The Bluesier Side of Jazz For Flute (book/CD)

ADG Productions
Author : Andrew D. Gordon

For many students that come from a classical background it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues & Jazz.
The idea for this book is to create phrases or riffs over two measures of various Blues progressions. He sub-divided each of the 12 Bar Blues progressions used in this book into six sections (two measures each) and within each of the sections created four different phrases or riffs so that the student has a choice of four different phrases to play over every two measures.
They can then create a solo based on which phrase they choose for each two measures. By breaking down these phrases to two measures each, the students have an easier time of learning to improvise.

Each of the ten examples are based on common Jazz/Blues chord progressions from Jazz songs such as "Watermelon Man", "Blue Monk", "Tenor Madness", "Route 66", "Blue Trane", "Bag's Groove" starting off with basic I-IV-V chords and increasing in complexity. There are over 200 phrases/riffs to choose from that can be learned and applied to many types of jazz songs.