Instructional book with play-a-long CD contains 16 toe-tappin' Dixieland classics including "When the Saints Go Marching In," "The Darktown Strutters Ball," "The Sheik of Araby," "Tiger Rag," "Royal Garden Blues" and others. Many of these songs have forms that are unusual to modern jazz players - today, tunes are usually 12 bar blues and 32 bar song froms. Older pieces like "Tiger Rag" are structured in a different way, with multiple themes and forms that are similiar to marches or minuets - the early music also had a simpler harmonic language. On this CD, a seasoned and professional rhythm section helps you absorb the traditional style with ease. Also includes a track of tuning notes at the end of the CD.

Tracklist:

When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Darktown Strutters' Ball, The
Royal Garden Blues
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Sheik of Araby, The
St. James Infirmary
St. Louis Blues
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Margie
Chicago
Tiger Rag
After You've Gone
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)
Bill Bailey
That's a Plenty
Limehouse Blues
Tuning Notes

UPC: 635621001008
Label: Jamey Aebersold
Release Date: 7.20.04
Format: CD

Jamey Aebersold - St. Louis Blues: Traditional Dixieland Classics (CD)