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September/October 2010, Volume 35, No. 1 |
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FEATURING Gerald Albright, Russell Kirk, Joseph Murphy |
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ARTICLES THIS ISSUE September/October 2010 The Saxophone Quartet "The Lunar Sax Quartet & Composer Hilary Tann" by Susan Fancher Rock 'n Roll Saxophone "Classical Rock" by Andrew Clark Creative Jazz Improvisation "Support The Music That You Love" by David Pope Creative Teaching Tecnhiques "Paule Maurice's Tableau de Provence" by Steve Mauk Are We Finished "A Guide To Saxophone Finishes" by Steve Goodson Repairing Your Saxophone "Tools For Your Sax Case" "Cleaning/Lubricating Rod Bearings" by Emilio Lyons New Saxophone Publications "The Lenox School of Jazz" "Workout" by David Demsey A Lesson With "Luis Zuniga" by Greg Banaszak Creative Teaching Techniques "Altissimo Register Attacks" by Steven Mauk |
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS |
| Paul Wagner's Reviews Connections Lynn Klock Deep Schrott One Bass Sax Choir Billy Kerr's Reviews Classic Jazz Remasters Series Paul Desmond, Art Pepper Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane Toe The Line Dad Pratt One For All Eric Alexander Frank Bongiorno's Reviews Forward Brian Landrus, George Garzone, Allan Chase Following Signs Justin Janer |
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| Swing Ballads Masterclass/Play-Along CD by James Romain  |
Swing Ballads have long been recognized by musicians as one of the most difficult idioms to perform and teach. Playing a ballad requires a high level of maturity, musicianship and variety of interpretive skills. Players must be able to use stylistic inflections, vibrato, and rhythmic interpretation to interpret the melody in the same way a vocalist would. I wrote quite a bit about these melodic interpretive techniques in the March/April 2008 issue of Saxophone Journal and I encourage readers to go back and take a look at that back issue if a refresher is needed. All of the techniques discussed in that article will be demonstrated on each of the melodies on this CD masterclass and should be practiced with the play-along tracks provided.
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Swing Ballads Saxophone Journal Masterclass By Brian Kane Track Title 1 Introduction 2 Forget Me Not (solo explanation and example) 3 Forget Me Not (full performance) 4 Forget Me Not (play-along track) 5 Newborn (solo explanation and example) 6 Newborn (full performance) 7 Newborn (play-along track) 8 Fleeting Glimpse (solo explanation and example) 9 Fleeting Glimpse (full performance) 10 Fleeting Glimpse (play-along track) |