Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #279146 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Customer Reviews

I've found this book really helpful.
I use this book everyday> (I am an English teacher and sneak off to the music department practice rooms every day with this book.)
The book has a range of different solos in the style of different saxophonists. You can play them through using the cd to help you. There is a good series of photographs and biographical sketches of each saxophonist in turn. When I look at these I have a burning urge to own a good pair of Ray Bans and a King Super 20 sax. You pick up lots of different styles and nuances for your own playing, which-I guess- is the idea. EAch track is a kind of paintbox for you to use for your own solos.. Each track is about a couple of minutes long, and the sax solo is all in one speaker on the cd player, so you can get rid of it using the balance control and play along without their sickeningly talented player. It's also cheap, looking at this page you can get one for around 7 quid. Well worth it.

Tenors..!
I may be stating the obvious, but buyer beware, this book is for tenor sax players. As an alto player, I've had to transpose all the pieces into the correct key so I can play along to the CD. I don't think it says anywhere in the Amazon description (nor on the book cover) that this is for tenors.
Enjoy...