Jazz Improvisation Resources

If you would like to learn to improvise, or improve your improvisation skills, the Music Library might have something for you! The Music Library just acquired three volumes in the Jamey Aebersold Jazz series. These volumes each consist of a method book and accompanying compact discs.

They are:

Aebersold, Jamey. How to Play Jazz and Improvise, 6th ed. Jamey Aebersold Jazz, vol. 1. New Albany, Ind.: Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 1992. Call no. MUX MT68 .A334 1992.

________. Gettin' It Together: Learn to Improvise Like the Jazz Masters! Jamey Aebersold Jazz, vol. 21. New Albany, Ind.: Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 1979. Call no. MUX MT68.A334 G4 1999.

________. Major & Minor: Learn to Improvise Jazz in Every Key. Jamey Aebersold Jazz, vol. 24. New Albany, Ind.: Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 1981. Call no. MUX MT68.A334 M35 1981.

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