Edition: Paperback Book and CD Package, Vocals

Description: 72 Pages

What? What new songs/material are you working on? Can you take down arrangements easily and briefly? How? Do you vocalize every day? Do you have good promo material? When? When is your next performance?

A fantastic guide for those learning or teaching jazz singing. Chapters on choosing standards, arrangements, tempos, sitting in, performance, improvisation, scatting over blues, vamps, free singing, and much more!

"Billie Holiday used to say that she wasn't singing, she was playing a horn. That's true of Jay Clayton as well... [her singing] is exquisitely beautiful." (The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD) "Thanks to this book, we can finally eliminate some of the fears we as singers face. The answers are here." Sheila Jordan "This book really hits a target and fills a niche." Herb Wong, Downbeat Magazine "If only there were more books like this! ... a fantastic guide for those learning and/or teaching jazz singing." Kathleen Willison, Jazz Changes