Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Instrumentalist: Bass Clef Edition

Progressive Etudes, from very easy to insanely difficult. All composed by JJ Johnson, which shows a serious side of composition that people forget exists. I use it for both commercial and classical students. Fantastic exercises.

This book has a ton of fun etudes and exercises to play through. They book is great sight reading practice because there are so many etudes that you can play a few every day and not repeat any for a long time.The only thing that I slightly dislike is that there is very little information about the style that each etude should be played in. I think that's the point of the book; to teach you to figure out how to play melodically without relying on what is indicated on the page. But sometimes you just don't know. It says "Medium slow ballad," but is it straight or swung? The tempo is indicated as half-note = 100, and some of the rhythms look latin, so should I play it with a latin feel? This is only a minor problem though because usually it is pretty clear and I guess I am learning to make style decisions myself, which is good. The book might be better if some etudes are played with the guidance of a teacher though; I just play by myself so I can't judge that.Overall, very good jazz book for trombone.

Very useful and helpful with my jazz band work

What a great book. Loaded with tons of reading material.

This is an excellent 'get your feet wet' book. The book is above the introductory level and presents very useful practice etudes (someones real tunes, sometimes normal chord progressions). Using the book as a study guide, I feel that serious students will gain confidence in many of the demands of this music we call jazz. I think it would be best used in conduction with other books. (Meaning that, playing short examples is good for the developing player, however, developing players need to develop concept of full tunes.)

If i had access to this book 30yrs ago, I would've been better off and would've kept on going!Its like taking a lesson with JJ! Anyone who knows about his life, knows that he did not have it so easy. With this bookhe helps shape a new generation of melodic line based soloists who can appreciate where he is coming from musically.This book is also EXCELLENT for learning how to SIGHTREAD which is an important part of professional playing.

I play this music on my F bass recorder and enjoy the variety of exercises because they do not seem like exercises. Very interesting tunes that are fun to play. I never get bored with this book. Easy to read the notes as well.

Great study for fretless bass. Long tones and reading. Good for intonation on bass just as trombone. Recommend to any bassists looking for a good read for fretless that isn't a "fretless workout" type book like Steve Baileys

Useful to help me progress on the trombone!

No esta mal, pero se hecha de menos la posibilidad de pistas de acompañamiento para que se eficaz el aprendijaze

Metterci degli accordi sopra le battute per contestualizzare il tutto era troppo difficile..

è un ottimo supporto per principianti.il fatto che sia stato scritto dal grande JJ rende questa raccolta di esercizi ancora più affascinante

J.J.を想起させるフレーズを多く含んでいるので、その種のフレージングを体得するには役立つと思われる。しかし文章解説が殆ど無いので、学習効率が高いとは言いづらい。ジャズではあまり使われない変拍子が必要以上に多い点にも違和感を感じる。