--- In jazz_guitar@..., "musicmaker1245" <musicmaker1245@...> wrote:
I am looking for some good books of jazz duets.
I am thinking along the lines of two guitar lines, or bass and guitar lines, or sax or trumpet and guitar over some standards. Something that will be fun, help my reading, something that I can play with friends.
Any suggestions?
Mark
I know this is not what you are probably looking for but here's some
suggestions.
Start out playing all the duets in Bill Leavitt's books that we
worked on. Go through all 3 volumes and mark the duets, play each
one after the other.
There are some duets in:
Larry Baione/Bill Leavitt's Modern Method Jazz Songbook Vol.1
Bill Leavitt also produces some great guitar duets simply called
"Guitar Duets". They are out of print, but you may be able to find
a used copy someplace. What is great is that both guitars play
chord and single line parts. However, they do involve reading standard
notation block chords.
Other suggestions:
Bugs Bower's Bop duets
Steve Erquiaga's Guitar Duets
Also check out duet books written for trumpet and saxophone etc. (be prepared to transpose them to concert keys). Trumpeter, Rich Willey
has got some great duet books (www.boptism.com). If you decide to
get some books, please let him know I sent you.
BTW, It's a real shame you had to move from New York!
--
Alisdair MacRae Birch
Guitarist/Bassist/Educator/Arranger
