Hello I reccently purchased a jazz guitar and want to start gigging jazz music.
I want to play solo jazz guitar or a 3 piece band guitar bass and drums.
My question is what are some good tunes please rpovide me with your favorite jazz solos guitar tunes?
I like joe pass but his music is alittle demanding
2007-12-28 01:56:39 · 3 answers · asked by Paul S 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Most beginning Jazz artists just pick up a real book. This used to be problematic, but Hal Leonard recently released a legal version of (practically) the same book. It's missing a couple tunes like "It's a Raggy Waltz" but it is mostly intact and you don't have to worry about a Union Rep auditing you during a gig. Chuck Sher put out a whole slew of Real Books (the illegal ones used to be called "Fakebooks") but the most popular ones are the Volume 1and the book of standards. You pick up the book in "C", while the bass player picks up the bass clef version, the Tenor sax and trumpet player can get a Bb version and the Alto player can get an Eb version. Saves a lot of chart writing and everybody's legal. The books run between thirty five to forty dollars apiece and there are enough tunes in them to last the whole night. Chuck Sher also put out an easy version of the same series if the originals are too challenging. He also puts out a Just Jazz realbook and a fine Latin and Brazillian realbook as well. If you happen to be in the San Fransisco area he plays out once in awhile too!
2007-12-28 02:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by MUDD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best place to start looking for jazz guitar music is www.jazzguitar.be It has a music store, plus links to all of your favorite players like Al di Miola, Bill Frisell and Gabor Szabo. It will give you advice on what they used in their setup and how they achieved their sound and playing style.
2007-12-28 10:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by Aaron Spencer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Other than what Cconsaul's advice is, your best approach is to sit in with a jazz band--if you're so fortunate--and start playing with them. If you can keep up with the band then you'd be doing fine. If you're struggling with the melodies and chord shiftings, you should back-track and follow Cconsaul's advice.
2007-12-28 12:31:09 · answer #3 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