Creative Jazz Sight Reading

Kane, Brian J

ISBN 10: 0976097702 / ISBN 13: 9780976097709

Published by Jazz Path Publishing, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creative Jazz Sight Reading
• Publisher: Jazz Path Publishing
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976097702
• ISBN 13: 9780976097709
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Creative Jazz Sight Reading is a comprehensive sight reading workbook for beginner, intermediate, and advanced musicians. Musicians can improve their jazz style and sight reading by practicing the 10 progressively difficult rhythmic lessons. Lessons contain hundreds of jazz rhythms notated with proper articulation markings, creative and fun improvisational rhythmic etudes, and challenging blues etudes. Each lesson contains notation for for Concert key, E flat, B flat, and Bass Clef instruments. This workbook is for ALL instruments.

About the Author

Brian J. Kane attended the Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship, graduated magna cum laude in 1995, and later received an M.S.M. from Bridgewater State College. As a professional saxophonist and flautist, he has performed in over 2000 live performances running the gamut of music styles. Brian has performed and studied with musical greats like Herb Pomeroy, Alan Dawson, Arturo Sandoval, George Garzone, John Lockwood, Jiggs Whigham, Tom Scott, Whit Browne, John Wheatley, and hundreds of other wonderful musicians in the New England Area. Presently, Brian is an active musician performing in jazz groups, rock and popular bands, and commercial recording.

A dedicated music educator, Brian has taught classroom music in both public and private schools for over 10 years and given over 10,000 private lessons on saxophone. He has developed innovative teaching techniques for jazz styles, sight reading, and melodic improvisational concepts. Presently living in the greater Boston area, Brian is available for clinics and master classes on a wide range of topics.