Sidney Bechet’s “Summertime”
View the transcription Sidney Bechet may be jazz’s most unfairly forgotten genius. Once the favorite son of his native New Orleans, as well as his many adopted European hometowns, Bechet’s recordings...
View ArticleA jazz improvisation curriculum: Junior high through college
The following is a suggested curriculum for teaching jazz style and improvisation to students from junior high school through college. The materials listed are geared toward the developing saxophonist,...
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Improvisation and doubling
An important factor in improvising fluently (such as in a jazz context) is a collection of vocabulary. Broadly defined, this could include rote-memorized “licks” plus all kinds of other material:...
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