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Instructional Content
My Music Masterclass
Musician, Adam Small, created mymusicmasterclass.com “in order to help ‘hungry’ musicians get the advice, tips and tricks of the world’s top professionals without the high cost of private lessons”.
Download Jerry’s videos including: Improvising with Melodic Shapes, Improvising with Triad Pairs, Bebop Scale Concepts and Pentatonic Improvisation
Jazz Heaven
Join Jerry at Jazzheaven.com for interactive live webinars and master classes targeted to all instruments and levels. Titles include: Creating a Jazz Vocabulary Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Saxophone Mastery
Compositions
Visit jeffellwood.com for free downloads of Bergonzi’s original compositions and re-harmonizations. Compiled by Jeff Ellwood: “The Music of Jerry Bergonzi Volumes 1 and 2” and “Re-Harmonization of Standards” “This project was a labor of love”, says Jeff. After learning that Jerry’s tunes were all handwritten, Jeff took on the challenge of making almost 200 tunes legible! They are all available on his website for free.
Inside Improvisation Series
Published by Schott Music (available in multiple languages)
The seven book Inside Improvisation Series (for all instruments with book & audio play-along CD’s) describes a simple and pragmatic approach to improvisation. While focusing on the jazz idiom, the techniques discussed are applicable to many styles of music and all instruments, be it rock guitar, jazz saxophone, or the solos of the fusion keyboardist. The system created by Bergonzi offers a tangible pathway to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, inside the changes. Chord changes are included for C concert, B-flat and E-flat instruments and examples are also transposed for all instruments. The accompanying recordings have been designed for use in conjunction with each of the chapter assignments.
Volume 1 - Melodic Structures
Volume 2 - Pentatonics
Volume 3 - Jazz Line
Volume 4 - Melodic Rhythms
Volume 5 - Thesaurus Melodies
Volume 6 - Developing A Jazz Language
Volume 7 – Hexatonics