![]() ![]() While it may be possible to extract general principles from a score you haven’t heard, most often a transcription just won’t make much sense to you unless you’ve heard the recording.” JLĬharles McNeal’s page – tons of horn solos, bop to modern. IMHO, transcriptions are of limited use unless you have access to the recording. ![]() ![]() “All the resources listed below are free to download, but before you charge off on a downloading binge, a word of caution. A good place to look if you’re building a collection from scratch TRANSCRIPTIONS Robin also has books for sale | Justin Rubin’s resources on classical composition and orchestration – informative examples of everything from simple binary compositional forms right through to contemporary principles such as aleatoric and process practices | 100 Greatest Jazz Albums (Ken Watkins) – intelligently written reviews and analysis of classic recordings. ![]() Free to lurkers | Songs for Interval Recognition | The Jazz Piano Study Letter (Darius Brotzman’s discontinued newsletter) – free articles available | Tim Richards’ page – a couple of free articles from leading London jazz educator, author of the Improvising Blues Piano and Exploring Jazz Piano books | Robin Frederick’s page – excellent article on the craft of popular songwriting. Site also links to a lot of useful content on production music | Rimsky-Korsakov’s Principles of Orchestration Online – a classic text, illustrated with Garritan Personal Orchestra. Highly recommended | Learn Jazz Piano – Scot Ranney’s popular online community | Marius Nordal’s page – see also his great videos at radiokid2 on YouTube | Musical Thoughts – useful principles on playing idiomatic bebop | Paul Busby’s Scored Changes – tutorials, tips and arrangements | Pete Thomas’ page – comprehensive online presentation of material used for teaching at Southampton University. Some free content, but the subscription is well worth it. Particularly useful are his phrase-by-phrase breakdowns of transcribed solo choruses. Jazz as she is actually spoken… Also available on YouTube (Doug’s nom de tube is jazz2511) | Aimee Nolte’s YouTube channel – ton of stuff here, and engagingly presented, sometimes at the keyboard, sometimes on a skateboard… v California… | How Jazz Musicians Practise by Ted Rosenthal – it would be unkind to ask whether they do… | Howard Rees Jazz Workshop – articles on Barry Harris’s method and more | Jazz Piano Chords and Scales – handy visual keyboard display of voicings and scales in all keys | – Boston-based Bill Rinehart’s site is packed with clearly explained video lessons (with practice materials) and can take you all the way from basic harmony up to extended voicings and reharmonisation techniques. Free to lurkers | Doug Mackenzie’s page – lots of excellent video piano lessons with scrolling scores and annotations. Paul Abrahams’ Online Jazz Piano Course – lessons, videos, practice tracks and charts that will take you from 0-60 | A Jazz Improvisation Primer by Marc Sabatella – thorough and informative, even though the online version doesn’t contain scored examples | A Reference for Jazz Theory by Michael Morangelli | Rick Beato’s YouTube channel – comprehensive and clear stuff on all aspects of music | The Cannonball Adderley Rendezvous – interviews and articles | Charles McNeal’s page – cycle patterns and exercises | Dave Frank’s School of Jazz – hours of free lessons and clinics from one of NYC’s finest and a former pupil of Tristano | | Hal Galper’s page – articles and observations from the author of Forward Motion | Jazz Arranging Online – Chuck Israels’ course, including examples using Garritan Jazz & Big Band. Yeah right… who the hell has a links page anymore? I do. ![]()
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