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✓ Swings!The sax loops are annoying because the phrases are chunky but other than that it swings. Good tool for practice.I look forward to new releases..Version: 1.0
✓ BrilliantComplements the original Session Band app really well and gives access to those expensive chords! I hope this family of apps carry on developing because they are truly innovative..Version: 1.0
✓ Realistic sounding jazz backing traxI’ve been using Jazz Session Bands 1, 2, and 3 for a few years now—bought them in a bundle. First off, I can unreservedly recommend these apps for any jazz players who like to create their own backing tracks. Each version—one, two, and three—contains styles that are vital for jazz, so *you are going to need all three!* (Can’t wait to get 4!) The sampling is very good, the sound realistic and dynamic, particularly on 2 and 3. But this app definitely has weaknesses as well as strengths. I especially like SB’s piano and drums—but I almost always mute the horns when I play over SB backing trax; very quickly the horn licks get predictable. And you can’t play without bass, obviously, but sadly SB’s bass does not sound anything like a real jazz bass player. Some styles have no walking lines, no nifty little 8th note pickups. The piano, on the other hand, is sparkling and realistic. The drums are outstanding. You can really personalize a track just with the use of drum fills. SB 3, in particular, has a great array of drum fills. Now for my critique. To me, one of SB’s weaknesses is that when you create a backing track with rapid harmonic movement—for example 4 chords per bar, using dominant 7ths or ii Vs, the changes sound choppy. On the other hand, the app shines over chords that are prolonged for 2+ bars. Another weakness is that you can’t create a form in one version, for example, SB 1, and then copy and paste it into a new document from one of the other versions, like SB 2. That’s a drawback, because it is laborious to create forms using this app. If it turns out that a form sounds crummy in one version, it’d be cool if you could export it to another version. Another weakness is that not all the chord extensions and alterations are available in SB 1, 2, and 3. (I understand they are all possible in 4, which is why I plan to get it!) If you like to play over pieces with lots of colors and extensions in the melody, it’d great to have the backing chords that put those colors on top. For example, there’s no minor 11 available, no dom 9, no dominant 7(#11). I would also really like to see a dom 7(13,-9) voicing. You can get around this, of course, by using changes that are consonant with those colors, but I do feel the chord voicings on 1, 2, and 3 are limited. To summarize, you can create some really nice stuff that’s fun to play over, using Session Band Jazz 1, 2, and 3. Get all three in a bundle, if possible. You’re going to want and need them if your repertoire includes a wide variety of jazz styles..Version: 2.5.3
✓ BrilliantDon't know why anyone would moan about this app! Amazing for practicing to and pretty much the price of a pint. Yes it's a shame they have different versions rather than offer a bundle at a reduced price but meh I still like it.Version: 1.1
✓ Cool AppAfter Working with this app for a few hours now I have some thoughts. The app is very stable and the sounds are killer. A nice addition would be the ability to repeat a section for a set number of times and then move on. It would be nice to loop the head for four times and then move onto the solo sections. Now when loop mark are set, the section loops endlessly. They did add the option for different drum fills which is a great idea. All in all a good product that could use some tweaking to make it more useable..Version: 1.0
✓ First classFrom the players to how it works its just first class. Nice one.Version: 1.0
✓ Love it.I have all of the session band apps, as a songwriter I can always find tracks that fit the song I’m writing. Really wonderful apps. Very authentic, and natural, doesn’t sound like a computer, it sounds like real people playing. I highly recommend these apps if you’re a songwriter.Version: 2.5.3
✓ What an app!What a fantastic app! Really well put together, clear and easy to use! I shall definitely use this for teaching and for my own practice too!!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Great qualityGood for reference and ideas.Version: 2.3
✓ Great App!If you are looking to make jazz music this app is great! The loops are high quality and it's easy to send your music too. Highly recommended!.Version: 1.0
✓ Loving this!I can't play a thing for real but have always wanted to. At last I can actually make music. This is great. Excellent..Version: 1.0
✓ AwesomeI used this app last night on a restaurant gig in lieu of backing tracks. The app really did the job well. My criticisms are: I would like the option to loop chord sequences for a set number and then go to an end sequence (instead of infinite looping). Otherwise you have to copy and paste sequences multiple times and the app begins to run a bit slow when you have over 200 bars of chords (I'm on a 4S). The hit boxes for inserting new chords and pasting are quite small and it often took me several tries before I clicked it. Hopefully in the first update they will be increased in size. I would imagine that this isn't an issue on an iPad. This app is great and has the potential to be really magical!.Version: 1.0
