Sheet Music Collection - Hal Leonard Jazz Play-alongs



Hal Leonard Corporation is one of the largest music publishing company. It published a series of play-along books for jazz music. From the publisher's web site, it is described as

"For use with all B-flat, E-flat, Bass Clef and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, these first-of-a-kind packages help you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes of all time.
FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: melody cue with proper style and inflection + professional rhythm tracks + choruses for soloing + removable bass part + removable piano part.
FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: an additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) + additional choruses for soloing."

I would recommend this series for a beginning musician over Aebersold series as this one also contains an example of the tune you are studying. Each tune has an example track followed by an accompaniment track. However, a lot of tunes are presented in the key that is not typical for that tune - relatively speaking 'wrong' key. I am listing here books from my collection.

Volume: Title Cover photo

2

Miles Davis

3

The Blues

4

Jazz Ballads

5

The Best of Bebop

6

Jazz Classics with Easy Changes

7

Essential Jazz Standards

8

Antonio Carlos Jobim

10

Disney

12

Essential Jazz Classics

23

Latin Jazz

28

Big Band Era

29

Lennon & McCartney

34

All Time Standards

35

Bluesy Jazz

47

Classic Jazz Ballads

52

Stevie Wonder

55

Benny Golson

106

Slo' Jazz