Litchfield Jazz Camp Play-A-Long preparation

These lead sheets and audio play alongs should be prepared for use at the camp instrument/combo assessments, in addition to the scales and chords outlined in the jazz camp preparation page. Camp has students at ALL LEVELS, so do not worry if you cannot master all of the scales and chords or songs before camp – we will make sure you are where you need to be to learn the most!

Each lead sheet corresponds to a play along mp3 track you can use to practice playing the melody and improvising. We STRONGLY recommend using these Playalong tracks on real speakers, not computer speakers.

Audio Play-a-long downloads:

• Bags Groove (Blues in F)
• Summertime (A mionor)
• Autumn Leaves (Bb)
• Lady Bird (C)

Lead Sheet downloads

• Concert Instruments (Piano, Flute, Guitar, Violin)
• Bb Instruments (Tenor & Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Trumpet)
• Eb Instruments (Alto & Baritone Saxophones)
• Bass Clef Instruments (Bass, Trombone)

Listening Examples

• Bag’s Groove (Key of F)
  • Miles Davis
  • Milt Jackson with Benny Golson
• Summertime
  • Ella Fitzgerald (Key of Bb-)
  • Miles Davis (Bb-) from his album Porgy & Bess
  • Melody Demo (D-) with the Jamey Aebersold Play-a-Long from Volume 54 (Maiden Voyage)
• Autumn Leaves
  • Miles Davis (Key of Bb/G-) with John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
  • Chet Baker (Key of Ab/F-) with Paul Desmond, Bob James, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd
• Lady Bird (Key of C)
  • Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live at the Café Bohemia
  • Dexter Gordon in Belgium
  • Bud Powell Trio