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Jazz Guitar Standards: Chord Melody Solos by Various. For Guitar (All). Solos. Warner Bros.. Jazz. Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WMB011BCD).

ISBN 9780786670246. Jazz. 8.75" x 11.75" inches.

This collection of jazz standard chord solos for guitar is compiled from Mel Bay and Warner Bros. collaborations Jazz Guitar Standards Vol. 1 and 2. What makes this work so special is that each artist has personally recorded their solo guitar arrangement. The book comes with the CDs which have all 44 tunes. This book is a wonderful anthology of solo guitar that can be used for performances as well as educational purposes.

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5 star rating

Location: from North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

September 11, 2011

Best I've seen so far

I've purchased and used many jazz guitar books. Listening to the CDs that came with this book really impressed me. These are terrific arrangements; all standards every jazz player should be familiar with. the Gershwins and Cole Porter are well represented. I don't agree that just anyone can jump into...

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5 star rating

Location: from Chicago suburb, Illinois

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

December 4, 2008

Excellent Arrangements

Tasteful arrangements, excellent selections. Just difficult enough to be challenging, but very playable to useful to add to repertoire.

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Location: from France

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

September 12, 2008

some very good chords solo

I can't write much in english but I agree with most of the reviews about this title. I especially like the "Satin Doll" version. The CD is a good help, listening is usefull to understand the the chord solo as it has been written

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5 star rating

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

May 8, 2008

Great Bok

This is a great book. I only wished I had this some 30 years ago when I first started chord melodies.

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4 star rating

Location: from Omaha

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

March 3, 2008

great fun

easy to read and with the cd's any decent guitarist can make that move into jazz. Would recommend it highly

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