Great sounds - one bad flaw
This is five stars except for two things - the subscriptions system, and lack of background play. You can pay for Quartet and own it (and with the new revision Quartet is fantastic). Here you pay $50 a year for limited tunes. They will increase, but 50 gets you all of Quartet and no more $. I’m all for paying the musicians and developers, but that is too much, especially given the other flaw, I have to have tunes memorized as I can’t flip to ForScore while the Feel Book is playing. So I can play Misty, and Cherokee. That’s it. Seems easy to correct, but what do I know? These are the hippest backing tracks available, but not so much better than Quartet that it makes it worth is given these flaws.
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Modern play along done right
I am really enjoying the simplicity of using the app. Sounds great. The only thing on my wish list is an accompanying notation of the melody. Would be nice to have treble and bass versions for those of us in the rhythm section.
Fake free app
It says free with in app but then you cannot even try it and you have to commit to 45 USD a year. Ireal pro is a much better option for now
So fun
The recordings are incredible. Feels so good to play with these amazing rhythm sections. The UX could use some work - not the most intuitive, and my biggest issue as a pianist is that every time i open a new tune, I have to re-mute the piano, which is annoying. But it’s early days of the app and I’m sure it will only improve from here.
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Great idea poor app
Very excited to download however I couldn’t get past the subscription page, kept coming up with an error saying ‘try again later’. Didn’t even get to try the app or see what it was about.
Brilliant app, get it!
I’ve tried a bunch of jazz play-along apps over the years, and this one is on a whole different level. The biggest thing for me is just how good it sounds. The rhythm sections are absolutely on fire. Instead of feeling like you’re practicing with a backing track, it feels like you’re playing with a real band that’s actually making music.
It’s honestly made me want to practice more. I’ll open it up planning to play for 20 minutes and an hour later I’m still going because it’s just so much fun.
Another thing I love is that they’re always adding new tunes. It feels like getting little surprise gifts every week because you never know what’s going to show up next. Every time I open the app there’s a chance there’s something new to dig into, and that keeps everything fresh.
If you’re into jazz and want something that’s actually inspiring to play with instead of just functional, definitely check this out. It’s become one of my favorite practice tools.
It’s honestly made me want to practice more. I’ll open it up planning to play for 20 minutes and an hour later I’m still going because it’s just so much fun.
Another thing I love is that they’re always adding new tunes. It feels like getting little surprise gifts every week because you never know what’s going to show up next. Every time I open the app there’s a chance there’s something new to dig into, and that keeps everything fresh.
If you’re into jazz and want something that’s actually inspiring to play with instead of just functional, definitely check this out. It’s become one of my favorite practice tools.
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Position playback crutch
This apps inability to hide playback position will be a crutch for musicians actually working towards playing with real musicians. Sounds great, but does not help you learn to keep the form. IReal you can have it only show the top of form. This way you can think where the top is and compare to reality. Vs having your hand held to entire time. This is a core feature for backing track apps will happily update review when fixed.
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Revolutionary!!!!
This app is a complete game changer, it already has a lot of backing tracks recorded and is developing into the next generation for jazz musicians.
A Game Changer
I’ve been using the feel book for a couple of months now. Being a jazz guitar student, I’ve found it incredibly useful to listen to an actual band. I’ve found myself isolating the piano to transcribe comping, and the bass to draw inspiration for designing good walking bass lines. The info section for each tune with the nitpicks about the tune’s background, history, and the actual vs wrong chord changes, has also been a great learning.
I guess the best part is that it doesn’t feel artificial. You actually feel that you’re in the middle of a real jam session with the pros, with every chorus being distinctly different, every fill and turnaround with a different sonic treatment.
Really appreciate the effort !
I guess the best part is that it doesn’t feel artificial. You actually feel that you’re in the middle of a real jam session with the pros, with every chorus being distinctly different, every fill and turnaround with a different sonic treatment.
