My Jazz Licks and Etudes - Volume I is a collection of Jazz Phrases over different II-V cadences encountered on typical Jazz standards and many other contemporary music contexts. The licks are built from all my years of studying, transcribing and playing Jazz. This first volume is based on licks composed by combining typical Jazz language, approaching chord tones efficiently, playing with different chord extensions, and using bits and pieces of typical phrases played by great Jazz Saxophonists such as Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Brecker, among others. Read full description…

My Jazz Licks and Etudes - Volume I is a collection of Jazz Phrases over different II-V cadences encountered on typical Jazz standards and many other contemporary music contexts. The licks are built from all my years of studying, transcribing and playing Jazz. This first volume is based on licks composed by combining typical Jazz language, approaching chord tones efficiently, playing with different chord extensions, and using bits and pieces of typical phrases played by great Jazz Saxophonists such as Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Brecker, among others.

Download full-text PDF Read full-text. Box plot of swing ratios of Michael Brecker solos in the Weimar Jazz Database. Is the A2 section of the first chorus that offers such a lick. A few of the tools are: scales, chords, patterns, licks, songs (standards and originals), training the ear, listening to records of jazz greats and any other thing which they feel Here is the notation of the jazz licks. Be sure to check out all the additional tips and analysis below! (You can print out a.pdf file of these licks.

Each lick contains a brief description of it's characteristics and you can transpose them by clicking one button.
Also, you will find 3 solo Etudes over the chord progressions of “Have You Met Miss Jones”, “Stablemates” and “Cherokee”.
The first one uses many of the licks from this course and the other two showcase Bebop vocabulary that will enhance your playing.

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Jazz Lick #1: II-V-I in Eb Major - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #2: II-V-I in Gb Major - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #3: II-V-I in G Minor - Played On Tenor Sax

Jazz Lick #4: II-V- I in Bb Major - Played On Tenor Sax

Jazz Lick #5: Turn Around/Rhythm Changes in Bb Major - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #6: Turn Around/Rhythm Changes in Eb Major - Played On Tenor Sax

Jazz Lick #7 - Turn Around/Rhythm Changes in Eb Major - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #8: Minor Turn Arounds and II-Vs - Played On Tenor Sax

Jazz Lick #9: II- V- I in Eb Major - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #10: II-V-I-VI Harmonic Progression - Played On Tenor Sax

Jazz Lick #11: Consecutive II-Vs - Played On Alto Sax

Jazz Lick #12: II-V-I in Eb Major - Played On Tenor Sax

Stablemates - Saxophone Solo Series, Vol I 'Bebop Vocabulary'

Etude #3 - Cherokee

Etude #1 - Have You Met Miss Jones

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