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Jazz Play-Along Series Volume 1 - Duke Ellington. (Jazz Play-Along Volume 1). By Duke Ellington (1899-1974). For E, C Instruments, B-flat Instruments. Hal Leonard Jazz Play Along. Swing, Standards, Jazz and Play Along. Difficulty: medium. Book (leadsheet notation) and accompaniment CD. Leadsheet notation. 68 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.841644).

ISBN 0634039156. With leadsheet notation. Swing, Standards, Jazz and Play Along. 9x12 inches.

For use with all Bb, Eb, and C instruments, the JAZZ PLAY ALONG SERIES is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: * Melody cue with proper style and inflection * Professional rhythm tracks * Choruses for soloing * Removable bass part * Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: * An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) with additional choruses for soloing.

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4 star rating

Location: from Louisville Ky.

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

July 16, 2012

Great music, long solos

Great Music, it moves & is fun. However, like the others in this series, I find the solos too long. 4 or so repeats doesn't work well with just 1 soloist & no background music. BTW: I started playing various horns again 3 years ago. I hadn't played in 40...

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4 star rating

Location: from New Jersey

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

February 27, 2008

Wish I Could Sound Like Hodges

I especially looked forward to this book because I love Ellington and was hoping I could sounds like Johnny Hodges on my alto. Alas... Some of the solos were a bit high in the sax's range for my wife's taste.

25 of 56 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Enterprise, AL

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

October 2, 2007

Swing with the best

Great practice tool for everybody who loves jazz. Two versions of each tune gives you an opportunity to hear unfamiliar tunes first, or just comp to the soloist. Hereafter you are on your own on the next version. And the band swings great.

26 of 47 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from El Paso, Texas

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

April 6, 2007

Very Well Done

I found this music book and the accompanying CD to be very user friendly. It is well set up for both practicing and for performing.

25 of 51 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Philadelphia, pa

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

January 22, 2006

I have the complete 53 books

These books with attached CD has help my timing and helped my music ability leaps and bounds ahead of the other kids.

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