✓ Brilliant idea.Sounds great - looking forward to giving it a thorough once-over!.Version: 1.0
✓ Superb 6 stars!!!!!Even better than the original in that we now have sounds that are much more clearly articulated.......very, very convincing, fabulous chord structures to play with, I'm learning from the outside in, if you know what I mean. Can't put it down for the thousands of song writing ideas that's it's giving me. You guys are brilliant. I shall buy the next one and the next one..........Version: 1.0
✓ ThumbsupGood job on the recent update!.Version: 2.5.1
✓ Fantastic!What a great app this is! I've found it very useful as a sketchpad for ideas and for creating backing tracks of jazz standards for the purpose of rehearsal. Kudos to the makers!.Version: 1.1
✓ Fantastic app...Looking forward to many hours of practice with this fantastic app...!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Just what I've been waiting for!I love writing new songs and arranging existing standards in different styles and arranging contemporary tunes in jazz genres. This enables all of that - and on the move too! Perfect!.Version: 1.0
✓ Fantastic!This is like a cross between iReal Pro and Band in a Box with real tracks. I love the sound of BiaB with real tracks but it isn't convenient to have the computer all of the time. This fills in the gap and gives me the better sound quality I'm missing from iReal..Version: 2.0
✓ Crashes all the time on iPod Touch 4The idea is great, but the implementation is not acceptable, When an app is stated as being for iPod Touch 4, as it says on the information for the app, then it should at least enable you to enter more than a couple of chords before crashing! Perhaps it is ok on iPad, but not if you have an iPod Touch..Version: 1.0
✓ Would be great, but ...The app freezes. A lot. Would be perfect were it not for that..Version: 2.5
✓ Brilliant!!These apps are brilliant!! I just bought a Line 6 Amplify 150 and they work great with it!! These are hands down the best jam / practice apps on the market! Just bought the blues and the jazz versions!.Version: 1.1
✓ Excellent sounds, limited functionalityI purchased volumes 1,2 and 3 thinking that this app would be an improvement over the iReal Pro app in terms of play along sound quality. As far as sound goes, this app is excellent, however, it's missing some very fundamental cords and can't perform slash-cords either. This app has great potential but needs some updates..Version: 2.0
✓ Amazing!Is that a jazz band in your pocket or are you just happy to.. A fully versatile jazz band that plays any chords that you instruct it to. No low quality midi rubbish. Audiobus love to boot!.Version: 1.0
✓ 100% updateOne of my favourite apps. New time stretch allows greater tempo range. Well done Sessionband.Version: 2.0
✓ Amazing app easy to useI love this app! The real drums and other instruments are the perfect accompaniment for performing. Two thumbs up!.Version: 1.1
✓ These guys are awesomeAs a jazz fanatic and musician this app is just brilliant. I had no idea this was out there. To have these brilliant musicals in your living room is a dream come true. To bring music alive with real instruments and these great guys is to good to be true. I blinked and wow it's true. Thanks for the many many hours of making this app it really is unique.Version: 2.0
✓ Awesome App!!!Geoff is one of the finest musicians in the UK and this app is typical of his perfectionist attitude! Well thought through, user friendly and with lots and lots of cool features... great to play along with because your playing with samples of top guys and an incredible tool for students and professionals alike - well done Geoff and the team!.Version: 1.0
✓ Diggin' itVery easy learning curve, and the sounds are realistic. I threw together "Autumn in New York" in about 15 minutes, Really cool. A few minor complaints, so far I can't export full size WAV files to Dropbox, it seems the workaround is to export it to another audio program that does allow direct exportation, but it will export M4v via email. Not quite the same. It could also use a few more chord options, a minor 6 would be nice, and a few other useful chords would make it even more legit sounding. But first please allow WAV exporting to Dropbox, or iTunes..Version: 1.1
✓ Value for moneyThis is a decent product for practising it’s not perfect it’s not bend in the box but it is very good. I am not sure what some of the other reviewers were expecting? Someone talk about not enough chords some say not enough songs I’ve been able to replicate the cord structure pretty much any standard that I wanted. It is not banned in the box which cost a heck of a lot more and correspondingly will have a lot more flexibility. But the backing sounds realistic and flexible enough so that you feel you’re practising with live players. It’s much better than the backing you get with iReal Pro. Take it for what it is and it’s good regarding having all of the chords it’s about the quad quality and I think your find that you can get the backing sound you require the only weakness. The only weakness is the saxophone phrases are all designed for a two by measure which is great for learning phrases but not as part of the general backing..Version: 2.3
✓ PopolI love this.....Version: 2.0
✓ InvaluableThis app is incredible. You have a rhythm section at your call whenever you need one. Perfect for practicing improv if you're in a jazz ensemble..Version: 1.0
