What's New

Fixes crashing experienced with older iOS versions (12-14)

App Description

Create studio-quality soul, jazz and funk tracks to your own chords in minutes with the latest edition of the award-winning SessionBand app – the world’s only chord-based loop app.

Featuring exclusive royalty-free, chord-based loops performed by 4 of the world's top jazz musicians: Jason Rebello (Keyboards); Jeremy Stacey (Drums); Patrick Clahar (Sax) and Geoff Gascoyne (Bass).

Volume 3 is the ultimate soul jazz funk play-along and the perfect tool for songwriters. Here's what you get:

• 15 chord variations per root note in every style! From straight major and minors right through to the most exotic soul jazz chords
• 20 alternative drum grooves/fills in each style
• Instant PDF chord sheets for the tracks you create
• New tech enhancements like ‘Track Builder’ to make the workflow even faster

With over 15,000 precision-cut, chord-based loops included in the download, the app instantly converts the chords you select into great-sounding, royalty-free audio - wherever you are and whatever your ability.

This latest edition contains a diverse spread of 8 soul jazz funk styles from a Herbie
Hancock slow burn, laid-back 70's funk groove all the way through to an exciting, uptempo neo-latin jazz rock groove in 7/4. You can check out samples of all the styles at www.sessionbandapp.com/sessionband-soul-jazz-funk-3-music-app-create-backing-tracks/

SessionBand Soul Jazz Funk 3 is a professional app – essential for anyone learning jazz music and perfect for soul jazz funk musicians looking for the ultimate play-along. But equally, it’s simple enough for non-musicians who love music to create their own great sounding, copyright-free soul jazz funk music and share it with the world – even if they don’t play a note!

Create professional soul jazz funk tracks to your own choice of chords in minutes. Everything you need to create, share and publish thousands of stunning royalty-free tracks.

The fastest way to create your own studio-quality tracks:

• Pick one of 8 soul jazz funk styles
• Choose your chords
• Stretch or shorten loops
• Build up your track in minutes
• Instantly hear your track across different styles and tempos
• Auto-transpose your entire track
• Add FX
• Mix
• Change tempo
• Record direct to audio
• Copy straight to other music apps
• Share with the world!

The ultimate mobile jam/practice tool for musicians:

• Practice with your own world-class band
• Loop markers let you focus on specific sections
• Mute instrument channels as you like
• Produce PDF chord sheets for the tracks you create…instantly
• ‘Flip’ your track across other styles and tempos
• Transpose your whole track instantly

Get the world’s best musicians playing on your tracks:

• Jason Rebello (Keyboards): Sting; Jeff Beck; Wayne Shorter; Peter Gabriel…
• Jeremy Stacey (Drums): Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds; King Crimson; Amy Winehouse; Take That; Eric Clapton…
• Patrick Clahar (Sax); Bill Bruford’s Earthworks; Incognito; Stevie Wonder; James Brown…
• Geoff Gascoyne (Bass); Sting; Van Morrison; Guy Barker; Georgie Fame…

You don’t have to be a musician to create seriously good music and release it royalty-free!

• Simple, intuitive interface
• Audition the loop you are about to insert
• ‘Track Builder’ allows simple creation of a full track
• Intuitive mixing and record functions

Detailed Product Info:

• 4,320 chord-based multi channel loop stacks (Over 15,000 individual loops)
• 8 diverse soul jazz funk styles: Laid-Back Funk; 70’s Funk; Swing Beat; Rare Groove; Latin Groove; Broken Beat; Jazz Rock; Groove In Seven
• Tempos from 60bpm to 220bpm
• 15 chord variations for every root note: maj; maj7; maj7(#11); 11; 7; 7(b9); 7(#9,#5); 7(#11); min; m(#5); m7(9); m(maj7); m7(b5); dim; maj ‘stop’
• 20 alternative drum grooves/drum fills in every style in addition to the main drum groove

The musical content in this app cannot be found in any of the other SessionBand apps.

All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 17, 2021 Initial release
  • June 18, 2021 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $1.99
  • August 05, 2021 Price increase: $1.99 -> $5.99
  • October 15, 2021 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $2.99
  • September 15, 2023 New version 1.3
  • September 15, 2023 Price increase: $2.99 -> $5.99
  • November 21, 2023 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $2.99