Volume 25 - All Time Standards
By Jamey Aebersold

Just received this and am sending it back. Tempos are to fast. Arrangements are for higher voices. Most of the tunes have verses but not in this book/recording. All of the recordings sound just about the same in volume and tempo. No dynamics. Not a "pretty sound". Music scores...

are "fake book" style. Would not recommend. Very disappointed.

I abandoned piano to play Hammond organ in the 70's. Over the years I lost essential ensemble piano playing techniques. Having started with this publication I hope to progress to more advanced versions. I have found Play Alongs invaluable as an aid to re-learning.

These tracks are unusable for someone who wants to use them in any public venue. There is a voice counting out loud and then - boom - right into the music without any intro. Most of the arrangements are beautiful, but are ruined by how they are recorded. You need to remove...

the counting - it's not needed for something like this - and add introductions of a measure or two. As it is, I wasted my money on this one!

I have enjoyed practicing with this book - but compared to the others I bought it is my least favorite as I found some of the arrangements a bit faster than I would have anticipated given the ballad nature of some of the tunes. I am a beginner, so it'll...

be good though to get the skills up . . . but not as enjoyable to play along. Maybe when I'm more proficient I'll enoy all the tunes . . .

Wonderful to play these tunes that will never be forgotten - and my thanks goes to the rhytm section and to Sheet Music as weell !