Features interviews of Sam Wooding, Benny Waters, Joe Tarto, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Freddie Moore, and Jabbo Smith, and Bix Beiderbecke's letters to his family.

Eight professional-sounding jazz piano solos by jazz pianist Larry Minsky include introductory preface notes to help performers understand different jazz devices. Minsky's compositional techniques use voicings made famous by jazz greats. Written-out improvisations allow students to perform authentic jazz arrangements with minimal effort.

Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 2 contains original solos for early intermediate to intermediate-level pianists that reflect the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th century music. The online audio includes dynamic recordings of each song in the book.

What is a Play-Along? Living Waters Jazz play-alongs consist of a music book with 8 songs (melody + chords) where an instrumentalist plays along with accompaniment tracks (mp3s - CD is available, see below) you download (approximately 70 megabyte zipped file). Great fun and an excellent form of practice for instrumentalists wanting to supplement their practice time or performance. For all instruments (key of C Treble & Bass Clef), Bb and Eb. You and "your band," that is, the accompaniment tracks - in 8 new and completely original jazz compositions. Mixed hot and to sound as if the band is right there with you! And the songs are short enough in length (you solo for 32 or 64 measures) so you can play all eight songs in one sitting. These play-alongs are meant for fun; either to supplement practice time or for performance, or even to use as band material for a small group. CD is available as a separate purchase. Search title ID: 2294191 or use this link: http: //www.createspace.com/2294191 Full demo versions of each track included in this book is available for listening at: http: //www.livingwatersjazz.com Sign up for the Living Waters Jazz newsletter as more books are completed. Living Waters Jazz is a Christian based company creating faith inspired instrumentals for everyone! While Jazz is the name, Living Waters Jazz also produces play-alongs in a wide variety of genres.

The Satin Doll Project was a combined compositional and performance project of the Gary Paolinelli and the Melopoeia Octet - eight jazz musicians and composers in the Jazz Studies program at California State University, Sacramento. The project began in January 2010 and culminated with an audio recording produced in May 2010, followed by a live performance of the combined works in August 2010. The project consisted of eight original jazz compositions by each member of the octet. Material for each individual's work was based on motivic and harmonic material from the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn composition, Satin Doll. This master's document chronicles the creative process used by each composer through personal interviews with each composer, provides an analysis of each composition based on the use of source material from Satin Doll, and describes the unique features of each composition in terms of structure, form, as well as harmonic and melodic analysis.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.