✓ Great app for musiciansWell done, lots of great possibilities for creating chord progressions and practicing over chord changes with rhythm section. Looking forward to using it daily.Version: 1.0
✓ Ultimate jazz play alongThe “go to” app for improvising jazz instrumentalists! Transpose entire track in semitone increments and useful B flat / E flat feature. Tempo shift is not good I’m afraid but overall the uniqueness of the app makes up for it. Would prefer a smoother time shift please!!??.Version: 2.5
✓ Wow. Highly Recommended.GREAT SOUNDS! The piano voicings/sound are great, and the way that they stitch together is really something else. The walking bass lines even sync up in a natural way. The first night that I had it on the iPad I programmed 32 bars of chords for a song that I'm working on and it sounded very natural. I'd say that it's priced appropriately considering the amount of work that must have gone in to the development. It doesn't have EVERY chord type, and I missed having the ability to program one chord but with a different bass note underneath, but I understand as these are ACTUAL recorded loops so they had to draw the line somewhere. Very impressed. I will definitely use it myself, and recommend it to my students at the university..Version: 1.0
✓ Superb!Amazing guys, really nice app. As great as ireal is, the sounds are a bit naff. This sounds and feels great, bravo! I just feel bad muting Andy Panayi all the time!.Version: 1.0
✓ Great valueI bought this app a week ago. I'm learning jazz guitar and it has been so helpful. Having authentic drum and bass grooves is so nice. I'm not sure exactly what the role of the sax is supposed to be. I generally mute it. It was very easy to create my own chord progressions. There is a mixer to control the track levels, and you can change the key and tempo really easily. I paid $2.99 I think. That's amazing. Get out your fake books and start inputing your set lists!.Version: 1.1
✓ Great purchase!The cost becomes irrelevant when you start to record, edit and produce your own music. Not being able to play a jazz sound in person, the perfect opportunity arose when I brought this app. Also follow Jamie Cullum on twitter who also highly rates the app! Addicted!.Version: 1.0
✓ What I've been waiting for!This app really is what I have searched for many times. A flexible, programable play along! Great musicianship, top quality loops, fully editable by tempo, pitch, balance, feel etc. - program in your own songs, progressions that you need to learn, standards - the potential is limitless. If you're a beginner at jazz through to the top professional player then this is is for you and is a serious serious piece of kit! Think about it... 4 of the best jazz players at your beck and call to jam along with! They'll play any style you chose, any tempo, any chord sequence! That is priceless in my book! Top marks!.Version: 1.0
✓ A Last!I've been waiting for an app like this for ages! The ability to create chord sequences and have them played back on bass, drums, piano and sax and mix the result is great. But with all the parts played by such brilliant jazz musicians, this is a dream app! Being able to mix out the part you want to play yourself makes practice much better than with those other playalongs where you're stuck with the backing provided. Looking forward to getting stuck into more practice now..Version: 1.0
✓ PhilAwsome app for students, or pros, really user friendly and endless options for practice, be it time or harmony or both!! :).Version: 1.0
✓ This is great for Singers!!Singers and singing students HAVE TO BUY this incredible app, great for finding the right key for a standard so quickly, great to practise with and sounds amazing too. I just just loaded it for the first time, pressed the demo of 'All the Things You Are' in medium swing 2 feel and then the little arrows on the right hand side tap up and down through all the keys, wow that's amazing, well done Geoff!!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Amazing App!Absolutely incredible app, an essential for all jazz lovers and musicians and well worth every penny. Have already told many friends about it and would recommend to anyone! Awesome..Version: 1.1
✓ A fantastic app!!!!This is an amazing application for anybody who is interested in music. It can be used in so many different creative ways like for instance a composing tool, a playing along/practice tool or as an ear training tool. Very easy to use and fantastically laid out with great musicianship. The subject of jazz music can be quite intimidating and complex and this app takes away those barriers. I am very much looking forward in using this app with my students. Fantastic top quality!!!!.Version: 1.0
✓ PerfectJust perfect I am ready pay for it 10 times more Kind Regards Adam.Version: 1.0
✓ Great App for a real jazz band backingWould like a few more chord options ... i.e G7b5 , but otherwise excellent value and quite easy use..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Absolutely LOVE all of the Sessionband appsThey make practicing almost more fun than the gig! Hope to see a lot more of them..Version: 2.5.3
✓ Fantastic AppWill be spending many hours playing/working with this. Great app. Well done!.Version: 1.0
✓ Very Good…This app is easy to learn so that you don’t spend hours working on it instead of your instrument... Nice! The only request I would place is to be able to customize time signature, especially in the jazz app. I am working on a 5/4 timer right now and pulled a work-around on it by shoving the 5 beats into 4/4... It’s a little funky but it’s working, sort of. Overall great app for woodshedding... Thanks!!!.Version: 2.5
