There’s a paradox at the heart of musical imitation: the closer you study someone else’s playing, the more deeply you discover yourself. Every great improviser – from Bird to Brecker, from Trane to Shorter – spent years absorbing the language of those who came before. They didn’t end up as copies. They ended up as [read more…]
My new book, Try It! 13 Triad Pair Jazz Etudes is a collection of etudes composed primarily using triad pairs that are linked by whole step and tri-tone. As a young student, I remember finding Gary Campbell’s Triad Pairs for Jazz method book life-changing, as it helped distill otherwise difficult sounds (V7alt as an example) [read more…]
Whether you’re a big time professional sax monster, or a part time hobbyist on the horn, chances are that you often find yourself hard-pressed to find as much practice time as you would like to. Real life duties such as work, kids, errands, chores, mayonnaise spills (don’t ask), and even unchallenging gigs can keep us from [read more…]
Tips and Techniques from the pros PLUS free access to the Sax Lessons with the Stars archive - 10 years worth of interviews and exercises featuring the likes of David Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Ben Wendel, Bob Reynolds, and many more!
