Jazz Solo Styles Your Personal Jazz Blues Sax Guide
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Jazz Solo Styles: Your Personal Jazz & Blues Sax Guide
Author: Pasquale De Marco
language: en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date: 2025-07-12
In this comprehensive guide to jazz and blues saxophone, renowned musician and educator Pasquale De Marco takes you on a journey through the world of this captivating instrument. With over two decades of experience as a professional saxophonist, Pasquale De Marco shares his insights and expertise to help you master the saxophone and unlock your full potential. Whether you're a beginner just starting out or an experienced player looking to refine your skills, this book has something for everyone. Pasquale De Marco covers everything from choosing the right saxophone and developing proper technique to learning essential scales, chords, and rhythms. With clear instructions and step-by-step exercises, you'll gain a solid foundation in jazz and blues saxophone that will enable you to express yourself musically with confidence and creativity. But this book goes beyond just the technical aspects of playing the saxophone. Pasquale De Marco also delves into the rich history and diverse styles of jazz and blues saxophone, exploring the contributions of legendary musicians like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins. You'll learn about the origins of jazz and blues saxophone, the different styles that have emerged over the years, and the impact that this instrument has had on popular culture. Furthermore, Pasquale De Marco provides invaluable guidance on improvisation, a key element of jazz and blues saxophone. He shares his secrets for creating spontaneous and compelling solos, helping you develop your own unique voice on the instrument. With practice and dedication, you'll be able to improvise with confidence and creativity, captivating your audience with your musical expression. With its comprehensive coverage of technique, history, styles, and improvisation, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to master the jazz and blues saxophone. Whether you're looking to play for fun, join a band, or pursue a career in music, this book will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration you need to succeed. If you like this book, write a review!
The Blues Play-A-Long and Solos Collection for Eb (alto) sax Beginner Series
Catalog Number: ADG165 Author: Andrew D. Gordon Publisher: ADG Productions Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line, 12 measures in length, designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded, first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and immediately following, is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times, generally between 5-8 minutes in length, giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz, Funk, Folk, Country, Latin, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Boogie, giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.
How to Listen to Jazz
A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (Wall Street Journal) In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premier art forms. He tells us what to listen for in a performance and includes a guide to today's leading jazz musicians. From Louis Armstrong's innovative sounds to the jazz-rock fusion of Miles Davis, Gioia covers the music's history and reveals the building blocks of improvisation. A true love letter to jazz by a foremost expert, How to Listen to Jazz is a must-read for anyone who's ever wanted to understand and better appreciate America's greatest contribution to music. "Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees." -- Economist