How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band: Book & CD

By Ramon Ricker

Improvisation is at the heart of Jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correct in a large Jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples, and a play along CD to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music, to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3892210977
• ISBN13: 9783892210979
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 999 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.