Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble a Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation

Targeting students with one or two years of playing experience, this guide introduces jazz fundamentals through a step-by-step method using familiar songs. It simplifies swing style and improvisation, starting with basic two-measure phrases, and incorporates scales and music theory in an accessible manner. The package includes two CDs with recordings of all exercises and arrangements, along with seven full band arrangements, sample solos, and insights into jazz history and influential figures in the genre.