Judy Niemack's Learning Materials - jazz vocalist & lyricist

Judy Niemack's Learning Materials

Jazz Singers' Practice Session
(GAM 919) with Fred Hersch (piano), Scott Colley (bass), Dick Weller (drums).

tunes: Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson-Dixon), Misty (Garner-Burke), Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing-Forrester), How High the Moon? (Hamilton-Lewis), Wave (A.C. Jobim), You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (C.Porter), All of Me (Simons-Marks), My Funny Valentine (Rogers-Hart), Teach Me Tonight (Cahn-Depaul), One Note Samba (A.C. Jobim), Summertime (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward), Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman), I Got Rhythm (G.-I. Gershwin).

This Practice Session CD is designed for you to learn to sing and improvise on popular jazz standards.
It features 13 songs: a mix of ballads, bossa nova, samba, up-tempo and medium grooves.
The accompanists are leading jazz musicians from New York City: pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Dick Weller.
The vocal is on the right track, the band on the left track. You can listen to and practice with my voice, then switch the balance to the left track to practice with only the rhythm section.
Based on my years of experience performing and teaching vocal jazz internationally, I’ve chosen the keys that are comfortable for most female vocalists.
Try learning one of my ?scat? solos by ear (?All of Me? is a good one to start with) and transcribing it. Then use it as a basis for your own improvised solo.
Good luck, and have fun !

Judy's Jazz Singer's Practice Session CD will make it fun and easy for you to learn to sing and improvise on 13 popular Jazz Standards

Hear It and Sing It! - Exploring Modal Jazz
(Second Floor Music - Dist. HAL LEONARD)

Book & CD
with Bruce Barth (piano), Dennis Irwin (bass), Kenny Washington (drums).

Hear It and Sing It!
Exploring Modal Jazz

This book/CD pack is a fun and effective way to improve your vocal technique and internalize the basic scales used in jazz. Designed for jazz singers, students of improvisation or ear training, choir directors and teachers of vocal jazz, it's an enjoyable way to learn the basics of modal improvisation. The CD includes vocal warm-ups suitable for all levels, exercises to repeat in each mode of the major scale, and rhythm section tracks without vocals for improvisation. The book includes transcriptions of the warm-ups, a brief history of modal jazz, theory basics, the modes of the major scale, scat syllables, transcriptions of the modal workouts, and more. See comments below!
$17.95 (US)
Inventory # HL 00001001
ISBN: 0634080997
UPC: 73999974577
72 pages

Find "Hear It and Sing It! in the U.S.A. at Music Dispatch (or call 1-800/637-2852), in Europe at Cantus 139, Advance Music (Germany) or at Jazz Amy (France), in Italy.

"...Intelligent and well-concieved. The CD is great - a useful practice tool - and Judy's beautiful singing is a fabulous model for other singers!' ~Michele Weir

"Finally, a clear explanation of the modes! This book fills a huge void in vocal jazz education!" ~Dan Haerle

" An excellent textbook...The exercises are vocalist friendly yet challenging, and the accompaniment is superb. The brief historical and theoretical segments are a fine addition, providing a solid foundation." ~Darmon Meader (NY Voices)

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