Hip To The Blues • Jazz Duets for Trombone

$14.95

Hip To The Blues for Trombone, written and arranged by Lee West a proud alum of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. This series of 22 jazz duets for Trumpet, Flute, Alto Sax, and Trombone combines the best elements of education, playability, and musical fun.

These lyrical melodies are unique to the music industry and the audio performance is recorded in a “music minus one” fashion with the duet being played in entirety (both parts) if your stereo is evenly balanced.

Move the balance to right or left channel to isolate the top or bottom (1st or 2nd) part and play the blues duets along with Nick Lane, one of the best studio trombone players in the Los Angeles circuit.

This original edition of Hip To The Blues is where it all began, so get ready to enjoy all 22 of these incredibly “Hip” Lee West “Blues” titles!

Foolin’ Blues • Working Man’s Blues • Too Blue to Cry • Sittin’ Back • Floppy Dog Blues • Can’t Decide • Makin’ Your Acquaintance • 8th Street Shuffle • Avenue Blue • Flamingo Way • Everything’s Blue • Tom Cat Talk • Tongue in Cheek • Impromptu Blues • Old Shoe Blues • Minor Difficulties • Ain’t No Stoppin’ • Hip to the Blues (Take #1) • Blue Wind • Blue Zambu • Under Your Spell • Baroque In Blue

CATALOG #: TS016
PAGES: 48
BINDING: SADDLE STITCH
COPYRIGHT: 1995
AUTHOR: LEE WEST
EDITOR: DR. DOUGLAS WEEKS
DESIGNER: CAROLYN CONNORS
ARTIST: NICK LANE
ATTRIBUTE: PERFORMANCE RECORDING
ISBN-10: 1585603953
ISBN-13: 9781585603954

Trombonist Nick Lane has been active in the Los Angeles music scene for over twenty-five years. He joined Maynard Fergusons Band after graduating from Boston’s Berklee College of Music and remained on the road for three years before moving to L.A. where he continued to tour with Rod Stewart, The Who, and Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers.

Nick continues to perform with Etta James, Chicago, Shakira, Alejandro Sans and performs routinely with Jennifer Lopez. He has also been featured in a special PBS broadcast about “The Blues” with T-Bone Burnett.

Nick remains active in the commercial recording fields for movies, television, commercials and has recorded with such Pop artists as; Macy Gray, Tim Mc Graw, Baby Face, Destiny’s Child, The Offspring, The Wallflowers, Fast Ball, Green Day, No Doubt, Natalie Merchant, Everclear, Barbara Streisand, and Joe Cocker.

Nick has recorded with such Jazz artists as; Rick Braun, Jeff Golub, David Benoit, Dave Koz, Kombo, Greg Karukus, and Warren Hill and his popular jazz standards recorded live with baritone saxophonist Greg Smith & Organ Trio can be found on the Oakland Stroke Label.