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Jazz Etudes
“This is one of the most concise and easy to digest collections of solos over standard tune chord changes that I have seen. All the elements of good voice leading, passing notes and common scale usage are here. Very enjoyable!!” – Dave Liebman Each volume of Jazz...

Hip Licks
Hip Licks is designed to help musicians develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on their instrument. Think of Hip Licks as a musical reference book, like a...

A Tribute to Larry Novak
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...

McGill Sax School reviews “Lobster Theory by Greg Fishman”
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...

Jazz Etudes
“This is one of the most concise and easy to digest collections of solos over standard tune chord changes that I have seen. All the elements of good voice leading, passing notes and common scale usage are here. Very enjoyable!!” – Dave Liebman Each volume of Jazz...

Hip Licks
Hip Licks is designed to help musicians develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on their instrument. Think of Hip Licks as a musical reference book, like a...

A Tribute to Larry Novak
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...

McGill Sax School reviews “Lobster Theory by Greg Fishman”
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...