✓ Fantastic tool for solo gigs.Real easy to use, for solo gigs it sounds far more live than backing tracks and as the tunes are customised punters hear something different from the run of the mill. I am still learning how to make the most of all the features but already just using the basics it's a great app..Version: 1.0
✓ Hello.Very nice apps. Dreaming about a kind of stop button with a sustain incorporated, and more looper markings..Version: 2.5.3
✓ Jazz sessions are great.This app is great! I love creating mixes and jazz mixes rule! There are so many tracks to choose from and mix! This app is also great for recording right on the iPad for instant playback! I love being able to speed it up and slow it down, gives it the perfect edge!.Version: 1.0
✓ Very handySounds good and very handy for practice.. Undecided as to whether the sax track is really necessary tho.. Nice for jamming to recording of real players with flexibility of mixing, slight speed variation ability and ability for quick key changing.Version: 1.0
✓ Fantastic !Does exactly what it says on the tin. Easy to use and full of possibilities. Great App !.Version: 1.0
✓ Finally!I have been waiting for a jazz practice/backing app, and this does the job very nicely. Mixing up styles with standards is great fun. I'd like to see more tunes on here. Before I purchased, I put lots of Aebersold tracks on my ipad as well as putting PDF music on. Whilst this wont replace the massive Aebersold library, it takes the tediousness out of it and makes it a lot of fun! Awesome musicians used too!.Version: 1.0
✓ Jazz Session BandThis is a fantastic app and a must have for all jazz musicians. However please be advised it requires iPod Touch/iPhone 5th generation or later and iPad2 or later. I tried to use it with a 4th generation iPod Touch and iPad1 and it kept crashing..Version: 1.0
✓ Great app - but with issues.Really enjoy this app and all it has to offer. Great samples and playing. However, having a problem with stuttering playback on iPhone. Anyone else having these problems?!.Version: 1.0
✓ NiceWorks great on iPhone 5! Perfect for make backing tracks to study.Version: 1.1
✓ Now even easier to inputThe first one is still my favourite, I love to playalong with the demos. An excellent product, buy it!!!.Version: 2.5
✓ FantasticFantastic app to learn jazz, definitely for the professional or aspiring professional but also for long soothing hours of amateur jamming. In a later version it would be very useful to have guitar chords charts..Version: 2.3
✓ Very usefulGreat app to use with practicing. Very well recorded authentic sound bank and very versatile over many jazz styles. Very easy to use also and it allows saving of your own tracks. A must for any aspiring jazz musician..Version: 1.0
✓ Great idea but...It’s a great idea, but difficult to fully realize it seems. The sound quality is excellent! The musicianship is good yet sounds generic. Styles are cool, but The chord options are too limited for real composition and the list of samples are shallow. The interface is not so good. A lot of bugs to work out. I give it a 4 though because it’s a beautiful concept. I hope they continue developing this. More!.Version: 2.5.1
✓ ExcellentA wonderfully useful app. Intuitive interface with solidly useful tracks. There are so many choices in jazz for chords but this very reasonably priced app has enough to get you through most standards..Version: 1.0
✓ Great!I have all styles, great for jamming to. No updates with anything new for a very very long time. Also, we don’t need photos of the players, not necessary really. Would be great to export midi files, to Logic etc..Version: 2.3
✓ Brilliant!Wow Geoff this is really something! It's going to be such a useful tool for teaching apart from anything else - pretty much makes the entire Aebersold catalogue redundant because it's so flexible. The mixer is brilliant, and the flexibility with tempos, keys, feels etc. Previously, for flexibility with students, I'd loaded aebersold tracks into Transcribe and used the tempo/pitchshift functions within that, but this is so much better. Really looking forward to using it!.Version: 1.0
✓ Yes!Great app,great musicians! I have been waiting for something as good as this and now it's here! All instruments out now..Version: 1.0
✓ Great tool for musicians and jazz educatorsThis is really useful for anyone who is serious about jazz and they want to experiment with different chord progressions and styles. I wish I had that app some years ago!!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Nothing else like it...apart from the other apps in the series. Deceptively sparse interface hides a very complete set of features. Great for anyone learning or struggling with chord progressions. A great composer's tool in that respect. Works well on ipad 2 provided I close background apps. My recommendation... buy all three..Version: 1.0
✓ Great for custom backing tracksEdited review: no more crashes. Very useful for creating your own backing tracks. Can export tracks or just use within app and play it through any Bluetooth speakers to jam (really useful, not all apps have that feature).Version: 2.3
✓ Really nice appWorth 10$, no problem....Version: 1.1
✓ Awesome AppFantastic. I love it. Easy to use. Great sounds..Version: 1.0
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