This week, we've been slaving away on the final mix of the accompaniment CD of the book "Getting Into Jazz Mandolin;" it's done and on the way to Mel Bay Publishing, Priority Mail. In addition to audio examples of many of the exhaustive but beneficial exercises throughout its 120 pages, we've included five fun original tunes that introduce basic jazz concepts, like using a Lydian or Dorian scale for improvisational fodder, advance blues variations, and tonal centers. They kicker is we've been able to use the gracious contributions and talents of Don Stiernberg, legendary jazz mandolin genius to record some of these tunes to show how a real pro does it.

These tracks are dynamite. Let's give you a teaser:

Chick'n Apple Scrapple MP3


Artist Website: Don Stiernberg

Posted by Ted at May 4, 2008 1:21 PM