Jazz Saxophone Etudes For Alto & Tenor: Book & Two CD Play-Along Set - Softcover

Fishman, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976615304 ISBN 13: 9780976615309

Publisher: Greg Fishman Jazz Studios, 2005

Synopsis

This book of etudes was created to fill a gap in the musical resources available to the aspiring jazz musician. Its purpose is to demonstrate the concepts of soloing to those students who know their chords and scales but lack the musical vocabulary to create professional-level solos.

I have written twelve jazz etudes that are enjoyable to play, yet present some technical challenges. However, the technical benefits are secondary to the primary purpose of the etudes: to be able to play through the chord changes in a musical manner while clearly expressing the song’s harmonic structure.

The etudes are based on familiar chord progressions, including blues, rhythm changes, and a variety of common "standard" 32-bar song forms.

About this title

About the Author

Saxophonist and flutist Greg Fishman is an accomplished performer, recording artist, author, teacher and clinician. Born in Chicago in 1967, he began playing professionally at age 14. Greg graduated from De Paul University in Chicago with a degree in Jazz Performance, and earned a Masters Degree in jazz pedagogy from Northwestern University. He is among the foremost experts on the music of Stan Getz and is the author of three Getz transcription books published by Hal Leonard. Greg is a contributing author of jazz theory articles for Jazz Improv magazine and Chicago Jazz Magazine, and wrote the liner notes for the Verve reissue of the Getz recording The Steamer.

He has toured and performed worldwide with his own group, and with such artists as Louis Bellson, Slide Hampton, the Woody Herman Band, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy, Clark Terry, Jackie and Roy, Don Menza, Ira Sullivan, Judy Roberts and Eddie Higgins. Greg is the co-founder, along with Brazilian guitarist/vocalist, Paulinho Garcia, of the duo Two for Brazil." They perform internationally, and have recorded four CDs.

Greg has been featured at the Concord-Fujitsu jazz festival in Japan, the NorthSea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and in numerous concerts in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, China and Israel. When not on tour, Greg is based in Chicago, where he performs locally and teaches in Evanston at Greg Fishman Jazz Studios.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greg Fishman Jazz Studios
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0976615304
• ISBN 13: 9780976615309
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 47