Tim Price Bloggin' For D'Addario Woodwinds- Working on standard tunes;styles and analysis for study.

I’m going to do a few styles and analysis blogs to help students of every level get a focus on developing repertoire. These tunes are necessary tunes and everybody’s repertoire… You should not be playing these tunes on a gig with an iPad or real book they should be memorized. These are common language tunes-tunes to have fun with. As well as the threshold any serious saxophone player should be crossing. 

The first set of tunes I’ll include the recording that it came from and also the artist that you should investigate and study. The additional tunes that I list is your homework you have to do the same thing go to YouTube find your favorite version play along with the tune. You won’t find a better version of "autumn leaves" then Gene Ammons version. But you have to be the judge of what works best for you. Take your time and get started and focus.

You’re going to be having some fun- hope this helps.

Tunes for Memorization & Study


Tune; Artist, Album, Source

Corcovado	Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet
Dexter Digs In	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter/The Savoy Sessions
	Ecaroh	Hank Mobley	Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers
For Regulars Only	Dexter Gordon	Manhattan Syndrome
Maiden Voyage	George Coleman	Maiden Voyage
Now's the Time	Charlie Parker	Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years
Over the Rainbow	Sonny Stitt	Soul Electricity
Song for my Father	Joe Henderson	Song for My Father
Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil

Additional Tunes for Memorization

                  A flyer from back in the day at a Jazz Fest with great legends '

Autumn Leaves; Billie's Bounce; Doxy; Groovin High; Just Friends; Killer Joe; Misty; Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise; Stella by Starlight Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Soft Winds, Lullaby Of The Leaves, Making Whoopee.
          Su Terry & I playing in NYC. . .



Also- I've included some suggested recordings that will help you focus in on where tempos and feel should be coming from. See you next week! Thanks- Tim Price