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 Table of Contents

Sound Examples for "Sing Your Story" ...................................... 7

Preface ................................................................. 8

Intro CAN JAZZ SINGING BE TAUGHT? .................................. 9

Chapter I SINGING THE JAZZ STANDARDS .................................. 11

How Do You Choose Songs to Sing? ........................ 11
How Do You Learn a Song? .............................. .12
Transposing: Do You Have Clear Charts in Your Keys? ....... .14
How Do You Keep Track of Your Personal Repertoire? ....... .30
What About Arrangements? .............................. .33
Counting Off Tempos/Counting In a Tune .................. .35

Chapter II PERFORMANCE ...............................................37

Get Out There and Do It! ............................... .37
Hanging Out/Sitting In .................................. .37
Dealing With Stage Fright ............................... .38
Jazz Standard Performance Workshops .................... .38
Singer Showcases ....................................... .39

Chapterlll IMPROVISATION ............................................. .41

Scatting Over Changes/Scat Lab .......................... .42
Free Improvisation/Free Sing ............................. .46

Chapter IV PRACTICE TIME .............................................. .53

What Are You Doing In There? ........................... .53

Chapter V THE BUSINESS OF Music ...................................... .59

Promotional Material ................................... .60

Getting Gigs ........................................... .61

Promoting Your Gigs ................................... .62

Preparing for the Gig ....................................64

Outro How Do WE Do IT ALL? ...................................... .67
Coda ..................................................................68
About the Author ...................................................... 69
Selected Discography ................................................... .70

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Sound Examples for "Sing Your Story"

Randy Halberstadt - piano
Recorded at Jack Straw Foundation,
Engineered by Doug Haire
* Many thanks to the singers from the Jazz Department of the
University of Music and the Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria.

Track

Page

1

Minus One .........................

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2

Intros, 4-Bar.......................

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3

8-BarIntro .........................

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4

Vamp Intro.........................

............34

5

Rubato Intro.......................

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6

Rubato Verse ....................

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7

No Intro ............................

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8

Endings, Ritard. ................

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9

Vamp Ending ....................

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10

Tag Ending........................

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11

Basie Ending......................

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12

Ellington Ending ..............

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13

Counting off Tempos ........

............36

14

Trading Fours....................

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15

Blues Collage* ..................

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16

Melody & Roots* ..............

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17

Drone

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18 One Minute Improv - 1

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19

One Minute Improv - 2

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20

One Minute Improv - 1 & 2

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21

Improv Warmup

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22

4-10-2

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23

4-10-2 with text

 .....49
24 Meet You There .....50
25 Fortune Cookies - Voices .....51
23 Fortune Cookie - Voice, Piano

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