Too few titles
Disappointing number of songs.
Bought the Jazz 3 at 26.85$ and only got soundbites after hours of download time.
Bought the Jazz 3 at 26.85$ and only got soundbites after hours of download time.
Minor 9ths only!
If you want a minor 7th chord only say as a III minor 7th chord, you’re stuck. So this negates most jazz standards.
Missing
How is there no m7, m6, 7, in this?
Magnificent!
An amazing tool for musicians and teachers with superior instrument sounds compared to other play-along jazz apps.
Fantastic software for practice sessions
I use the SessionBand apps all the time for practice and for live gigs. The sound is fantastic and it’s very easy to work with the existing arrangements or create your own. I highly recommend it.
App not intuitive
I’m confused. Can’t seem to move between prepping a chart and help menu: saxmax608
Excellent sound
Excellent samples, good range of sounds and tunes. Making my own chord structures is a bit fiddly though. And I generally turn off the melody instruments after a while, and just focus using the comping and rhythm (playing bass).
Practice Time
I can’t say I have used this extensively. However, for beginner piano practice it has been a great tool and helps track my progress. Really pleased with this app.
Fun practice
Works ok on the iPhone but cannot access fill style as it is below the page. Would be fine on iPad. Otherwise makes practice much more fun. I use it for sax practice. Perfect for scales, chords and improvisation. Watch Lynden Blades on YouTube for ways to use it.
Improvements
Three requests for improvement
1.Add triad chord without tension
2. Bass sound is too low.
3. Make the click sound in 2 or 4 beats
1.Add triad chord without tension
2. Bass sound is too low.
3. Make the click sound in 2 or 4 beats
Excellent
Easy to create different backing tracks.
Great for Practice!
These apps (I only have the Jazz versions) are awesome for laying down some chords to practice over. Its simplicity makes it simple to set something up for jamming along. Or just one chord forever...
Still great!
I have so much fun practicing with these apps. I can make very useful templates to work out improvisational and technical skills. I highly recommend checking all of them out.
Absolutely LOVE all of the Sessionband apps
They make practicing almost more fun than the gig! Hope to see a lot more of them.
Poor edit page
Good loops but the whole app is not well designed.
No pause/play button in the edit screen.
This basic feature has been requested for years but developers don’t listen.
The app needs updates based on users’ feedback.
No pause/play button in the edit screen.
This basic feature has been requested for years but developers don’t listen.
The app needs updates based on users’ feedback.
Waste of Money.
I bought the package months, if not years ago.....it is essil6 forgettable. I only used it a coupl3 of times, then it bored me half to death. Too much tedious, time-consuming fiddly effort, for very few results.
It needed lots more development before being marketed. These are the standard of App that should be given free, to whet the appetite for a better, bigger, easier paid-for version.......which has yet to be developed it would seem.
Save your money. Free apps are superior to these.
It needed lots more development before being marketed. These are the standard of App that should be given free, to whet the appetite for a better, bigger, easier paid-for version.......which has yet to be developed it would seem.
Save your money. Free apps are superior to these.
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Realistic sounding jazz backing trax
I’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.
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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
Jazzo
Disappointed that it doesn’t interact like other apps controls are very basic but the music itself is fantastic 🤷🏽♂️
Hello.
Very nice apps. Dreaming about a kind of stop button with a sustain incorporated, and more looper markings.
