How to Play Lead Trumpet in a Big Band: A Tune-Based Guide to Stylistic Playing in a Large Jazz Ensemble, Book & Online Audio

by Brian Shaw

Improvisation is at the heart of Jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correctly in a large Jazz ensemble is also a necessity. 'How to Play Lead Trumpet in a Big Band' offers tips, suggestions, examples and a play along tracks to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3892210861
• ISBN13: 9783892210863
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 999 Pages