"Featuring User-Friendly Methods"
Kansas City, MO, USA - July 28, 2009 - He's performed with Miles, Ella, and Duke. Kansas City's own historic music icon leaves his mark on our nation's jazz community with the release of a new manual, "
The Rest of the Story."
Tonight the
Mutual Musicians Foundation presents a book signing party, 75th birthday celebration and jam session for Ahmad Alaadeen from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Kansas City's historic jazz district. Admission is free.
Primarily known by his surname
Alaadeen, the jazz master's user-friendly methods educate advanced to intermediate musicians on how to find themselves as soloists while laying down a foundation to the art of improvisation. "
The Rest of the Story" is presented in a simplified manner with easy to understand terms that will help readers to:
- Make Swing Your Own Thing
- Play Original from Instinct
- Learn History + Build on It
- Organize Tones to Work for You
Alaadeen's unique approach encourages creativity and individuality in playing. "When I was coming up if you took a solo and sounded like anyone else, you would be booted off the stage," he said. Written in old school script, one aim of the manual is to encourage music soloists to play with originality from their instincts and gut.
The manual contains a formal lesson plan, stories and photos from Alaadeen's life experience that are a part of our oral tradition. This experience contains musical values, knowledge and lesson. His surprising stories of struggle and great perseverance should not be lost.
About Alaadeen
Alaadeen is formally recognized as a performing artist of the highest caliber, and as an important contributor to his community. He is a significant educator who has been compiling his teaching methods since the 70s, while teaching jazz in the school system and privately for 35 years. The recipient of a dozen major awards, Alaadeen has participated in six media documentaries. He has performed with major industry icons such as Miles Davis, Jay McShann, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, Lester Bowie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Tonight Show Band and countless others.
To purchase the user-friendly jazz improvisation and history manual with methods to finding yourself as a soloist, visit
Alaadeen.com. "The
Rest of the Story" is published by Fandeen Publishing Company. For large educational orders, please directly contact Fanny Dunfee at
fanny@alaadeen.com or
(913) 831-4396.
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Alaadeen Releases Jazz Improvisation, History Manual
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