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 |

















