The Nearness of You
Jay Metcalf of BetterSax plays “The Nearness of You” – a classic jazz standard and essential repertoire for all musicians.
An all time favorite ballad and essential repertoire for all musicians, this backing track for The Nearness of You sounds great. “The Nearness of You” is included in the Essential Jazz Repertoire Vol. 2 Collection of 10 tracks.
This backing track is in the key of F major and the tempo is a 70bpm ballad
Jay is playing on the BetterSax Alto Saxophone, with a Jody Jazz Custom Dark mouthpiece.
Essential Jazz Repertoire Vol. 2 – Backing Track Collection
The Essential Jazz Repertoire Vol. 2 Bundle includes 10 beautifully played backing tracks which will expand the practice and performance repertoire of any musician. Alternate keys provided for several tunes.
All of our backing tracks include chord charts transposed for all instruments in PDF and iReal Pro app format.
Individual instrument stems are also provided for those who want to customize their recordings.
Tracks Included:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
All tracks are provided in high quality mp3 format along with lead sheet chord charts (melodies not included) pdfs (concert, Bb and Eb transpositions) and iReal Pro playlist.
Jay, the best adjective to describe all these trax is that they just sparkle. Great work!