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George Benson Offers Students & Musicians An Online, Interactive Jazz Experience
George Benson and Vinny Valentino have teamed up to provide guitar, jazz, and music enthusiasts alike with these amazing songs, each of them recorded exclusively for PlayAlongJazz.com and available as a digital download. Players can choose from a variety of options including the individual tracks as well as packages with the complete tracks as they were recorded.
George Benson As Recorded
| Affirmation as recorded | ||
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| Breezin as recorded | ||
| This Masquerade as recorded |
George Benson Packages
| Play | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson complete package minus guitar. 6 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson complete package minus drums. 6 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson complete package minus bass. 6 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson complete package minus keys. 6 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson package as recorded. 3 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson package minus drums. 3 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson package minus guitar. 3 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson package minus bass. 3 tracks in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | George Benson package minus keys. 3 tracks in all. |
George Benson minus guitar
| Affirmation minus guitar | ||
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| Breezin minus guitar | ||
| This Masquerade minus guitar |
30 Tracks
30 of the most popular PAJ tracks in one product. Just pick your instrument.
| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards | |
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| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards minus drums | |
| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards minus bass | |
| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards minus guitar | |
| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards minus keys | |
| Product Details / Samples | 30 jazz standards minus melody |
Thomas Lang
Thomas Lang was born in Austria on August 5, 1967. Like most professionals, he started playing the drums at the age of 5. Years of drum lessons and practice brought this young and upcoming drummer along very well. Thomas Lang was the youngest student to be enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory of Music. Here he learned all different styles of music like Jazz, Classical, Fusion, and big band. Upon graduation, Thomas immediately began working with many different bands and artists in Europe. He engulfed himself in work, sometimes doing up to 15 projects at a time. Eventually, Thomas established a name for himself.
Play Along Jazz is proud to offer 3 original tracks performed by drummer Thomas Lang and the Play Along Jazz band. The compositions are written and arranged by Vinny Valentino specifically for Thomas Lang and exclusively for PAJ.
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Thomas Lang Packages
| Play | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Color Funk, Pinch Me, The Druminator, as recorded, minus drums, lead sheets. 9 products in all. | ||
| Color Funk, Pinch Me, The Druminator, as recorded, minus guitar, lead sheets. 9 products in all. | ||
| Color Funk, Pinch Me, The Druminator, as recorded, minus bass, lead sheets. 9 products in all. | ||
| Color Funk, Pinch Me, The Druminator, as recorded, minus keys, lead sheets. 9 products in all. | ||
| Color Funk, Pinch Me, The Druminator as recorded | ||
| The Druminator, as recorded, minus drums, lead sheet | ||
| Pinch Me, as recorded, minus drums, lead sheet | ||
| Color Funk, as recorded, minus drums, lead sheet |
Thomas Lang Minus Drums
| Color Funk minus drums | ||
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| Pinch Me minus drums | ||
| The Druminator minus drums |
Thomas Lang As Recorded
| Color Funk as recorded | ||
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| Pinch Me as recorded | ||
| The Druminator as recorded |
Thomas Lang Minus Bass
| Color Funk minus bass | ||
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| Pinch Me minus bass | ||
| The Druminator minus bass |
Thomas Lang Minus Guitar
| Color Funk minus guitar | ||
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| Pinch Me minus guitar | ||
| The Druminator minus guitar |
Thomas Lang Minus Keys
| Color Funk minus keys | ||
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| Pinch Me minus keys | ||
| The Druminator minus keys |
Joel Rosenblatt
Joel Rosenblatt is best known as the drummer for Spyro Gyra, one of the most successful pop-jazz groups ever. Joel’s varied early work including Dominican pianist Michel Camilo, bluesman Matt “Guitar” Murphy, jazz artist Paquito D’Rivera, and country-rock band Pure Prairie League, has given him a wide range of experience as well as making him one of the most diverse drummers around. Joel Rosenblatt and playalongjazz bring you video performance tutorials. Each video contains a live performance of Joel playing along to the actual track and commentary on how he approaches the drum part. You can purchase a package which contains the track minus drums, the video, and the sheet music. The videos are also available separately.
