Analysing & Learning a Dominant 7th Lick
As we have already seen, learning ‘licks’ can be really important when forming a jazz vocabulary.
As we have already seen, learning ‘licks’ can be really important when forming a jazz vocabulary.
The first thing anyone hears when you play the saxophone is your tone. It is your calling card, the thing that distinguishes you from others – it’s the most important part of your practice.
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Lesson 4 in our Now’s The Time Transcription project and we’re nearing the end of the first chorus of Parker’s solo. Please don’t worry if you’re not quite there yet, but today we’re going to luck at at ‘stock’ Charlie Parker phrase, and work out why on earth it has something to do with ‘Woody the Woodpecker.’
If you’ve ever had people complain about your mouthpiece exercises making a horrible noise, this Jazz Lab mouthpiece silencer for saxophone is going to transform your practice. In his book Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound, Dave Liebman says ‘the closer you get to the source of the sound, the greater the effect on the overall sound’. In […]
Chris Potter, Joshua Redman and Chris Cheek with Dan Forshaw of Cambridge Saxophone Masterclasses Quite possibly the greatest gig ever for a saxophone player – four of the modern day greats all playing together. I was delighted to hear Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Mark Turner and Chris Cheek performing at the Wigmore Hall, London, as […]