Andrew D. Gordon

Due to the runaway success of the “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs”, Andrew D. Gordon's latest book "100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs" consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the right hand and chord accompaniment...

Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques...

In the enchanting world of feline fancy, where whiskers twitch with wisdom, tails tell tales, and the purr-sonalities of our four-legged friends are as varied as the patterns on their coats, we present to you a collection of thirty short stories that will whisk you away into the delightful realm of cats. These tales, woven with threads of humor, reflection, and seriousness, offer a multifaceted exploration of the mysterious, mischievous, and marvelous...

The Blues Scale for Tenor Saxophone and Bb instruments by Andrew D. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. The book consists of 20 grooves: Pop 2 Grooves Rock 3 Grooves Blues 2 Grooves Jazz 1 Groove Funk 3 Grooves R&B 1 Groove Latin 1 Groove Gospel 2 Grooves New Age 1 Groove Reggae 1 Groove Calypso 1 Groove Acid-Jazz 1 Groove Country...

"The Blues Scale for Bass" is one of a series by Andrew D. Gordon is a comprehensive collection of educational books that explores the intricacies, techniques, and applications of the blues scale in contemporary music. Designed for musicians of all levels, this series serves as an indispensable resource for guitarists, pianists, saxophonists, and other instrumentalists looking to delve into the expressive and soulful world of blues music. Andrew D....

Step into the dynamic world of contemporary jazz-funk with Andrew D. Gordon's book, "100 Ultimate Jazz-Funk Grooves for Alto Sax." Renowned for his expertise in jazz and funk music, Gordon brings forth a comprehensive collection, offering a wealth of inspiration and exploration for sax players.As a distinguished composer, educator, and performer, Andrew D. Gordon is celebrated for his ability to seamlessly weave intricate jazz harmonies with the infectious...

Internationally renowned authors, musicians and recording artists, Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon of The Super Groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner, intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. After releasing their first CD "Supergroovin", which received world wide airplay, they recognized a need in the music publishing...

The Blues Scale for Organ" is one of a series by Andrew D. Gordon is a comprehensive collection of educational books that explores the intricacies, techniques, and applications of the blues scale in contemporary music. Designed for musicians of all levels, this series serves as an indispensable resource for guitarists, pianists, saxophonists, and other instrumentalists looking to delve into the expressive and soulful world of blues music. Andrew D....

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums/percussion in various different Latin styles including Calypso, Mambo, Salsa, Songo, Bossa, Guaracha, Samba and Latin-Blues. Memorable melodies along with more Bluesier sounding melodic lines have been created over the various chord progressions used in these various...

I have created various Rock riffs and has transposed them into all 12 keys along with backing tracks to practice with giving you the student a fun way of learning how to play in all keys. We all learned how to play our scales in all 12 keys so I have taken that concept and applied it to learning to play Rock so that you can try to become equally adept at playing in as many keys as possible. Each of the riffs are either 2 or 4 measures in length...