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Whether or not you’re an improvising musician or not, creativity is an integral part of this profession. We need creativity not only to find the best ways to play a passage, express a cadenza, whale a bluesy solo, or play the most interesting chord progressions over a modal tune. We need creativity first and foremost, [...]
Building an Improvisational Vocabulary Download the Video
I’d like to take this moment to apologize to all subscribers. I’ve been drastically delayed in providing a video lesson this month due to some pretty heavy dental work I’ve had done that prevented me from being able to function well, nor speak clearly. I’ll get out a video and exercises as soon as I [...]
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This interview was conducted on the 28th of May 2003 at the Jazzclub Unterfahrt in Munich, Germany. Greg was currently on tour with the ‘New Sound Collective’ along with Terri Lynne Carrington, Steve Khan, and Jimmy Haslip. I spoke with Greg after the gig in the musician’s room.
Often times when we are improvising in jazz or any other idiom for that matter, we come to a point where we are in search for new ideas. There has never been a shortage of scales and patterns to try and utilize. Improvisation can also be looked upon as spontaneous composition. So what about using one of the essentials for composition?
Explanation and demonstration of the sixth chapter of the book “250 Jazz Patterns”.
Here’s a good video on jazz improvisation. Although, it starts with talking about improvising with scales (I like melodies better), it is a good introduction.
Explanation and demonstration of the first chapter in “250 Jazz Patterns”
This month’s lesson covers the topics of Improvising over a single chord, and Exercises to perform on the Mouthpiece.
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Improvising over a minor blues with a short transcribed solo. Learn lines faster and improve your technique through rhythmical variations. Improve your flexibility on the extreme ranges of the saxophone.
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