Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Rufus Reid and others, this is a complete method book for electric or upright bass. It is filled with charts of how all the scales and chords lie on the fingerboard, hundreds of foundation exercises to help bassists gain mastery of their instrument, ideas for constructing bass lines, soloing and more. Also includes transcriptions of bass lines and solos by dozens of the greatest jazz bassists.

The Improvisor's Bass Method: For Electric & Acoustic Bass

Arts & Photography

Sher, Chuck

Music

Sher Music

Sher Music's first fake book was designed to include all the best original jazz compositions not included in the old, illegal Real Book. Composers include Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Russ Ferrante, John Scofield, and many more. Like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (sample bass lines, chord voicings, drum appendix, etc.) not found in conventional fake books.

The World's Greatest Fake Book

More great tunes in the world-class New Real Book format. Along with many standard tunes, Volume 2 features over a dozen each of the best tunes by Chick Corea, John Coltrane and Horace Silver. Like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (sample bass lines, chord voicings, drum appendix, etc.) not found in conventional fake books.

The New Real Book, Volume 2 (Key of C)

This book contains 26 of Chick's most famous solos: Spain * Windows * 500 Miles High * and more. Only Chick's right hand is transcribed, so these single-line transcriptions can be read on any instrument. "I don't know anyone I would trust more to correctly transcribe my improvisations." - Chick Corea

The Jazz Solos of Chick Corea

Corea, Chick

Sprague, Peter

A contemporary re-working of Ted Reed's classic drumming text

Syncopation Companion: An Integrated Approach to Rudimental Drumming for Snare Drum and Drumset

Bowman, Bryan

Standards Real Book C Version

Chuck Sher

The only book specifically designed to help bass players learn how to create beautiful solos. Includes 2 CDs of Marc Johnson (bassist with Bill Evans, Stan Getz, etc.) playing each exercise and many transcriptions of what Marc plays on the CDs. Also includes transcribed solos by Eddie Gomez, John Patitucci, Jimmy Haslip and others.

Concepts for Bass Soloing

Johnson, Marc

This book is written by one of the masters of Afro-Cuban bass playing. It is bilingual and comes with two CDs that have Carlos playing the exercises in the book, as well as some historic Cuban recordings re-issued. It is a complete overview of the evolution of the bass' role in Cuban music, as well as a method book on all the different styles of Afro-Cuban bass playing. Endorsed by Jimmy Haslip, Chucho Valdes, and Paquito D'Rivera.

The True Cuban Bass

del Puerto, Carlos

Vergara, Silvio

Endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, and others, The Jazz Theory Book presents all the information any student of jazz needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner. For intermediate to advanced players, and written by one of the acknowledged masters of jazz, it is used by universities around the world.

The Jazz Theory Book

LeVine, Mark

Humor & Entertainment

(Fake Book). The only professional-level Latin fake book on the market. Features classic &amp; contemporary salsa tunes, great Brazilian songs, and Latin Jazz classics. Bb &amp; Eb versions contain many horn parts that wouldn't fit in the C version. Like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (sample bass lines, chord voicings, drum appendix, etc.) not found in conventional fake books.

The Latin Real Book: C Edition

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