

After analysing that you may still find some of the notes in the scale he recommends don't quite make sense. I find that chord and it's related scale quite problematic from a theoretical point of view. Particularly so when you're down at the bottom of the circle of 5ths dealing with double sharps and the like.. I was confusing myself and others with it just last week here II V I Mode .

Maybe it's best just to accept that it works.

 

[RichardSX90]

Thanks to Nick Wyver for recommending Creative Saxophone Improvising by Kellie Santin & Cheryl Clark.
Here are some specimen pages.
Source - Creative Saxophone Improvising (with CD)

Mod Edit - copyright images removed, use link to see pages


Sorry for posting the copyright images. I thought watermarked specimens would be OK.
Thanks for removing them.

 

[Ghr9204]

Jamey Aebersold Learning Jazz Starter Pack​

During a search for a comment I made a little while back on the Café, stumbled upon an on-line seller of Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play Along books with backing tracks. This caught my attention:

JA Starter Pack - Vols. 1,2,21,24,54 + JAD (DVD) discounted at $103.50 US. They are based in New Albany, Indiana, US.

Description:​

There's never been a better time to learn the secrets of the great improvisors. In this starter pack, you'll find the most used instructional jazz materials on the planet, including Jamey's landmark DVD "Anyone Can Improvise"! For all musicians wishing to master the basic tools-of-the-trade.

This package includes:​

Vol. 1 "How To Play Jazz And Improvise" Book/Downloadable tracks
Vol. 2 "Nothin' But Blues" Book/Downloadable tracks
Vol. 21 "Gettin' It Together" Book/Downloadable tracks
Vol. 24 "Major and Minor" Book/Downloadable tracks
Vol. 54 "Maiden Voyage" Book/Downloadable tracks
The DVD "Anyone Can Improvise"

/ End of Description.​

As in all things, YMMV - (Your Mileage May Vary). I have a half dozen Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play Along books with backing CD's, unique ones not in the Hal Leonard Jazz Play Along series, but no JA's in this series.

Just some food for thought, may help someone who is learning the ropes to play jazz improv.

 

[wakyct]

Aren't the books normally about $20 each?

I bought volume 1 when I first started playing. It's useful as a quick reference but tbh I haven't done much else with it, because there's so much other material out there freely available.