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ABOUT SAXOPHONE JOURNAL
Every other month Saxophone Journal brings you the kind of technical information and news you need to improve your playing. Each issue now contains a saxophone play-along or masterclass compact disc, as well as, regular columns on jazz improvisation, playing techniques, tips on doubling, career management, new publications, writing for saxophones, teaching techniques, saxophone repair, vintage saxophones revisited, the saxophone mouthpiece, reviews of new recordings, coming artist performances, new product announcements, classical repertoire, and more! Add to this our feature front cover interviews with leading jazz, pop, and classical artists, transcribed jazz solos, sheet music, and you have a private lesson in every issue! Saxophone Journal is the only magazine of its kind in the world. Regular contributing writers include such leading international performers, teachers, composers, historians, collectors, clinicians, educators, and instrument repair specialists as: Andrew Clark, Jay Easton, Thomas Erdmann, Gunnar Mossblad, Skip Spratt, Paul Haar, Louis Iozzi, Susan Fancher, David Demsey, David Gibson, Emilio Lyons, Steve Mauk, David Pope, Greg Banaszak, Billy Kerr, Frank Bongiorno, Paul Wagner, and regular top guest writers!
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Joseph E. Viola, June 25, 1920-April 11, 2001
Memories Of Joseph E. Viola

By Gunnar Mossblad
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ROCK 'N ROLL SAXOPHONE
Digital Technology & Transcribing
TIPS ON DOUBLING
The Oboe

A PRIVATE LESSON WITH
Robert Black
REFLECTIONS IN E-FLAT
Phil Woods
LETTERS FROM
GLAZOUNOV
The Sax Concerto Years
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