Jazz Study Zone
★ Rich Willey’s Boptism Music Store offers a lifetime worth of study materials to develop jazz theory, improvisation, reading and interpretation skills in the Jazz Study Zone.
★ We sell hard-copy books only. All of our titles are available as PDF downloads through qPress.
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Arban’s Jazz Scale Connection for all 𝄢 bass clef instruments by Rich Willey
$10.00 Add to cartHow many times have you heard symphonically-oriented players ask how they can learn jazz without dragging down their legit chops? Or how many times have you heard jazz players ask how they can maintain proficiency in jazz playing and orchestral playing at the same time? Here is one answer to those questions.
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Arban’s Jazz Scale Connection for all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$10.00 Add to cartHow many times have you heard symphonically-oriented players ask how they can learn jazz without dragging down their legit chops? Or how many times have you heard jazz players ask how they can maintain proficiency in jazz playing and orchestral playing at the same time? Here is one answer to those questions.
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Improv Speed Builders in Five Great Volumes for all instruments by Rich Willey (digital download: PDF/mp3)
View productsHave you been hoping and searching for an ingenious, nearly effortless way to speed up your jazz improvisation abilities?
It’s right here (over 17 hours of play-along tracks per volume):
Vol. 1, “Standard” Blues
Vol. 2, “Bird” Blues
Vol. 3, Minor Blues
Vol. 4, “Giant Steps” changes
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Jazz Improv Materials Handbook Complete for all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$36.00 Add to cartEver wondered to yourself, “How can I overcome my self-imposed improvisational limits so I can cut loose and burn?”
Unlimited possibilities are set in motion by working through the pages of this massive course of study which includes 39 play-along tracks presented at medium and medium bright tempos.
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Jazz Improv Materials Handbook Complete for all 𝄢 bass clef instruments by Rich Willey
$36.00 Add to cartDo trombonists ever wonder to themselves, “How can I overcome my self-imposed improvisational limits so I can cut loose & burn?”
Unlimited possibilities are set in motion by working through the pages of this massive course of study which includes 39 play-along tracks presented at medium and medium bright tempos.
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The Melody Lingers On — 24 Melodic Jazz Solos for 𝄢 bass clef instruments by Rich Willey
$15.00 Add to cartWanna “learn by doing” with a melodic approach to jazz improv? Try these 24 solos over the jazz and bebop standards in our Vol. 2 duet book with customized play-along tracks.
Each solo is two choruses long in a comfortable playing range for wind instruments. Two tracks per solo: medium & brighter tempo.
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The Melody Lingers On — 24 Melodic Jazz Solos for B♭ trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$15.00 Add to cartWanna “learn by doing” with a melodic approach to jazz improv? Try these 24 solos over the jazz and bebop standards in our Vol. 2 duet book with customized play-along tracks.
Each solo is two choruses long in a comfortable playing range for wind instruments. Two tracks for each solo: medium and brighter tempo.
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the Ultimate Blues Workout for all bass and treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$20.00 Add to cartThink you know how to play the blues? Here are 44 different blues (major, minor, & triple meter) in all 12 keys. Each two-page spread has blues for C treble clef, C bass clef, B♭ treble clef & E♭ treble clef instruments.
Download 8 play-along CDs worth of mp3s (two tempos per blues with or without melody) and a full set of MIDI files.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Complete for trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$40.00 Add to cartLooking for the easiest way to play live jazz with somebody else? Duets are the most fundamental chamber ensemble, and these jazz duets will give you hours and hours of playing enjoyment.
Fun to play, fun to perform, fun to listen to, and they even come with play-along tracks at two different tempo settings.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 1 for 𝄢 C bass clef instruments by Rich Willey
$15.00 Add to cartDuets with a partner are the quickest way to throw together an ensemble, and these duets are perfect just for fun or for performance.
24 “trad jazz” duets written on the chord changes of traditional jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players can advance your sight-reading in a jiffy.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 1 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$15.00 Add to cartDuets with a partner are the quickest way to throw together an ensemble, and these duets are perfect just for fun or for performance.
24 “trad jazz” duets written on the chord changes of traditional jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players can advance your sight-reading in a jiffy.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 2 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey
$15.00 Add to cartPlaying duets with a partner (or with self-recordings made with play-along tracks) can make you want to play better and will push you to actually play much better.
24 duets over the chord changes of bebop and jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players will improve your sight-reading in no time.