Keyboard and Jazz Organ Bass Demystified

The definitive text on Jazz Organ bass line walking and grooving by a master educator and performer. Eddie Landsberg, a protege of the late great Big John Patton and Shirley Scott, original Nord Electro factory demonstrator, and creator of -The Seven Secrets of Jazz and Soul- improv method teaches you the basics of bass line construction and performance as only he can. Based on the theory that a Jazz organist isn't a keyboardist who happens to play bass, but rather a bass player who happens to play keyboard, the author proceeds to create the definitive text to applied Hammond organ bass counterpoint. By the time you finish the book, you WILL be able to get your groove on and apply it to a wide array of repertoire. --Experience Jazz Organ bass burning THE SECRETS WAY SAMPLE TOPICS COVERED: Strategy based approach to Jazz organ bass line construction with strong focus on hand position theory/analysis of a stock model 12 bar blues bass line in F/Presentation of basic theory of fingering/1-5 Latin and Boogaloo type lines plus suggested tunes to memorize what's you can flow on these root/five type lines/Cool -Bird Changes- walks for tunes like Confirmation (and Blues for Alice)/Minor Blues and Minor Key Tunes (Book focuses strongly on building a strong memorized session applicable repertoire)/How to play simple tunes like Sugar, Song For My Father, Softly and Cantaloupe Island by memory/Rhythm Changes/ Tri-tone Chromaticism for smoother lines/Using Flips and Bumps to enhance groove/Using pedal points to build tension/Memorising standards like Stella, Autumn Leaves, I'll Remember April, Have You Met Miss Jones with tricks to get your lines rapidly flowing/How to walk bass in 3/4 and 6/4 time and more... (*note: This book is a slightly earlier edition of -Hammond Organ Bass Lines Demystified- -- Do not purchase if you already have it.)