Tag: Jazz Improvisation
Ben Britton on Time Feel, Tone Production, and Listening
Tweet Epitomizing what it means to be a modern tenor player, sax maven Ben Britton is a name you’re going to be hearing a lot more of. Unlike your average musician weary of being overshadowed, Ben choose to supercharge his 2010 debut release, Uncertain Living by including the mighty Chris Potter as a special guest. [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Players
Review of Play-Along Series PlayJazzNow.com
Tweet Over the course of recent generations of jazz musicians, the go-to supplier of jazz play-along recordings has been Jamey Aebersold, whose 200-plus recordings have made him a household name for anyone with even a passing interest in learning how to improvise. Although Aebersold’s books and recordings serve their intended purpose very well, the series [...]
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The Klose Exercises and 6 Ways to Seriously Boost Your Playing
Tweet This guest post is from saxophone and multi-reed player, composer, recording artist, and educator Sam Sadigursky of SamSadigursky.com I recently have been working extensively with a student on the Klose book of 25 Daily Exercises for Saxophone, which are an absolute essential for any saxophonist who is looking to improve their technique. In many ways, it [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
Loren Stillman Shares a Killer Practice Routine and Much More
Tweet A glitteringly inventive saxophonist and composer, Brooklyn’s own Loren Stillman spins sonic worlds of wonder. With impressionistic shades of traditional jazz punctuating his utterly modern playing and compositional sensibilities, his multiple recordings have garnered rave reviews from publications such as The New York Times, Cadence, Jazz Times, Jazziz Magazines and Downbeat. Stillman comes armed [...]
Category: Best of the Blog, Best Saxophone Players
Fabled Music Man Bob Mintzer Shares Decades Worth of Wisdom
Tweet This week’s Best. Saxophone. Podcast. Ever. episode features Bob Mintzer. Bob is a 20-year member of the Grammy Award winning Yellowjackets, has recorded some 30 solo projects including his own Grammy winning big band, holds the Buzz McCoy endowed chair position on the faculty University of Southern California, does workshops all over the world, writes [...]
Category: Best of the Blog, Best Saxophone Players
A Primer on Saxophone Improvisation Without Chords
Tweet This is a guest post from Bill Harrison, the man behind the innovative jazz play-along series of MP3s and sheet music, Play Jazz Now. Lately I’ve been thinking about some of the great jazz music that has been made without a chording instrument in the ensemble. Traditionally, the jazz rhythm section has included at [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
Katisse Buckingham on Odd Time Signatures, Proper Warmups…and Anchorman
Tweet Taking on the tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, flute, alto flute & ethnic flutes as well as spoken word, Katisse Buckingham is one of Los Angeles’ most seasoned and versatile musicians. Not surprisingly to anyone who’s heard him play, Katisse’s musical resume includes associations with names such as The Yellowjackets, Prince, Dr. Dre, Airto [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Players
Saxophone Powerhouse Bob Reynolds on Mastery, John Mayer, and More
Tweet In a very special video piece for Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever., NYC saxophonist and music entrepreneur Marc Plotkin interviews saxophonist, composer, educator and sideman to John Mayer, Bob Reynolds. For those of you who only know him as John Mayer’s sax man, you’re only getting a small slice of Bob Reynolds’ musical world. Michael Bublé, Nellie [...]
Category: Best of the Blog, Best Saxophone Players
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