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| The Chicken | ||
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| The Chicken minus drums | ||
| The Chicken minus bass | ||
| The Chicken minus guitar | ||
| The Chicken minus keys |
| Play | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, as recorded | |
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, minus drums | |
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, minus guitar | |
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, minus bass | |
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, minus keys | |
| Product Details / Samples | Joel Rosenblatt Tracks, five jazz standards, five R&B/funk tunes, minus melody/vocals |
Double B Double V minus drums
| Product Detail/Sample | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Product Details / Samples | Double B / Double V CD complete minus drums package: as recorded, minus drums, lead sheets. 27 products in all. | |
| Product Details / Samples | Double B / Double V CD minus drums | |
| You Dont Say minus drums | ||
| I Like the Way U Think minus drums | ||
| Dont Count on Me minus drums | ||
| A Night in Amalfi minus drums | ||
| Remember the Time minus drums | ||
| Alter Ego minus drums | ||
| No Strings Attached minus drums | ||
| Give Me the Night minus drums | ||
| Shake Me minus drums |
Double B Double V as recorded
| Play | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Product Details / Samples | Double B / Double V Complete CD as recorded | |
| You Dont Say | ||
| I Like the Way U Think | ||
| Dont Count on Me | ||
| A Night in Amalfi | ||
| Remember the Time | ||
| Alter Ego | ||
| No Strings Attached | ||
| Give Me the Night | ||
| Shake Me | ||
| Shake Me bonus track |
Steve Smith
Steve Smith’s drumming, while always decidedly modern, can best be described as a style that embodies the history of U.S. music. His original love of rudimental parade drumming is evident in his intricate solos. Likewise, his command of jazz, from New Orleans music, swing, bebop, avant-garde to fusion, is applied with his powerful rock drumming sensibilities and allows him to expand the boundaries of all styles. His musical focus is committed to the exploration of improvised music incorporating styles as diverse as Blues, Jazz, R&B, Funk, Cajun and South Indian Carnatic.
Vital Information - Vitalization CD
| Play | Title | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Product Details / Samples | Vitalization CD minus drums. 11 tracks in all. | |
| Jimmy Jive minus drums | ||
| Groove Time minus drums | ||
| The Closer minus drums | ||
| You Know What I Mean minus drums | ||
| J Ben Jazz minus drums | ||
| Interwoven Rhythms – Dialogue minus drums | ||
| Seven and a Half minus drums | ||
| The Bottom Line minus drums | ||
| The Trouble With minus drums | ||
| Get Serious minus drums | ||
| Interwoven Rhythms – Synchronous minus drums |
Originally drawn to the drums by hearing marching bands in parades as a child in his native Massachusetts, Smith began studying the drums at age nine, in 1963. After high school, Smith studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1972-76. There he received valuable instruction from such renowned teachers as Gary Chaffee and Alan Dawson.
In 1974 Smith’s professional career began in full, at 19 years old, with his tenure in the Lin Biviano Big Band, which he toured and recorded with for the next two years. At that same time he also performed with bebopper Buddy DeFranco and was a member of free-jazz group The Fringe featuring George Garzone. In 1976, Smith began his association with jazz/fusion by joining violinist Jean-Luc Ponty’s group and recording the 1977 landmark fusion album Enigmatic Ocean, which also featured guitarist Allan Holdsworth. It was while touring with rocker Ronnie Montrose a year later that Smith was asked to join the popular rock band Journey which brought his playing to the attention of a rock audience.
With Journey, Smith toured around the world and recorded numerous successful albums including the immensely popular Escape (Columbia 1981) and Frontiers (Columbia 1983), both of which garnered the band many Top 40 hits and worldwide sales of over 80 million albums. In 1985 Smith left Journey to pursue his original passion, jazz, and to continue his developing career as a session player. Over the past 30+ years, Smith has played on many hits with such diverse artists as Bryan Adams, Mariah Carey, Zucchero, Claudio Baglioni, Andrea Bocelli, Y&T, Dweezil Zappa, Ray Price, Corrado Rustici and Savage Garden.
Guitarist, Composer and PlayAlongJazz creator Vinny Valentino featured
You’ve heard him on much of the PlayAlongJazz tracks. Browse the content composed, arranged and performed by Vinny Valentino. You can sample and purchase tracks from a list that he has recommended and recorded with and without the guitar.