what do you guys think about the use of the jamie aebersold play along books for pianists? i'm kinda try to figrue out how to use it in my playing.
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are you talking about the actual piano transprictions or the play alongs? both are great- i use them all the time.
great tools for learning to tunes.

make sure you spend more time playing with real people than with aebersold recordings, though. too much time with play alongs will stunt your growth, hurt your playing, and you'll actually sound like you practice with play alongs.

the reason for that statement is that when you do play alongs you don't get any of the response from the rhythm section, so you start treating it like a bass and drum machine.

in addition to aebersold, make sure you play along with all the great jazz recordings you can. doesn't matter if there's a piano there or not, you can still play along with it, jam to their rhythm sections, etc etc... plus you get to hear great players doing their thing and maybe pick up a trick or two.
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i have dish network tv which has the sirius music channel.  i can play along to many classic jazz pieces and even learn some new ones.
has anyone tried this?
i don't have access to anything like that, but it's a great idea.  i have a bunch of mp3 files, records, and cds that i play along with all the time.  

not only is it a great way to learn new tunes, it's the best way to learn new tunes. i bet you find that remembering tunes you lifted off recordings is way easier than remembering tunes you learned from book.
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