January 2010

Beyoncé – Halo – Alto and Tenor Saxophone Duet

This is me, charlez360, playing my Yamaha (YAS-275, 4C mouthpiece) Alto saxophone and my Jean-Baptiste (480T, Dukoff D7 mouthpiece) to Beyoncé Knowles’ hit, “Halo.” I actually heard this yesterday for the first time. I feel like a douche because I had never heard it before, and it’s been so popular.
Ok, I pick up [...]

What’s New (whats new) on Tenor Sax

Heavily inspired by the Richie Kamuca version on his 1957 Quartet album. I mess up the ending so close your ears for that bit. Backing from Body and Soul Aebersold CD/Book
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Sax Lesson – Bebop Scales (Paul Williamson – tenor sax) Learn to play saxophone and sax technique.

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Paul Williamson explains the uses of bebop scales in jazz improvisation. In this video, Paul’s first post for Digital Pill, he describes the construction of bebop scales, jazz articulation, the use of a metronome and how bebop scales place the chord tones firmly ON the beat to create an “inside” sound in improvisation. The [...]

KC Tone Ligatures

Short description of the *NEW* KC Tone Ligature. This is the first product of many that Mark Farmer of B.A.C. Horn Doctor Inc. is introducing under the KC Tone brand. Stay tuned to our channel for more products down the road!
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The Girl From Ipanema on Tenor Sax (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

I was never really happy with my old version of this, too long and too many trills in the melody. So I have retired the old one, and replaced it with this. Hope you like it. The backing is from the Real Book Play-alongs, Hal Leonard. I still don’t fully improvise over the bridge, [...]