The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy.Bartók for Alto Saxophone features selected highlights from Bartók's most popular pedagogical repertoire including For Children, Mikrokosmos, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanian Christmas Carols and others, arranged for alto saxophone with piano accompaniment by Hywel Davies. An accompanying audio CD features demonstration and backing tracks. / Saxophone Alto

From best-selling author, John O'Neill, The Saxophone Method is a complete course for the beginner to intermediate saxophonist. Start by mastering the essential foundation techniques of breathing, embouchure, tone production, and tonguing required to be a great player in any style. With a wide range of tunes from all over the world you will be exposed to a great variety of musical styles to motivate and inspire.The mp3 backing tracks, available as free downloads, feature top professional musicians and will give you the feeling of playing in a great band from the very beginning.The Saxophone Method is supplemented by two Repertoire Books to give you even more music to practice and enjoy, and perfectly complements the Jazz Method for Saxophone. By the end of the method you will be able to:understand the fundamentals of good playing techniquehave explored the full range of the instrumentbe familiar with the most common rhythmshave a solid grounding in music theoryhave the confidence to play with a real band in many different styles / Alto Saxophone

15 Solo Etudes for Jazz Phrasing Interpretation and Improvisation-For jazz phrasing interpretation and improvisation.A new and exciting way for alto saxophone players to learn and practice basic jazz style.This book/CD set features 15 solo etudes based on blues and standard chord progressions demonstrated by Jim Snidero on alto saxophone along with a world-class rhythm section: Mike LeDonne piano; Peter Washington bass; and Kenny Washington drums.The recording features two separate versions of each etude: one with the soloist and rhythm section and one with the rhythm section only. See and hear how the soloist phrases play with or without the soloist on the CD and learn basic jazz style first-hand.

The new publication Essential Play-Alongs for alto saxophone is perfect for beginners who have recently started lessons. Accompanied by excellent bands on the CD, you can get a taste of popular music styles: from jazz and blues to funk and Latin. Listen to the full version or play along with the accompaniment track. The compositions were written by top authors Jim Snidero, Ed Harlow, Fernando Brandao and Fred Lipsius. A real delight to play and listen to! / Saxophone Alto

This eclectic collection for solo Alto Saxophone will delight film fans of all ages! 101 Movie Hits contains a dazzling selection of favourites from the silver screen including Diamonds Are A Girl\'s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) Eye Of The Tiger (Rocky III) Hallelujah (Shrek) Happy (Despicable Me 2) Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate) The Dreame (Sense And Sensibility) Let It Go (Frozen) Summer Nights (Grease) The Music Of Goodbye (Out Of Africa) and more.

OpenSax – the title of this collection should appeal to all saxophonists who seek to explore new directions while keeping an eye on the current musical scene. Claude Georgel director of the Vent de Sax collection took advantage of a festive occasion – the 17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival in July 2015 – to ask nine composers from very different backgrounds to write pieces either joyful or poetic. The idea was to allow instrumentalists (starting year two of Alto Saxophone study) to explore a variety of artistic and technical worlds guided by the pure joy of playing. It’s a thrilling adventure: British composer JohnHarle draws on the Sanskrit symbol Yantra to weave magical connections between soloist and electroacoustics. Sophie Lacaze turns young saxophonists into Oriental storytellers as they celebrate through deft plays on keys the thousand shards of La Lune dans l’Eau. Vincent-Raphaël Carinola takes musicians into the dreamlike mechanism of the Montre molle so dear to Dali. In Sunny groove Claude Barthélémy offers those who thrill to jazz the pleasure of slipping into the skin of the legendary Sonny Rollins. Annette Mengel gives her Vol au Vent the appearance of a fragile haiku while Clara Olivares the composer of L’Envol transforms what could have been a banal study of the various types of vibrato into a hymn for freedom – that of the performer for example to whom she gives great importance. Claude Georgel’s Du Tac au Tac! conjures an amusing world to which a “very free questioning” rubato brings a simply irresistible sway. In Gamaphone for Saxophone and electroacoustics Philippe Gleiss throws a bridge between jazz and funk by plunging the musician into the sensual delights of rhythm. Xavier Rosselle brings the electroacoustic accompaniment of Main gauche Main droite et Clac a granular quality that emphasizes the music’s sobriety. From the nine stops that compose this journey springs an intoxicating taste of freedom. - Claude BarthélemySonny’s groove

