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Have you ever tried to improvise? There is so much frustration in the beginning years of improvisation that many players assume they just can't do it. They assume jazz improvisation isn't their thing. Do you feel this way? Is improvising something you want to be good at, but it is just too difficult to get started? The tunes in "Twelve Tunes" were composed for musicians who already have an intermediate technical ability on their instrument, but are new to the world of jazz improvisation. Using this book, you can sound good improvising within minutes. Simply follow the directions on the first four pages of the book, which will explain why these twelve tunes are different from standard jazz compositions and why it is so easy to sound good when you play them. This is only the first step in your progress as a jazz improviser. Unfortunately, it is a step often passed over in most jazz improvisation methods. Other methods tend to have a sink or swim approach with the beginners - "either you have what it takes or you don't" - and this can be very discouraging. With "Twelve Tunes: for Linear Diatonic Improvisation", you have the opportunity to sound good now and get your foot in the proverbial jazz improvisation door.
In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding. Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song—the circumstances under which it was written and first performed—and then explores its musical and lyric content. Drawing on his vast knowledge of records and the careers of performing artists, Friedwald tells us who was responsible for making these songs famous and discusses in depth the performers who have left their unique marks on them. He writes about variations in performance style, about both classic and obscure versions of the songs, about brilliantly original interpretations and ghastly travesties. And then there’s the completely unexpected, like Stan Freberg’s politically correct “Elderly Man River.” This is a book for all lovers of American song to explore, argue with, and savor.
Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.