100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Flute by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique, you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio is recorded with the flute playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the flute and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the flute and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.

“100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs Bb Instruments such as tenor sax, clarinet, etc.” by Andrew D. Gordon and Mark Vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique, you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The downloadable audio files are recorded with the saxophone playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the saxophone and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the saxophone and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are 5 different versions: a version for "Flute, "Bb" and "Eb", Guitar and piano.

“100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Guitar” by Andrew D. Gordon & Joe De Sa consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique, you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with all of the examples recorded at normal tempo (both with and without the lead solo with rhythm section accompaniment of piano, bass & drums) and most examples of the rhythm section at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for guitarists learning and playing various jazz styles.

Due to the runaway success of the “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs”, Andrew D. Gordon's latest book "100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs" consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the right hand and chord accompaniment with the left hand. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique, you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the right-hand piano part on the right channel and the left hand piano part on the left channel (bass and drums on both channels) with most of the examples recorded at normal and slowed down tempos. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.