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nativeamrc
Location: from Dallas, TX
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
December 30, 2011
Good selection for student
I bought this for my daughter and she loves it! She is a second year student and wanted something different than the school variety. Good buy!
12 of 30 people found this review helpful.
Zdravc
Location: from Kamnik, Slovenia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 20, 2011
Blues
The book has fine selected pieces. Since playalong is embeded with piano on left/right channell I would prefer to be played with saxophone and maybe fitted with some blues riffs and axplanation. Very correct book.
16 of 38 people found this review helpful.
Kerrie
Location: from Mt Isa, Australia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 23, 2011
Great Collection
A great collection of solos that suit and are written for this instrument. Notes are not hard but the rhythms are more complicated, hence the intermediate rating. My student is stoked!
15 of 39 people found this review helpful.
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
September 5, 2010
Good!
Is a very good book full of good jazzy songs in it. For beggining sax players its pretty good. And the mouth peice sint upside down it just is a different mouth peice than normal. I have the same one. It just looks different. But this is a good book
37 of 69 people found this review helpful.
madcarmusic
Location: from Madison, WI
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 16, 2010
Arrangements make it unique
This is a good set of tunes and etudes for an intermediate player -- especially one that intends to play "combo" music in the future. Each tune is arranged; complete with intros, heads, transcribed solos (with changes), backgrounds behind rhythm solos, occasional shout choruses, and outtros. Simulates the kind of playing and the kind of charts and parts you'd see if you were hired for a 7-piece wedding or dance combo. Transcribed solos are generally representative of the swing era and very tasty.
35 of 72 people found this review helpful.
hgfhfg
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
July 4, 2009
Confused?
I lokked at this at Music and Arts today and "Yard Bird Suite" is a pitch higher. For instance, it starts in B when the Charlie Parker Omni Book starts in A ?
28 of 69 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from New York
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
April 6, 2009
Great Play along
This is an excellent book for junior intermediates who want to play along to some good old time favourites and impress some friends.
31 of 54 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 16, 2007
Really Good Music
Im a beginning sax player and I highly reccomend this book.
32 of 56 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
October 20, 2007
Kinda cheesy
for one the mouth piece on the cover is on up-side-down. you can also get the same tunes and more from The Definitive Jazz Collection at about the same price.
11 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Nancy
Location: from Germantown, TN
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
May 30, 2007
Highly Recommend
I am really enjoying this book. I am a beginning saxophone player, so some pieces are a challenge, which is good. I highly recommend this book.
11 of 19 people found this review helpful.
Adiel Canizares
Location: from Dallas Texas
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 12, 2007
I recomend it like a teaching tool.
It is useful for replace some musicians because it brings an acompaiment CD. I really use it like a teaching tool. My students like that music and They enjoy it while performance it.
5 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Rochester, NY
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 5, 2006
Very fun book
I bought this book for my 11 year old and she was able to play Fever after two days of practice. However, it isn't for beginners. We had to search the internet for the meaning of some of the symbols because she hadn't learned them in class yet.
9 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Quebec
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
September 16, 2006
Good book.
Song choices are nice and easy to play and don't sound boring. Although on the front cover, the mouthpiece is upside down. I would reccommend this songbook.
4 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Leonard Alterman
Location: from Jacksonville, Florida
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
July 6, 2006
Great song selections
The thing I like about this book is that it has some of the best-known jazz and standards, and I really enjoy playing them. The cd accompanyment is very rich with nice arrangements. A couple of the pieces are challenging, rythmically, but mostly the music is very playable, even for a beginner.
6 of 15 people found this review helpful.
mike
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
April 1, 2006
Amazing
I think this is the right book for more advanced players but i like it.
9 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Bus
Location: from Pittsburgh, PA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
March 18, 2006
GREAT!!!!
This is my favorite book of sheet music... First song i learned how to play was Harlem nocturne, and it's still my favorite!!!!
5 of 15 people found this review helpful.
TC
Location: from Connecticut
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 23, 2006
Fun book worth buying
Decent selection of songs with good accompanyment cd. Most songs allow opportunity to improvise, which is great. Better than Definitive Jazz Collection. Though fewer songs, the arrangements are more sophisticated and generally more fun to play.
9 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Susan M.
Location: from Portland, OR
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 18, 2006
Excellent book to learn Jazz
I have thoroughly enjoyed playing along with the CD that came with this book. The lead lines that are on the CD, may irritate a more advanced player, but personally it helped me in many ways. I would strongly recommend this book/CD.
6 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 18, 2005
buy The Definitive Jazz Collection
This book was okay and did have some good tunes but if you really want to have a good book get The Definitive Jazz Collection. It has all the songs in this book and about 50 more for the same price.
4 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Val P.
Location: from Wiindsor, CA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
September 1, 2004
Good beginning challenge
I bought this book to start learing some of the classic jazz pieces. It is a lot of fun to play along with the CD; hearing the tunes helps with rhythm and phrasing.The written solos are helpful if you are just starting to improvise. The songs range from easy to challenging for the beginner (me). Some of the arrangements are cheesy (ie:Fever) but most are adequate or better. A note of interest, take a look at the sax mouthpiece on the cover.... Overall a good choice for the beginning player to challenge themselves.
5 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Anaheim, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 28, 2004
don't buy it.
If you are into Jazz, this book does have some good songs, but honestly I was dissapointed when I bought the Definitive Jazz Collection, because it had the same songs as this book, and about twenty more that are good if not great for a dollar less. Don't waste your mony buy The definitive Jazz Collection instead of this book.
6 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Heather
Location: from Gainesville, FL
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
July 26, 2004
Wonderful book!
I bought this book right off this website, and I must admit, it's truly a wonderful book. It's a challenge to me because I don't completely understand the rules to jazz, but that is what makes this book fun for me. I go back to it just about everyday trying to understand the songs and play them like they are supposed to be played. I'm not the best Saxophone player in the world, but that's why I rate this as an intermediate. So far, the only song I know that I can play with full rhythm and stlye is Harlem Nocturne. Fly Me To The Moon is a ver close second.
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Here, USA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
May 30, 2004
This is a great book
This is a great book....my teacher told me to go and buy it cause he loves it and so do I! It's perfect for anyone who is learning the saxophone and appreciates the beauty of Jazz.
11 of 18 people found this review helpful.
Teacher to jazz
Location: from North America New York
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
January 16, 2004
Don't buy it
I just bought in the jazz store (in James road, London) and I have to tell u that this is one of the worst book that I played ever.
5 of 16 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from London UK
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
February 24, 2002
Best buy yet!
What a fantastic book, I was buying "blind" as I am in London and wasn't sure what I would end up with, have also used with students -something to aspire to!!!
8 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Long Beach, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 11, 2002
Buy this book!
One of my favorite books with CD (I have over 100 books). The xylaphone cues are annoying, especially for recording, but the songs and arrangements are great. My favorite is Harlum Nocturne.
7 of 15 people found this review helpful.
HLD
Location: from NC Idaho
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 8, 2001
Gotta Love that Jazz!
A wonderful book! I just bought it at the local music store a couple weeks ago, and I am unable to put it down! It has a good mixture of Big Band and more modern Jazz, and you are bound to recognize at least one song in this book. Only thing I disliked, was the fact that on the acc. CD, it has this xylophone-thing playing the melody, and when you already know the melody and your CD player doesn't have a balance adjustment, it can get a little irritating... Overall, I give this book a thumbs up!
6 of 16 people found this review helpful.