Such sad news today...Larry Novak, the brilliant Chicago pianist passed away yesterday. I first heard Larry at Rick's Cafe, a great jazz club in Chicago back in the 1980's. Larry was playing with Louie Bellson. I was 13 years old, and I'd just started playing...
I’m a fan of books. I love the expectation that comes from choosing and opening a new book, hoping to find some new secrets, tips, or techniques that will help me to grow and learn. For new saxophone players today there seems to be an endless amount of study books and...
Greg Fishman has released the next installment of his unique approach to jazz saxophone playing. His newest creation is a book and play-along CD set entitled Hip Licks for Saxophone. The book itself has quickly grown a bit of a cult following, now enjoying its own...
Review by "The Best Saxophone Website Ever" The first time I saw Greg Fishman was when I attended Jamey Aebersold’s jazz workshop. Since then, Greg has come out with multiple educational books for saxophone such as Jazz Saxophone Etudes, Jazz Phrasing for...
Greg Fishman Quintet So You Say (Self Release) By Ed Enright | Published September 2018 BUY/LISTEN Toggle Dropdown Call it “tenor gladness”: Two bebop devotees with serious street-cred join forces on a joyous romp through 10 straight-ahead tunes tailor-made for...
Jazz Saxophone Duets The titles of Greg Fishman's new collection of duets read like a Chicago street map, and the music reads like a post-bebop encyclopedia of sounds and melodic shapes that are required repertoire for any young jazz saxophonist. This collection of...
Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 by Greg Fishman: This book is designed to help saxophonists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for...
Hip Licks for Saxophone Designed to help saxophonists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Saxophone as a musical reference book,...
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners Reviewed by Raymond Davis This book is written and produced by an extremely accomplished sax musician. I worked through some of his more advanced books (didn't do that well with those) but the 10 songs and accompanying CD in this book are...
An all acoustic, jazz duo album of Tenor Saxophone and Piano. If you like Stan Getz, Paul Desmond, and melodic improvisation, you'll love this CD. About the Artist Greg Fishman - Tenor Saxophonist - has performed with: The Woody Herman Band, The Louie Bellson Band,...