Looking on the Horizon
My fourth masterclass for Saxophone Journal has just been completed and is slated to be published in the Jan/Feb 2007 issue. This masterclass deals exclusively with tenor saxophone styles. No, not how to play like Trane or Brecker or even Dexter – it is a guide for the gigging saxophonist. The Cd takes you through the skills necessary to play like popular commercial saxophonists such as rocker Clarence Clemons, funky and soulful Junior Walker and even sweet and smooth Stan Getz.
My three former masterclasses (Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz and Satin Latin Jazz Duets) are available in back issues at: dornpub.com.
Dan Higgins, has a new CD release and a couple transcriptions he has graciously provided for publication here. A complete review of Dan’s CD will be posted in the next few weeks. If you don’t know Dan, he was interviewed for Saxophone Journal several months ago and my interview with Dan is mirrored here.
New Lesson Service Lessons by SaxCam
Lessons by Mail have long been part of SaxShed.com. Many LBM students have benefited from the improvisational information as well as warm ups and other exercises. Learning embouchure formation, finger technique and other technical aspects are best learned with the teacher sitting right there next to you. Now I am going to offer lessons by webcam or in this case, Lessons by SaxCam. If you have a webcam and are interested in this concept, please contact Skip @ Sax Shed . com to become part of a FREE study group. Several students (who have webcams) will be selected to receive 2 or 3 lessons at no charge. The expectation is to work out technical bugs before these are offered to the public.
Well, that’s all the new info – enjoy the site!
Stay well and play well.
Skip
