practice jazz improvisation

I have written a contrafact of the great jazz standard “All Of Me” named “All Of PAULMAINE.COM”. I have omitted the melody of the song to provide a convenient means to practice jazz improvization of a jazz standard chord progression. It is critical to be proficient in all 12 keys.

Jazz standards are usually characterized by a harmonic rhythm that averages about one to two measures per chord. The intervals used between the roots of adjacent chords frequently are II-V-I, cycle movement and chromatic movement.

I am providing pdf files and mp3 files for all 12 keys. This should readily facilitate practicing in all 12 keys.  Be sure to checkout my post on 250 Jazz Patterns by Evan Tate.  Evans’s 250 Jazz Patterns book has patterns in all 12 keys and will be extremely useful with these jazz standard backing tracks in all 12 keys. You can also use my Harmonic Minor Pattern 1 post on these standards.

Have fun practicing in all 12 keys!

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I am including a player for all of the backing music. The backing tracks are all in Concert key. For example, if you play the tenor saxophone and select a backing track in the key of C – you will use a pdf chart in the key of D.

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of C follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/06-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-c.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Db follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/08-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-db.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of D follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/07-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-d.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Eb follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/10-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-eb.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of E follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/09-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-e.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of F follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/12-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-f.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of F# follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/11-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-fsharp.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of G follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/01-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-g.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Ab follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/03-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-ab.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of A follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/02-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-a.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Bb follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/05-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-bb.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of B follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/04-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-b.mp3[/podcast]