AEBERSOLD J. - ANYONE CAN IMPROVISE (DVD)

Basic/intermediate.This nearly two-hour long DVD features Jamey at the piano explaining and demonstrating the fundamental techniques used by all great jazz improvisors. Topics covered include: chord/scale relationships - keeping your place - patterns - the blues and pentatonic scales and their application - what and how to practice - articulation - memorizing songs and much more. This DVD not only provides the technical information essential to getting started on improvisation but also serves as an overview of the entire creative process that even non-musicians could understand. Jamey also provides much needed motivational material and discusses the philosophy of man's need to be creative. A complete presentation! (DVD)