Andrew D. Gordon has created 30 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisationalsolos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of Keyboards Guitar Bass and Drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the blues. Andrew D. Gordon has created 30 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your ownimprovisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of Keyboards Guitar Bass and Drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the blues.

For Bb (Tenor) Sax - Beginner Series-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisationalsolos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your ownimprovisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.

Learn advanced concepts for blues guitar soloing with Canned Heat lead guitarist Barry Levenson. He continues his guitar method with analysis of key concepts and techniques demonstrating these with his own tunes and style to help you find an outlet for self-expression. Includes a CD of specially recorded backing tracks so you can play along! Experienced studio and blues player Barry Levenson invites you round for a guitar lesson with transcriptions of his own solos (with backing tracks) on the CD and advice and dissection in the book. He's an inventive soulful and diverse blues lead player primarily in the West Side Chicago mould of Otis Rush and Buddy Guy and his analysis of his own solo work is expert. Bar-by-bar breakdowns nestle alongside tone info and the author's awareness of the heritage of his licks makes for an insightful read for the budding blues soloist - Guitarist - November 2007 Learn advanced concepts for blues guitar soloing with Canned Heat lead guitarist Barry Levenson. He continues his guitar method with analysis of key concepts and techniques demonstrating these with his own tunes and style to help you find an outlet for self-expression. Includes a CD of specially recorded backing tracks so you can play along! Experienced studio and blues player Barry Levenson invites you round for a guitar lesson with transcriptions of his own solos (with backing tracks) on the CD and advice and dissection in the book. He's an inventive soulful and diverse blues lead player primarily in the West Side Chicago mould of Otis Rush and Buddy Guy and his analysis of his own solo work is expert. Bar-by-bar breakdowns nestle alongside tone info and the author's awareness of the heritage of his licks makes for an insightful read for the budding blues soloist - Guitarist - November 2007

For Eb (Alto) Sax - Beginner Series-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisationalsolos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of Keyboards Guitar Bass and Drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to createyour own improvisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of Keyboards Guitar Bass and Drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.

Saxofoon Methodes en Etudes- Blues Horn Ensemble Playing is the result of the combined efforts of Andrew D. Gordon and Frank Villafranca to present the material in a way in which beginning and intermediate horn players can gain an understanding of blues ensemble playing quickly and easily. The twenty examples recorded on the CD provide a dual purpose. They take you through a variety of musical styles including swing blues slow blues funky blues jazz blues latin blues minor blues mostly based on the standard 12 bar blues chord progression and include four choruses each. The first two choruses are recorded with the horns and rhythm section consisting of keyboards guitar bass and drumsand the last two choruses are rhythm section only. On the last two choruses you may want to play the riffs again or practice playing your own melodic blues solos. These examples will help you build a repertoire of riffs you can use in a live situation. Hopefully they will also provide inspiration to help you come up with your own ideas.

For Flute- 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Flute the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up Flute playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight readingexercises with many different rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew’s opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as “straight” and “swing” rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first sax melody piano guitar bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long. Review of the Sax version of the book by Skip Spratt of The Sax Shed https://saxshed.com Andrew D. Gordon of ADG Productions has recently updated and added to his popular series of books with 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs – The Beginner Series. The original publication by the same title is geared toward intermediate to advanced students. Both books feature a companion CD and optional midi files that will help in the practice of these 100 blues riffs. I had the opportunity to preview the tenor saxophone books from the series; however the same books are published for other instruments as well. Saxophonist Frank Villafranca of the Super Groovers demonstrates each riff with the rhythm section first with and opportunity for play-along following each demo track. Andrew Gordon writes “For people who want to improve their

Mark Vega's Jazz Solo Series for Flute is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys using II-V-I and II-V-III-VI-II-V-I chord progressions. Exercises in all twelve keys using I-VI-II-V-III-bIII-II-V-I chord progressions. Complete worked-out solos over chord changes to the popular Jazz standards Stella By Starlight Take The ATrain and There Will Never Be Another You . Includes an easy version of the solo followed by a more difficult one. Recordings of the choruses of the above pieces repeated for convenient practicing. A selected discography of Mark's favourite Jazz albums featuring great Jazz soloists.

There are 50 well known waltzes fully notated in the book and played on the CD with a full backing band. (play-a-long tracks including melody line played by another instrument). These pieces are all easy to learn. If you do not read music well (or at all) you can pick up the melody from the CD. The book can be used to build a repertoire of waltz music. At live engagements especially weddings the audience will always ask for a few waltzes. The material in this book covers a wide range of tempos and styles not just slow waltzes.The melodies of these pieces are easily recognizable although you may not remember the name of a specific tune. Many of the tunes are very well knownsuch as: Daisy Home On The Range Anniversary Waltz After The Ball Ash Grove Greensleeves Laredo Scarborough Fair Star Of The County Down The Black Velvet Band The Greenwood Tree Southwind The Four Marys Barbara Allen Flowers Of The Thorn Beautiful Brown Eyes Give Me Your Hand and many more. There are 50 well known waltzes fully notated in the book and played on the CD with a full backing band. (play-a-long tracks including melody line played by another instrument). These pieces are all easy to learn. If you do not read music well (or at all) you can pick up the melody from the CD. The book can be used to build a repertoire of waltz music. At live engagements especially weddings the audience will always ask for a few waltzes. The material in this book covers a wide range of tempos and styles not just slow waltzes.The melodies of these pieces are easily recognizable although you may not remember the name of a specific tune. Many of the tunes are verywell known such as: Daisy Home On The Range Anniversary Waltz After The Ball Ash Grove Greensleeves Laredo Scarborough Fair Star Of The County Down The Black Velvet Band The Greenwood Tree Southwind The Four Marys Barbara Allen Flowers Of The Thorn Beautiful Brown Eyes Give Me Your Hand and many more.