This book is designed to help saxophonists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 is an indispensable resource that shows you how a professional player would deal with many of the complex chord progressions found in popular standards and jazz compositions. Special Features of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 by Greg Fishman: • 120 Hip Licks – Each lick is unique and customized for each key, based on the best timbre, register and playability on the horn. • Idiomatic Construction – Alto and Tenor read the same written part, while the rhythm section is recorded in two different keys, ensuring that each lick lays perfectly on all saxophones. • Slow Tempo and Fast Tempo Play-Along CDs are included for both Alto and Tenor – 4 CDs included: 2 Alto CDs and 2 Tenor CDs, providing over four hours of play-along tracks. All licks at 208 BPM (and above) are recorded at both slow and fast tempos. • Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 features great licks over the following chord progressions: • V7#11 chords [C7#11] x 12 keys • ii mi7 / V7 [C mi7 / F7 ] x 12 keys • ii mi7b5 / V7b9 [C mi7b5 / F7b9] x 12 keys • iv mi7 / bVII7 / I Maj7 ( 2 bar and 4 bar phrases) [F mi7 / Bb7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • b vi mi7 / bII7 / I Maj7 [Ab mi7 / Db7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • #iv mi7 / VII7 / I Maj7 [F#mi7 / B7 / CMaj7 x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (4 beats per chord – 4 bar phrases [C Maj7 / A7b9 / Dmi7 / G7] x 12 keys • V7#9#5 / i mi [C7#9#5 / F mi ] x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (2 beats per chord – 8 bar phrases] [C Maj7 Ami7 / Dmi7 G7 ] x 12 keys • Modular Design – The licks are self-contained, easily taken out of the book to be used in a wide variety of songs. • Interactive Call and Response Format, perfect for ear training and developing your musical memory. Each lick is played twice in a row on the Play-Along CDs, so you can hear the lick and then immediately play along. • Twelve Key Approach – Each CD track takes you through all twelve keys. • Rhythm-Section-Only Tracks let you experiment with your own variations on the licks and improvise over a wide variety of harmonic settings. These tracks are also excellent backgrounds for practicing all of your chords and scales. • Technique Builder – Use Hip Licks for Saxophone as part of your daily practice routine to dramatically increase your technical command of the saxophone. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volumes 1 & 2 were designed to work well together. The lick numbers in volume two start where volume one left off, beginning with lick number 169. This will help you easily keep track of your favorite licks, with no confusion from duplicate lick numbers. Using Volume 1 and 2 together will you have 288 hip licks, many of which can be mixed and matched, creating even more licks. 36 pages, 4 Play-Along CDs included

Music Minus One Alto Saxophone Deluxe 2-CD Set-This exciting MMO volume emphasizes collectively improvised ensembles and the succession of individual solos in the freewheeling Chicago-Style offshoot of New Orleans Jazz. The rhythmic texture is rooted in the swing feel of the late 1930s and the instrumentation is typical of the New York groups of this genre. The songs are popular melodies from the 1900s to 1930s as well as multithematic compositions and blues - on this album you'll find such classics as Deed I Do Sugar The Darktown Strutters' Ball That's a Plenty and more. Includes a 32-page music book containing a solo chart for each song containing the melody line and chord changes for proper improvisational playing ofeach song plus a concert lead sheet giving the overall roadmap for each piece printed on high-quality ivory paper and two compact discs containing the complete performance of these jazz combos in digitally mastered stereo a digital stereo version of each piece minus the soloist and a special -20% slow-tempo version of each accompaniment for practice purposes. Performed by Brian Ogilvie tenor saxophone Accompaniment: Evan Christopher clarinet and leader Jon-Erik Kellso trumpet Mike Pittsley trombone Jeff Barnhart piano Bill Huntington guitar Jim Singleton bass Hal Smith drums

for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustics-Thierry Alla’s Birds for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustics. Born in March 1955 in Algiers Thierry Alla did the greater part of his studies at the University of Tours and the Conservatoire of Bordeaux where he was marked by Michel Fusté-Lambezat’s teaching of musical composition and the discovery of Electroacoustics with Christian Eloy. His double career as musicologist (with a thesis on Tristan Murail) and composer allows him to explore spectral music such as in Sanctuaires a 2009 concerto for Saxophone and orchestra that delves into micro-intervals. Composed two years later Birds for AltoSaxophone and Electroacoustics explores a lush sound universe that holds its own in a rich tradition that goes from Josquin Desprez to Rameau to Messiaen. The Saxophone’s evocative sounds obtained using diverse techniques (flatterzunge breath techniques keys sounds) mingle with those of the Electroacoustic recording and weave a dense polyphony. Far from servile imitation this evocation of birdsong reveals a sound imagination that is breathtakingly sensual: this abundance is life itself.

French composer Robert Planel (1908-1994) was the son of composer and founder of the Music School of Montelimar Alphonse Planel. Robert Planel was an exceptionally accomplished musician reflected in his composition Prelude and Saltarelle for Alto Saxophone and Piano. It is hard to fathom why Prelude and Saltarello has somewhat disappeared from the repertoire. With a typical performance lasting about seven minutes Planel's pieces is made up of two movements. The Prelude begins calm and while tonality is exploited and significantly complex flourishes are heard therelationship between the Saxophone and Piano remains exquisite. The movement then climaxes into the 6/8 Saltarello. Planel's Prelude and Saltarello is an exciting addition to the modern repertoire of the Saxophone and cannot be missed by aspiring saxophonists.

Become the featured soloist on twenty specially recorded arrangements of some fantastic hit songs from past and present!Part of the hugely successful Take The Lead series this bumper edition gives you the opportunity to learn songs as diverse as Angels by Robbie Williams and Gershwin\'s Fascinating Rhythm arranged as accessible Alto Sax solos with Guitar chord symbols. The music is complete with two CDs - a set of full professionally recorded backing tracks and a disc of demonstration performances that will help you learn the songs.Take The Lead is an integrated series for Alto Sax Clarinet Flute Trumpet and Piano. In eachedition all the songs are in the same concert pitch key so the different instruments can play together - ideal for school groups and ensembles.