Description

This essential new series provides you with the chance to master 27 of the most significant jazz standards featured in the Just Jazz and Just Standards Real Books. You can learn these remarkable songs by playing alongside jazz legends Jimmy Haslip and Barry Coates in a traditional trio jazz environment. Additionally, in the supplementary books, Jimmy and Barry share their techniques on chord substitution, comping, and soloing concepts; this includes complete transcriptions of their own improvised solos as well as Barry's breathtaking chord melody arrangements of the heads.

The titles in Volume 1 include: Body and Soul * Days of Wine and Roses * Star Dust * Invitation * Over the Rainbow * 'Round Midnight * Laura * When I Fall in Love * In a Sentimental Mood.

Songs / Content

• 'Round MidnightThelonious Monk (composer); Bernard D. Hanighen (composer); Cootie Williams (composer)
• Body and SoulRobert Sour (lyricist); Edward Heyman (lyricist); Frank Eyton (lyricist); John Green (composer)
• In a Sentimental Mood (Vocal Version)Duke Ellington (composer); Irving Mills (lyricist); Manny Kurtz (lyricist)
• InvitationPaul Francis Webster (lyricist); Bronislau Kaper (composer)
• LauraDavid Raksin (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist)
• Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz")Harold Arlen (composer); E. Y. Harburg (lyricist)
• The Days of Wine and RosesJohnny Mercer (lyricist); Henry Mancini (composer)
• When I Fall in LoveVictor Young (composer); Edward Heyman (lyricist)
• Star DustHoagy Carmichael (composer); Mitchell Parish (lyricist)