Jazz Vocal Standards: Pro Vocal Women's Edition Volume 18 featuring Judy Niemack

This is supposed to be a sing-a-long book, hence the backing tracks. However, the vocalist can be heard in the background!! Very poor

I found that I could hear the vocalist in the back ground to this when I shouldn't

Great book for learning love it.

this was a present for a friend. she loves it and has used it regularly. Very happy with this purchase

Finally, a sing-along book and CD for professional, auditioning, and aspiring vocalists that was put together and produced by a professional jazz vocalist and educator extraordinaire!Judy Niemack, who has been working for years - not only as a performer, but as a dedicated music educator - has come up with this book-and-CD package based on her decades of experience (though she's still young, mind you!) 'on the battlefield', teaching young singers all over the world to find their own voice and style.It contains 10 standards which are recommended for the 'starter kit' of every jazz (or torch) singer's repertoire; All of Me, Bye Bye Blackbird, Lover Man, Misty, My Funny Valentine, One Note Samba (Samba de uma nota so), Teach Me Tonight, Wave, and You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To.What makes this product different from most other sing-along jazz CD's is that, accompanying each track, there is a recording allowing you to listen to how it's sung with a trio. Once you've learned it, those same wonderful backing tracks - played by professional musicians specifically chosen by Ms. Neimack for the task - are also with no voice added, which allow you to practice and sing your heart out.If previously there was a problem with finding a sing-along CD in your key, this CD has a feature allowing you to connect it to your computer and move it to the key that YOU CHOOSE!It's genius of a gift idea as well and I'm just happy to not have to fret about choosing a birthday or Christmas present for my younger singing friends for the next couple of years!