Universal Method for Saxophone

Universal Method for Saxophone
Author: Paul DeVille
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-03-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486823946

A trusted training method for aspiring and serious players, "The Saxophone Bible" covers tuning, tone production, fingering, breath control, playing low and high ranges, scales, intervals, and much more.

Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax

Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax
Author: Stuart Isacoff
Publisher: Appa the Association of Higher Education Facilities
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1985
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This title includes the music for 'Stella by Starlight', 'Round Midnight', 'Stolen Moments' and many others.

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Play Along

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Play Along
Author: Gordon Goodwin
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739039663

Titles are: Swingin' for the Fences * La Almeja Pequena * Hunting Wabbits * Whodunnit? * Count Bubbas Revenge * Get in Line * Horn of Puente * The Jazz Police * High Maintenance * Cut 'n Run.

Jazz from Detroit

Jazz from Detroit
Author: Mark Stryker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0472074261

Jazz from Detroit explores the city’s pivotal role in shaping the course of modern and contemporary jazz. With more than two dozen in-depth profiles of remarkable Detroit-bred musicians, complemented by a generous selection of photographs, Mark Stryker makes Detroit jazz come alive as he draws out significant connections between the players, eras, styles, and Detroit’s distinctive history. Stryker’s story starts in the 1940s and ’50s, when the auto industry created a thriving black working and middle class in Detroit that supported a vibrant nightlife, and exceptional public school music programs and mentors in the community like pianist Barry Harris transformed the city into a jazz juggernaut. This golden age nurtured many legendary musicians—Hank, Thad, and Elvin Jones, Gerald Wilson, Milt Jackson, Yusef Lateef, Donald Byrd, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, and others. As the city’s fortunes change, Stryker turns his spotlight toward often overlooked but prescient musician-run cooperatives and self-determination groups of the 1960s and ’70s, such as the Strata Corporation and Tribe. In more recent decades, the city’s culture of mentorship, embodied by trumpeter and teacher Marcus Belgrave, ensured that Detroit continued to incubate world-class talent; Belgrave protégés like Geri Allen, Kenny Garrett, Robert Hurst, Regina Carter, Gerald Cleaver, and Karriem Riggins helped define contemporary jazz. The resilience of Detroit’s jazz tradition provides a powerful symbol of the city’s lasting cultural influence. Stryker’s 21 years as an arts reporter and critic at the Detroit Free Press are evident in his vivid storytelling and insightful criticism. Jazz from Detroit will appeal to jazz aficionados, casual fans, and anyone interested in the vibrant and complex history of cultural life in Detroit.

Jazz Duets for Saxophones (Book & CD)

Jazz Duets for Saxophones (Book & CD)
Author: Bruce Eskovitz
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2004-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739032800

Did you beep when you should have bopped? Find a saxophone duet partner and learn to play jazz with more confidence. Includes 30 jazz rhythm challenges, eight practice duets, and nine extended performance duets at the intermediate level. The E-flat parts are printed in the first half of the book and the B-flat parts are printed in the second half---just mix and match! All selections are recorded on the play-along audio by saxophone greats Bruce Eskovitz and Ernie Watts.

Rabbit's Blues

Rabbit's Blues
Author: Con Chapman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0190653906

The first full-length biography of Johnny Hodges, Rabbit's Blues tells the story of one of the premier saxophonists in jazz history, who brought the woody tone and bluesy technique of New Orleans music to the hot East Coast jazz of the Ellington orchestra.

The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington

The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
Author: Edward Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2015-01-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1316194132

Duke Ellington is widely held to be the greatest jazz composer and one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to survey, in depth, Ellington's career, music, and place in popular culture. An international cast of authors includes renowned scholars, critics, composers, and jazz musicians. Organized in three parts, the Companion first sets Ellington's life and work in context, providing new information about his formative years, method of composing, interactions with other musicians, and activities abroad; its second part gives a complete artistic biography of Ellington; and the final section is a series of specific musical studies, including chapters on Ellington and song-writing, the jazz piano, descriptive music, and the blues. Featuring a chronology of the composer's life and major recordings, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Ellington's enduring artistic legacy.

Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading (Book & CD)

Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading (Book & CD)
Author: Adam Levy
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1997-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780882848341

Etudes, studies and duets designed to enhance music reading skills, specifically written for the jazz player. Inlcudes an explanation of musical symbols and helpful suggestions to make sight-reading easy.