Jazz and Musical Teaching Books with CDs

[3 Olives]

I did a search and have written down some recommendations. I'm looking for quality Jazz and/or Musical Teaching/Practicing books with Cds. Now that school is out my son needs books to practice with that have the music available. If anyone has specific books with Cds they would highly recommend please let me know.
Thanks

[Dog Pants]

G'day again,

Should have asked this on the other thread. D'oh!

How old is your son and how long has he been playing?

[3 Olives]

G'day again,

Should have asked this on the other thread. D'oh!

How old is your son and how long has he been playing?
Thanks for the reply.

My son, Max, will be 13 in August and has been playing 10 months. He took guitar lessons for 3 years, is self taught on the piano, and takes voice lessons so reading music isn't a problem. He prefers his Alto Sax to all of the above and played in his school's jazz band. He is quickly learning the value of his teacher, as he finds it difficult to practice without knowing the tempo (I don't know if that is the correct term for speed) of the song.

[father amos]

When I started (i'm still only intermediate) the absolutely best resource i used was a the Book/CD Lennie Neihaus plays the blues in all keys. After learning the solos by heart (the beauty of them was that they were squarely in the jazz idiom and fairly easy to play) I then built upon my absorption of the material and created my own riffs and lines - wrote my own solos. Also if I liked a particular riff or passage a lot from one song,I would transpose it into another key. I advanced 5 years in 5 months using this book.
One thing about the Lennie Neihaus CD... amazingly he plays (alto) at least a quarter tone sharp (in relation to the accompanying rhythm section) throughout the entire CD!- which I found annoying but I got over it. The books come in C, Bflat. and Eflat

[G-dawg]

Also look at the Snidero jazz etudes book.

[jbtsax]

I would recommend:

Standard of Excellence Book 2 by Bruce Pearson (CD can be purchased separately)

Hal Leonard Essential Elements Jazz Play Along (comes with CD)

Both are excellent and available at most music stores that carry sheet music.

John

[matty]

I 2nd the Snidero books. Great tools for introducing the jazz language (articulation, good bop feel and interesting lines) One's called Jazz Conception and the other Easy Jazz Conception.