[Dixielandjazz] Improvising Traditional Jazz

[Dan Augustine]

DJMLers and others--
     Thought i'd give a plug to Bill Clark (leader and tuba-player 
with the Queen City Jazz Band of Denver), who's got a new book out 
called _Improvising Traditional Jazz_ (which i just ordered for $40). 
You can read about it in _Jazz Notes_ (Queen City Jazz Foundation, 
Winter 2006), or at 
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:KiJdECg3gtoJ:www.dmamusic.org/qcjfoundation/jnnewsletter.pdf+%22Improvising+Traditional+Jazz%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&lr=lang_en 
(the HTML version of a PDF).
     Here's part of what the article says:

"Bill Clark, longtime leader of the Queen City Jazz Band, has published a
book titled Improvising Traditional Jazz. A portion of the proceeds from
sale of the book will go to the Queen City Jazz Foundation. Bill describes his
book below.
     I have been teaching young people to play traditional jazz for 
many years. My
new book, Improvising Traditional Jazz, contains many the exercises and ideas
that have proven helpful to my students. The book has four parts: The 
first discusses
some specific musical ideas that were given to us by great musicians 
like Louis Armstrong
and Bix Beiderbecke. Part Two turns those ideas into ten 
easy-to-learn exercises. Part
Three features nine typical traditional jazz chord progressions with 
a CD that repeats
the nine exercises at slow and at fast tempos so the student can practice.
Part Four contains fourteen lead sheets and a second CD. Each of the 
lead sheets
represents a typical traditional jazz chord progression. The CD has 
on it music from
each of the lead sheets played by the Queen City Jazz Band. 
Improvising Traditional Jazz
is not a substitute for diligent practice. It is an efficient way to 
organize your practice
time. I wrote it for musicians who are professionals and want to get 
better. It is
also written for less accomplished musicians who can read music, who 
understand chord
symbols, and who want to learn how to sound good when playing a 
traditional jazz solo.
The book is 38 pages, comes with 2 CD's, and costs $40.00 postpaid."
(From H H Zeno Productions; P. O. Box 1273; Littleton, CO  80160)

     I've heard (and greatly enjoyed) Bill play tuba with his band for 
years at Sacramento, but didn't know about this newsletter until my 
buddy Larmon Maddox gave it to me last week.  It has a lot of good 
stuff in it. QCJB's website is at 
http://www.dmamusic.org/qcjb/index.html

     Dan
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