Alfred has added Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2 to the popular Play-Along series. Each product features a book and DVD, with actual charts from Gordon Goodwin’s recent CDs. Teaching the art of ensemble playing, Volume 2 provides information about style, phrasing, tone, dynamics, technique, articulation, playing in time, and improvisation. The charts include swing tempos from medium to very fast, and funk and Latin grooves. Each book in the series comes with an accompanying DVD-ROM with TNT 2 Custom Mix software that lets users listen to and play along with the exceptional musicians that make up the Big Phat Band.
There are five book and DVD packages available in Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2. These include books for Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, and Drums. In addition to the interactive TNT 2 Custom Mix software DVD, each book contains solo sections, with chord changes for horns, and transcriptions of recorded solos by the Big Phat Band's lead players.
Each Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2 book and DVD package is available for $24.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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