Trumpet Jazz Standards Play-Along Vol.3

With Jazz Standard Play-Alongs for Trumpet, Vol. 3, Erik Veldkamp continues building one of the most practical, musician-focused play-along series available to trumpet players. This volume leans deeper into bebop language, classic swing phrasing, and lyrical ballad playing, giving you a book that feels like a well-curated jam session rather than a generic “standards collection.” As with the earlier volumes, every tune is written to sit naturally on the trumpet, supported by studio-quality backing tracks and complete demo recordings so you can hear exactly how the music should feel before you play it yourself. The song selection in Volume 3 is deliberate and demanding in the best way. Bebop cornerstones like “Billie’s Bounce,” “Blues for Alice,” “Oleo,” and “Cottontail” push articulation, harmonic clarity, and forward motion, while blues-based vehicles such as “Fungii Mama” and “Strollin’” help develop relaxed time feel, phrasing, and tonal authority. Lush ballads and medium swingers like “Emily,” “I’ll Close My Eyes,” “I’m Old Fashioned,” “My Romance,” and “The Man I Love” emphasize sound, breath control, and melodic storytelling, while Ellington classics such as “In a Mellow Tone” and “What Am I Here For” bring big-band vocabulary and sophisticated swing language directly onto your stand. What makes this series work is consistency. Like Volumes 1 and 2, this book includes full chord changes for every tune, encouraging you to move beyond written lines and develop your own improvisational voice. The backing tracks feel musical and alive, not mechanical, making it easy to practice time, form, and interaction even when you are shedding alone. Whether you are preparing for jam sessions, lessons, or professional playing situations, Volume 3 reinforces the core trumpet skills that actually show up on the bandstand. Your purchase includes the complete PDF sheet music, a full set of professional backing-track MP3s, and Erik Veldkamp’s complete demo recordings. Open the book, press play, and work through the standards that define the jazz trumpet tradition—this time with deeper harmony, richer phrasing, and more stylistic range than ever. Check the audio and a song list below, samples to the left, and then click above for an immediate digital download. Listen to Erik Perform Cottontail https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cottontail-Demo.mp3 Listen to Erik Perform Li’l Darlin’ https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lil-Darlin-Demo.mp3 Listen to Erik Perform Oleo https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Oleo-Demo.mp3 Listen to Erik Perform Recorda Me https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Recorda-Me-Demo.mp3 Listen to Erik Perform You’d Be Nice To Come Home To https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Youd-Be-So-Nice-Demo.mp3 Volume 3 – Song List Almost Like Being in Love Billie’s Bounce Blues for Alice Cottontail Emily Falling in Love with Love Fungii Mama I’ll Close My Eyes I’m Old Fashioned In a Mellow Tone Li’l Darlin’ My Romance O Mama Enit Oleo Recorda Me Sometime Ago Strollin’ The Man I Love What Am I Here For You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To