For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smit...

• Scales, Chords, and Chord Progressions
• Twelve Bar Blues
• • L?Histoire
• • Hotel Pitz Blues
• • C-Riff
• • Space Cadet
• Stuff Smith (Swinging Fiercely)
• • Bad News Blues
• The ii-V7-I Progression
• • Skeleton Blues
• • Cartilage Blues
• Joe Venuti (American Swing Style)
• • Rarin? To Go
• • Humorous Humoresque
• Altered Notes in ii-V7-I Progressions
• Eddie South (Romanticist)
• • Laurie
• ii-bII7-I Progressions
• • Chroma Zone
• Stephanie Grappelli (A Sense of Elegance)
• • Swanee River -...