Creative Variations Vol.1 (Saxophone)
Composer: Malcolm Miles, Jeffery Wilson
Catalogue no: CM183 | ISMN M-57034-183-2
Bb or Eb Saxophone and Piano
Gospel Joe
Arriving Home
J's Dream
Abigail's Song
Joe's New Words
Who's Got the Answer?
Hey Joe ... let's Meet
Three Views of Orford
Blues for Joseph
Bathwater Blues
Recommended by the GSMD examination board. The classically-trained musician is often nervous about trying to improvise jazz. [Creative Variations] Volume 1 should allay those fears. Chord symbols and the relevant scales are given throughout, but the greated advantage has to be the CD; each piece is demonstrated with soloist and pianist, and then again without the soloist. The performances are short and fairly simple allowing you just to copy in the first instance. Recommended.
Music Teacher Magazine
A welcome addition to the jazz play-a-long catalogue. For about the price of a Latte Massimo and a vegetable baguette with pesto at a motorway service station you get sax parts in Bb and Eb, a piano score and a real play-a-long CD. I love the way the composers have encouraged the pianist to embellish the accompaniment thus helping the sax player do the same. The tunes are very strong and original.
Wilson and Miles have shown they are a strong writing team and there is much here to recommend.
Music Teacher Magazine
Arriving Home demo excerpt
All the excerpts here are performed by Liam Noble (Pinao) and either Jeffery Wilson or Malcolm Miles on saxophone.
J's Dream demo excerpt
Joe's New Words demo excerpt
Who's Got The Answer demo excerpt
Three Views of Orford demo excerpt
This is included on the following exam syllabuses:
Jazz Woodwind Syllabus 2017-2022 (valid until Dec 2023)
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