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Outstanding Jazz Saxophone Solos

 Available as Book/CD $38.50

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 Outstanding Jazz Saxophone Solos by Frank Villafranca is designed for the intermediate to advanced student and shows how to play solos or improvise over common chord progressions used in the “jazz idiom”. There are 12 examples, each one being at least 32 measures in length and consists of different jazz styles including Jazz-Blues, Uptempo, Mid Tempo & Slow Tempo-Jazz, Jazz-Ballad, Jazz-Funk, Modal-Jazz, Latin-Jazz, Acid-Jazz etc. By utilising chord progressions from popular jazz songs including: Misty, Girl from Ipanema, This Masquerade, Europa etc as well as 12 bar Blues progressions, this becomes a great source material to learning new improvisational ideas. The examples are recorded 3 times, the first time consists of the saxophone with the rhythm tracks of piano, organ, bass & drums, the second time is just the rhythm tracks and the third time just the rhythm tracks at a slowed down tempo. Bb version for tenor sax Eb version for alto sax. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs

 

 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for “C”, “Bb” and “Eb” instruments such as tenor sax, alto sax, trombone, flute and clarinet by Andrew Gordon and Mark Vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard “Blue Moon” showing you how to use various examples form the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The CD is recorded with the saxophone playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the saxophone and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section with out the saxophone and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. C version, Bb version Eb version. 

Available as Book/CD$38.50     HOW TO ORDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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