Sound and Video Recordings of Practice Materials

​This page is under constant revision. We have been learning songs in the Real Easy Series as well as several other sources. Books 1-3 of the Real Easy Series give us a broad base to draw from and grow as we continue to get better as a group. Right now, I intend to put You Tube links to all of the songs in these three books. As we add songs, I will put up links to the recorded version so we will have access to hear the original composer's version whenever possible. If I can't find the original or we are doing another version, there may be more than one version of a song posted. Listen and learn! Please alert me if you happen to try a link that does not work. This can happen frequently as they are You Tube links that may change without notice.

Simply click on a title to view the original recording on YouTube.  Some songs also have alternate takes.

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Book 1

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Bag's Groove - Milt Jackson
Big Bertha - Duke Pearson
Big Bertha - Larry Brown Quintet
Blue Seven - Sonny Rollins
Blues by Five - Miles Davis Quintet
Blues in the Closet - Oscar Pettiford Quartet
Cold Duck Time - Eddie Harris
Contemplation - McCoy Tyner
Doxy - John Coletrane
​Doxy - Miles Davis
Doxy - Sonny Rollins
Edward Lee - Harold Maybern
Equinox - John Coltrane
Freedom Jazz Dance
Gingerbread Boy - Jimmy Heath
The Groove Merchant - Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
The Groove Merchant - Sax Soli
Jive Samba - Dianne Reeves Jo Jo Calypso
The Jody Grind - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Killer Joe - Benny Golson
Listen Here - Eddie Harris
Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Queen Latifah
​Midnight Waltz - Cedar Walton