THE 7 SECRETS OF JAZZ & SOUL - HAMMOND ORGAN Bass Lines DEMYSTIFIED

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FLAGSHIP RELEASE!!! 1ST EDITION WRITTEN BY EDDIE LANDSBERG AVAILABLE AS COMB BOUND BOOK ( 8 1/2X 11) AND SOFT BOUND BOOK (8 X 10). THIS LISTING IS FOR THE SOFT BOUND BOOK(ISBN 9781479253739) THIS BOOK IS EDDIES' LATEST, AND IS ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS EVER WRITTEN TO STUDY JAZZ ORGAN BASS LINE PERFORMANCE ON SUCH INTENSE LEVEL. HE BEGINS BY EXPLAINING THAT A TRUE JAZZ ORGANIST ISN'T MERLEY A KEYBOARDIST WHO HAPPENS TO PLAY BASS, BUT RATHER A BASS PLAYER WHO HAPPENS TO PLAY KEYBOARD-THEREFORE, A REAL JAZZ ORGANIST NEEDS TO BECOME A GREAT BASS PLAYER PERIOD. BASED ON THIS PREMISE, LANDSBERG PRESENTS THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF HOW BASS LINES ARE CONSTRUCTED, DEVELOPED AND PERFORMED. BEYOND BEING MERELY A BOOK OF BASS LINE TRANSCRIPTIONS IT IS COURSE CENTERED AROUND ANALYZING, COMPOSING, PERFORMING VARIOUS TYPES LINES, PRESENTING THEORIES OF HARMONY, COUNTERPOINT, CHORD SUBSTATION, FINGERING AND BEYOND. IN THE COURSE OF THIS BOOK, CONCEPTS, IDEAS AND PATTERNS ARE PRESENTED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF TUNES AND FORMS, INCLUDING BLUES, MINOR BLUES, AND COMMONLY PLAYED STANDARDS. THE BOOK, IN PARTICULAR FOCUSES ON THE STYLES OF THE KEY JAZZ ORGAN MASTERS WHO MOST OF TODAY'S PLAYERS (SMITH, MCDUFF, GROOVE HOLMES) ETC. RATHER THAN HAVE STUDENTS COPY AND MEMORISE LINES, STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH BASIC CONCEPTS, THEN CAN INCORPORATE THEM INTO THEIR OWN APPROACH.
THE CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1- BASIC CONCEPTS OF JAZZ ORGAN BASS PLAYING
2- FINGERING CONCEPTS
3- HARMONIC ANALYSIS OF THE BLUES
4- LATIN/BOOGALOO ( 1-5 OSTINATO)
5- BUMPS, FLIPS AND EMBELLISHMENTS
6- MINOR BLUES AND MINOR KEY TUNES
7- RHYTHM CHANGES
8- MASTERING THE STANDARDS
9- 3/4
THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF THESE 9 CHAPTERS, 86 PAGES IN TOTAL,  PLUS TEN PAGES OF PREFACE.
NEVER BEFORE HAS A BOOK BEEN WRITTEN WITH SUCH DEPTH, YET PRACTICALITY. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE SEVEN SECRETS OF JAZZ AND SOUL.
COPYWRITE- MARCH, 2015   EDDIE LANDSBERG