From the popular performer and composer, and published for both alto and tenor saxophones, here are 16 original solos based on well-known jazz standards designed to improve your time, melodic sense, and
From the esteemed author of Intervalic Improvisation: The Modern Sound, this book is the most thorough and exhaustive study of scales and arpeggios ever assembled. Included are 21 scales and
Phrase like a pro! By simply adding one chromatic note, you can convert the most commonly used scales into bebop scales. Bebop scales almost magically turn scales into jazz lines, adding melodic flow and
From Coleman Hawkins to Chris Potter, the evolution of jazz style and harmony is carefully examined and clearly explained in this monumental work centered around iconic solos on the great standard Body
A concise description of David Liebman's approach to playing over the stated tonality using chromaticism, polychords, derived chords, and non-diatonic scales. Includes a CD of David playing examples
Imagine being able to hear a giant of the tenor saxophone and follow his every note in an accompanying book, or better yet, play his solos by yourself with the Volume 19 David Liebman
Transcription book of Liebman's solos from the Volume 26: The Scale Syllabus play-along set. Here is the opportunity for the thousands who have enjoyed David's wonderful soprano playing on the
More than just a transcription book, this historic work contains note-for-note transcriptions of 11 of Dave's favorite tenor and soprano solos over well-known standards, recorded over his 30+ year career,
Here is a masterful collection of articles and papers written over the years summarizing thoughts on various topics related to jazz and education. Each article is a worthy testament unto itself, but as a
Play along with piano and bass! "Killer" drum tracks from a special remix of Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Play-Along Volume 70, "Killer Joe" with all the explanation necessary to get your drum chops together!
Jazz has evolved its own harmony apart from other genres of music. In order to improvise and compose in the idiom, a basic understanding of this harmony, how chords move and connect with each other, is
The original 1935 edition of Frank Trumbauer's Saxophone Studies! This book, surprisingly modern and relevant today, was one of the first and most popular jazz saxophone methods published. It
John Coltrane's landmark composition Giant Steps used a new harmonic formula. This book examines it in detail as well as Countdown! Also contains many practice exercises and solo examples,
Since 1900, when jazz---a uniquely American music form---began to evolve, much of its allure and artistic growth has depended on the creative freedom and expressive force that improvisation allows its
The most complete method for chromatic improvising over standards! David Liebman clearly explains and demonstrates the art of superimposing chords chromatically over "standard" chord changes, using several