EEn genomarbetad bok om saxofonspel; såväl improvisation som spelsätt inom jazzen. På engelska.
Innehållsförteckningen:
Table of Contents
Part One
Foundation skills
Chapter 1 What is improvisation?
Chapter 2 Sound
Chapter 3 Introduction to chords and scales
Chapter 4 Major considerations: Chords and scales continued
Chapter 5 The C major scale contains three minor 7th chords
Part Two
Anatomy of a Song
Chapter 6 The intro
Chapter 7 The melody
Chapter 8 The solo break
Chapter 9 Your solo – improvising melodically
Chapter 10 Your solo - harmonic improvising
Chapter 11 Your solo – rhythmic improvising
Chapter 12 Trading with the drummer and a few words about putting together a set
Chapter 13 Turnarounds and the head out
Chapter 14 Playing the ending
Part Three
Building tension with advanced harmony
Chapter 15 The harmonic minor scale
Chapter 16 The diminished scale
Chapter 17 Tritone substitutions
Chapter 18 Harmonic improvising – passing tones
Chapter 19 Playing `out´
Part Four
Deeper mystery
Chapter 20 How can I practice to becomes a creative improviser?
Chapter 21 Phrasing
Chapter 22 The blues
Chapter 23 Armacost solo transcription on NYSQ’s “Soul Eyes”
Short asides
Avoid notes
Half step II-V substitution
Cycle of fifths
Talking to the audience
Turnarounds
To play licks, or not
Patterns?
Enharmonic spellings in jazz
Ratcheting up tension