Really appreciate the effort !
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The BEST Jazz play along period.
Hands down, the only Jazz app you need. I’ve tried them all and The FEEL BOOK is it. World class musicians laying down tons of feel on every track. The catalog is already a lifetime worth of studying if you want really get better at Jazz. New tunes are added regularly. Yes it’s subscription, but support the musicians who create the tunes so the FEEL BOOK can keep putting out high-quality tracks. The value is insane! Keep it up!
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Subscription Option Only = poor
Can’t get past the subscription page as it requires payment setup in Apple account which is clunky and doesn’t allow editing or adding of payment cards. Allowing Apple Pay would make it much more accessible.
Wonderful! Bummer it’s a subscription
This app is incredible, specially if they keep adding new songs. The tracks sound super clean and are wonderfully fun to play with! Really sad it’s a subscription service instead of, say, a $15 or $20 one time payment, but I guess for this quality it’s worth it.
Highly Recommended
This app contains probably the best played and sounding backing tracks in the field of jazz that are currently available on the market. Absolute purchase recommendation.
Subscription model and no intro’s
As a function gig musician who uses backing tracks at weddings and other gigs I was excited about seeing and hearing this app. And it definitely has some nice tracks but what makes it not good compared to other, better and similar apps available are: 1, it’s a subscription model which is off putting and horrible, 2, although the standard of musicianship in the making of these tracks is great, there’s no 4 or 8 bar intro’s like there would be with a band and 3, even if there were, the app says you can’t use these tracks for commercial purposes like playing at weddings and other gigs and 4, the number of tracks that you get isn’t good for what would be costing me hundreds of pounds if I had it for a few years. But if you sorted those things out, I’d be a big fan but for now, its not for me unfortunately 🎷🎷
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Tolle Übungsapp mit regelmäßigem Update des Repertoire
Die App ist super zum Lernen von neuen Standards. Im Vergleich zu iReal & Co. handelt es sich um Live-Aufnahmen, die einem ein wesentlich realistischeres Szenario ermöglichen. Ich finde das Abo-Modell nicht schlimm, sondern eine gute Idee, da das Repertoire sehr regelmäßig erweitert wird. Verbesserungsvorschläge: 1. Die Einstellung von Tempo und Pitch intuitiver gestalten, bspw. per Drehrad oder manueller Eingabe. 2. Den „Always-On“-Modus der App auf dem Mac deaktivieren – wenn ich vergesse die App zu schließen, bleibt mein Mac an und fährt nicht in den Standby. 3. Bessere Visualisierung des Repertoires. Die Übersicht wird mit der Menge an Standards allmählich chaotisch…
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At what point should you just put a record on?
In terms of play-alongs these are probably some of the better ones available. But at a certain point, why not just put on a record and play along to that? Sure, these guys that recorded for this app are good, but they’re not Philly Joe/PC/Red Garland good, or McCoy/Jimmy/Elvin good. This is the perfect app for simulating what it feels like to play a weeknight club gig in NYC.
The records will always be the real thing, play-alongs are never going to simulate that.
The records will always be the real thing, play-alongs are never going to simulate that.
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There’s no going back
The quality and dynamic feel of the tracks are so far beyond other play along apps that I just want to learn every song here. The tracks build and vary over each chorus, often with tag endings and other interesting devices. Each tune is meticulously researched. The musicians are phenomenal —you’re truly playing with a world class jazz combo. The library is somewhat small now, but they add new tunes all the time. Is it worth the subscription? As long as they keep adding songs then 100% yes.
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Mr
Took the plunge to purchase trial, very happy with the sound quality, just like real people playing here, hope they add options to add own chords.
real musicians
you’re playing along with real musicians who have played these tunes hundreds of times. that means that the tunes actually feel like what they’re supposed to feel like. Has the added benefit of being laser focused on the tunes that are being called at jams today
Love It
Awesome Tool