Jigs hornpipes and reels from Ireland Scotland Breton Normandy and Gallicia.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Flute by Andrew D. Gordon consists of as the title suggests 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing Jazz Ballad Jazz Funk Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard Blue Moon; showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this techniqueyou can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the flute playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the flute and the rhythm section as well as the rhythm section without the flute and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.

Mark Vega’s Jazz Solo Series for Trumpet is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys using II-V-I and II-V-III-VI-II-V-I chord progressions. Exercises in all twelve keys using I-VI-II-V-III-bIII-II-V-I chord progressions. Complete worked-out solos over chord changes to the popular Jazz standards Stella By Starlight Take The A Train and There Will Never Be AnotherYou . Includes an easy version of the solo followed by a more difficult one. Recordings of the choruses of the above pieces repeated for convenient practicing. A selected discography of Mark’s favourite Jazz albums featuring great Jazz soloists.

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Alto Saxophone and E Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Celtic Music For Guitar by Allan Alexander contains 31 pieces transcribed for Guitar most of them originating from Ireland and Scotland. The book also includes three charming original pieces written in the Celtic style by Allan Alexander. The music is presented in both music notation and guitar tablature for people who do not read music. Play the beautiful haunting melodies of the Irish Harper O'Carolan take a musical journey with dances that were written more than 400 years ago and experience Celtic traditional music that is the mainstay of modern players. If you are learning and looking for great music this is one book that you will not be able to put down. Ifyou are a performer looking for high quality material these great pieces expertly arranged will become part of your permanent repertoire. The CD played by Allan Alexander gives the musician the advantage of being able to hear how these pieces should be played by an expert in this genre of music and will make the learning process easier. Many of these pieces were written for the Lute; however Allan Alexander has found that they work very well on the guitar. Being an accomplished player of both lute and guitar he has the knowledge to make accurate musical transcriptions. Other pieces in this book are traditional tunes that have been arranged specifically for guitar. Many of the selections have variations on the original melodies. This adds another dimension to the music and enhances the performance.

Studies pieces and exercises developing Salsa and Afro Cuban music on the Piano.

Gospel Riffs God Would Love To Hear by Andrew D. Gordon is a compendium of Gospel riffs for Piano and Keyboard players to learn the art of Gospel stylings. The book has the Piano right and left hands notated as well as a separate Organ part. There are also examples of some traditional Gospel songs showing how to incorporate the riffs in the book into these well known Gospel songs. Play in the styles of Ray Charles and Andre Crouch and see how Blues Jazz and other contemporary styles are associated with the Gospel sound. Gospel Riffs God Would Love To Hear by Andrew D. Gordon is a compendium of Gospel riffs for Piano and Keyboard players to learn the art of Gospel stylings. The book has the Piano right and left hands notated as well as a separate Organ part. There are also examples of some traditional Gospel songs showing how to incorporate the riffs in the book into these well known Gospel songs. Play in the styles of Ray Charles and Andre Crouch and see how Blues Jazz and other contemporary styles are associated with the Gospel sound.

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG’s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Trumpet part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks. Percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three mi

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG’s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves

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For Piano And Keyboards-The Blues Play-A-Long and Solos Collection For Piano/Keyboards by Andrew D. Gordon consists of 30 12 bar blues play-a-long backing tracks created in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you ample time to practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. The inside front cover of the book gives a link to download the free audio files for the book The 30 Blues styles contains 3solo improvisational melody lines each of which are 12 measures in length ranging from a basic solo and increasing in skill level designed for musicians/music students of all levels totaling 90 solos. Also there is a rhythm keyboard chart so that you can play a rhythm keyboard part for each Blues style. Using this book will help you on your way to becoming a great sounding blues pianist/keyboard player. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically arranged to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. The Blues Play-A-Long and Solos Collection For Piano/Keyboards by Andrew D. Gordon consists of 30 12 bar blues play-a-long backing tracks created in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you ample time to practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. The inside front cover of the book gives a link to download the free audio files for thebook The 30 Blues styles contains 3 solo improvisational melody lines each of which are 12 measures in length ranging from a basic solo and increasing in skill level designed for musicians/music students of all levels totaling 90 solos. Also there is a rhythm keyboard chart so that you can play a rhythm keyboard part for each Blues style. Using this book will help you on your way to becoming a great sounding blues pianist/keyboard player. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically arranged to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.

Boogie-Woogie And The Blues is dedicated to all the great Blues and Boogie-Woogie pianists who Andrew has had the privilege of listening to over the last 40 years. His first recollection of being inspired to learn Blues piano was in 1968 when he heard the Blues piano solo by Nicky Hopkins on the song “Blues Deluxe” from Jeff Beck’s first album “Truth” Just as that piano solo inspired him in turn he hopes these songs inspire you in the same way. The song “Boogie with Nicky” is dedicated to Nicky Hopkins. He hopes that you have the same enjoyment learning and playing these songs as he did creating them. There are nine songs in this book which Andrew composedranging from the slow Blues of H.R. Blues to the up-tempo Boogie-Woogie of Holly and Ben’s Boogie as well as the Ragtime feel of Raggedy Blues. Beside learning from this book it is important to listen to the masters of Blues and Boogie-Woogie piano styles a discography on page 2 will get you started. 'You have so imaginatively integrated traditional blues sounds in a new and innovative way. I myself have been in what I call a 'riff rut'. Studying this book is going to open my mind immensely. I am really excited about practicing these tunes.' - User feedback