December 2009

Swing Supreme tenor sax jazz improvisation ii-V-I

Ian Boyter of Swing Supreme, Edinburgh, improvises over a ii-V-I sequence. (you can get the backing track from Watch & Learn Inc.) The sax is a 1949 Selmer Super Balanced Action with a number 8 Otto Link Super Tone Master mouthpiece and a medium soft La Voz reed. Underpants by Jeep, Tee shirt and jeans [...]

Sax Lesson – Stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson – tenor sax)

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A sax lesson from Dean Hilson on how to glide effortlessly into the the upper register in one long ascending note, which is called a gliss or glissando. Technique for intermediate to advanced sax players. Learn to play saxophone high tones. Im using a 10* Otto Link with a No. 3 Vandoren ZZ and a [...]