Know Before You Blow: Blues (Trombone)

Santorella’s Know Before You Blow: Blues Edition is an innovative, response-driven jazz improvisation method designed to teach practical licks and techniques that can be used in real performance situations. Built around the essential 12-bar blues progression, this comprehensive method helps musicians develop the skills needed to improvise confidently across jazz, swing, shuffle, jazz rock, blues, and popular music styles. Using Santorella’s proven “Music Plus ( ) One” call-and-response approach, students listen to professional Los Angeles studio musicians perform scales, exercises, licks, chord studies, and complete blues heads before responding with their own performance. This highly effective format strengthens phrasing, articulation, rhythmic interpretation, and stylistic awareness while encouraging players to “sit in” and improvise with a live rhythm section. The Blues Edition focuses on three foundational styles: Swing, Jazz Rock, and Shuffle. Each style is clearly explained through dedicated articulation and feel studies, helping players understand the unique rhythmic nuances that define each genre. The method progressively explores blues improvisation in ten popular keys through blues scales, dominant 7th chord studies, 12-bar blues forms, improvisation sessions, and original jazz heads including Swing This!, Livin’ the Blues, Doo Dat Blues, Funky Sea Blues, Shufflin’ Shuffle, Closing Night Blues, Easy Street Blues, Be Careful Blues, Slinkin’ Along, and Take That!. Written by Chris Tedesco and available in accommodating keys for trumpet, flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, and trombone, this versatile method is ideal for classroom instruction, private lessons, ensemble rehearsals, or individual study. Complete with downloadable MP3 accompaniment and demonstration tracks performed by top studio professionals, Know Before You Blow: Blues Edition serves as the foundation of the entire series and is an essential resource for any musician looking to develop authentic jazz improvisation skills. Play Along with Session 1 https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/04-Session-1.mp3 Play Along with Session 2 https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/05-Session-2.mp3 Play Along with Session 3 https://qpress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/06-Session-3.mp3