Creative Comping for Improvisation Vol. 2

Hal Crook

Intermediate to advanced levels 32 chord progressions of standard jazz songs. Chord voicings and bass lines played on an acoustic midi grand piano. Improvised reharmonization and rhythmic displacement of the original chords. Lead sheets in C, Bb, and Eb.

CD version includes standard midi files for use by those with CD-ROM equipped computer sequenced midi work stations. "Creative Comping is a marvelous addition to the play-along industry! Hal is not only very gifted for the obvious challenge of playing high-quality bass lines and chord voicings simultaneously, but he also has a great gift for time feel, counterpoint, note choices, and spontaneous reharmonization, all at a very high level of creativity and execution. These play-alongs have done much to loosen up my own creativity as well as prepare me for concerts and gigs." Jerry Coker "Hal's play-along recordings are full of challenging harmonies and refreshing rhythmic variety. A fun approach to practicing and a real workout for your ear." Chris Cheek, tenor sax "Using Hal's play-along recordings is an effective way to practice the topics in his book How to Improvise. His comping is inventive, fresh and it swings hard." Dave Ballou, trumpet Problems Ordering? Click Here