Solos caractéristiques pour saxophone sélectionnés par Nicolas Prost-Typical solo for saxophone selected by Nicolas Prost. The third volume of Adolphe Sax album suggests unrecognized repertoire for saxophone or with saxophone from his beginning (1845) to the World War II (1940). Then the saxophonist would have various musical esthetics inspired by historical and political back-ground. This volume is a amazing musicologic document to all saxophone lovers

Latin Saxophone Soloist by Gabriel Rosati & Darrow Hunt provides an extensive study into the various Latin saxophone styles including: Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Calypso, Cha Cha etc. These exciting 50 examples will have you spending many enjoyable hours learning the intricacies of Latin saxophone playing. The book is transcribed note for note (for both Bb & Eb instruments) from the superbly recorded audio CD. Each example is recorded twice, the first version with Sax, Piano, Bass and Percussion and the second version with just Piano, Bass and Percussion so that the Sax player can practise along with the rhythm section.

Saxophone Method-Exercises for the Saxophone player to develop various aspects of technique. These Studies are written in quavers and without bar-lines: the players is expected to use his musicality and imagination in setting them to rhythms of his choice.

For Saxophone Choir-There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York/It Ain’t Necessarily So/Summertime/I Got Plenty o' Nuttin’ is a song from the American opera Porgy and Bess composed in 1935 by George Gershwin (1898-1937) to a libretto by DuBose Heyward and his brother Ira Gershwin after Heyward’s novel Porgy - a story about the love between the crippled negro beggar Porgy and the girl Bess in the city of Charleston in South Carolina. The première - not a huge success - took place on 10 October 1935 in New York.With his opera Gershwin wanted to gain recognition as a composer of classical music. Incidentally he demanded that all parts were sung by black performers; only a few unimportant parts without sung lyrics were allowed to be performed by white actors. This rule still applies: Gershwin has stated in the terms of his will that only black people were allowed stage the opera.Porgy & Bess has become popular only after Gershwin’s death. In 1959 a wonderful film was made; the soundtrack won a Grammy Award. The work is not very often performed possibly because of the difficulty of finding a whole cast of black opera singers. However various pieces from the opera are still regularly performed in numerous arrangements.

With these easy arrangements the beginner saxophonist will become well-acquainted with the various styles and rhythms of traditional American music. Playing along with the enclosed CD the student will be supported as a soloist and will also experience the feeling of playing in an ensemble.

This is the second book of Progressive Jazz Studies and it includes over 40 original studies for the developing jazz saxophonist. In the first section the book shows players how to take a tune and jazz it up they learn to craft a simple rhythmic jazz solo from any well-known tune. Section two teaches about various jazz tonalities helping to develop confidence with whole-tune diminished and blues scales modes and the II-V-I chord sequence. James Rae's brilliant method gives you the confidence to play jazz with real style!This book can be used for either B flat or E flat saxophones.

Afro Latin and other Grooves-This is the follow-up book to The Swinging Beginning and continues to provide interesting material for the elementary standard musician for use in lessons and at home. Includes works in various styles including afro and latin.