Jazz Saxophone Duets - Softcover

Greg Fishman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976615312 ISBN 13: 9780976615316

Publisher: Greg Fishman Jazz Studios, 2006

Synopsis

Ten Jazz Saxophone Duets for two altos, two tenors, or alto & tenor. Book comes complete with three play-along CDs. This book gives students an opportunity to experience the excitement of playing professional level sax duets with a great rhythm section. Each duet is a musical conversation between the two saxophones. Written in an interactive style, both saxophonists are actively involved rhythmically, melodically and harmonically throughout the duets, combining to form a complete musical pitcutre. This book offers maximum flexibility, giving saxophonists the choice of playing with two altos, two tenors, or alto and tenor. A unique feature of the book is that both alto and tenor saxophonists read the same written part while the rhythm section transposes to accommodate the saxophonists. The three play-along CDs included with this book feature four different versions of each duet. The first track features both saxophones plus the rhythm section; the second track features the second saxophone party plus the rhythm section; the fourth track features the rhythm section only, with extra choruses for soloing. These extra choruses allow the saxophonists to musically communicate with each other by trading choruses or phrases during the solo section of the play-along tracks. This book will help you develop your ear and mind so that you can become adept at expressing yourself through your own improvisations.

About this title

About the Author

Saxophonist, recording artist and educator Greg Fishman has performed with The Woody Herman Band, Louis Bellson, Lou Levy, Slide Hampton, Conte Candoli, Don Menza, Clark Terry, Eddie Higgins and Jackie & Roy. He has performed at jazz festivals and clubs nationally and internationally, including the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and the Concord-Fujitsu Jazz Festival tour of Japan. Greg earned his master's degree in Jazz Pedagogy at Northwestern University. Greg is the author of three Stan GEtz transcription books (published by Hal Leonard) as well as "Jazz Saxophone Etudes" (published by Greg Fishman Jazzz Studios).

Review

The titles of Greg Fishman's new collection of duets read like a Chicago street map, and the music reads like a post-bebop encyclopedia of sounds and melodic shapes that are required repertoire for any young jazz saxophonist. This collection of duets is the most thoroughly notated and annotated that I've seen, a must-have addition to any student's collection, and to their teacher's library. --Dr. David Demsey, Coordinator of Jazz Studies, William Paterson University

Edition details

• Publisher: Greg Fishman Jazz Studios
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0976615312
• ISBN 13: 9780976615316
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 60
• Editor: Judy Roberts
• Illustrator: N/A