We have been talking about updating the Jazzbooks website for Jamey Aebersold Jazz for a while now. Now that the workshops are over, I have already spent some time coming up with a new look for the site. This is a full-blown e-commerce site with tons of other “static” information available.

The website really needs a face-lift to bring it up-to-date, but it is also lacking a lot features that you find on websites such as this one. I’ve created a category so you can follow me on this project: Jazzbooks Dot Com. It’s going to be a fun ride - I love e-commerce sites! (No sarcasm … I really do!)

Take a good look at the current site: www.jazzbooks.com

The new website will be on a testing server, which if you’re interested, you’ll be able to help participate in the beta testing. Stay tuned.

As it comes time to re-print some of the Aebersold play-a-longs, we have the opportunity to update a lot of the cover art for these books. Volume 47 is one of those examples. I typically don’t want to stray too far from the original concept art. These books are so highly-recognized in Jazz Education, that we want it to still have familiarity. I also try to preserve the work that was done by the previous artist. In this case, a gentleman by the name of Pete Gearhart designed the original art for this book. Keeping up with his spirits and the overall look and feel of the Aebersold series, I put together a cover that has some abstract appeal while maintaining most of the elements of the original cover.