Sing your story
Subtitle: the art of jazz singing : a practical guide for learning and teaching
By: by Jay Clayton
Publisher: Advance Music
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Germany]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Vocal music; Improvisation (Music); Jazz vocals; Instruction and study; Jazz; Singing
Other titles: Art of jazz singing
Notes: Companion CD contains demonstration tracks keyed to exercises in the text.

Discography: page 70.
Table of contents: title: Intro. Can jazz singing be taught?; title: Singing the jazz standards. How do you choose songs to sing? ; How do you learn a song? ; Transposing : Do you have clear charts in your keys? ; How do you keep track of your personal repertoire? ; What about arrangements? ; Counting off tempos/Counting in a tune; title: Performance. Get out there and do it! ; Hanging out/Sitting in ; Dealing with stage fright ; Jazz standard performance workshops ; Singer showcases; title: Improvisation. Scatting over changes/Scat lab ; Free improvisation/Free sing; title: Practice time. What are you doing in there?; title: The business of music. Promotional material ; Getting gigs ; Promoting your gigs ; Preparing for the gig; title: Outro. How do we do it all? Coda.