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There are some excellent videos available on Youtube from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JAZZ ACADEMY for all instrumentalists. Here is a collection of videos specifically aimed at Rhythm Section players in a Big Band. Rhythm Section as a whole Bass READ MORE
Big band drum charts don’t spell out many details at all to drummers… unless they have done a lot of listening to the great big band drummers and know how to interpret the minimal info on a chart. By listening READ MORE
The bebop scale is a very handy scale to be familiar with for improvising and also it’s great to have under your fingers for big band and jazz charts that make use of this scale in their melodies. The bebop READ MORE
There’s a free application for Windows or Mac called Musescore which is similar to Sibelius and Finale (somewhat co$tly music notation programs). You can download Musescore for free from MuseScore.org Here’s a handy tutorial to get you started or you READ MORE
The commissioned test piece for Intermediate Stage Band division of the 2018 ABODA band festival is Southern City Shout by Christian J Weber which can be purchased on webertrumpet.com here Demo Currently, a Sibelius computer generated demo with rough live READ MORE
Here are some awesome jazz playlists to check out and see which great artists you like Blue Note records playlist with mostly “hard bop” jazz that was the first style that got me into jazz when I was in high school READ MORE
Hit the Spot Tyrannosaurus Rocks
Exam Dates For the up-to-date schedule please visit the AMEB Adelaide site here Scale Resources Here’s a handy table to print out listing scales and speeds for grades 1 to 4. Tick them off as you achieve fluency at each READ MORE