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Jazz improvisation by Col Loughnan (tenor saxophone) at the Manly Jazz Festival with the Sydney Jazz Legends. Loughnan was accompanied by Steve Brien (guitar), Craig Scott (double bass, face obscured), and Ron Lemke (drums). Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz ...
Ramon "Ray" Ricker is a classical and jazz performer, music educator, composer, arranger and author.. Ricker was professor of saxophone, director of the Institute for Music Leadership and senior associate dean for professional studies at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester until his retirement in 2013.
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) [1] is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation. He has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of extended techniques.
Two pentatonic scales common to jazz are the major pentatonic scale and the minor pentatonic scale. They are both modes of one another. The major pentatonic scale begins with a major scale and omits the fourth and the seventh scale degrees. The minor pentatonic scale uses the same notes as the major pentatonic scale, but begins on the sixth ...
The term side-slipping or side-stepping has been used to describe several similar yet distinct methods of playing outside. In one version, one plays only the five "'wrong'" non-scale notes for the given chord and none of the seven scale or three to four chord tones, given that there are twelve notes in the equal tempered scale and heptatonic scales are generally used. [3]
Third stream is a music genre that is a fusion of jazz and classical music.The term was coined in 1957 by composer Gunther Schuller in a lecture at Brandeis University.There are many ways to define third-stream music.
Concerto for saxophone and orchestra (1963)—William Lovelock; Concerto for saxophone and orchestra (1966)—Ida Gotkovsky; Saxophone Concerto No. 2 (1973)—William Lovelock; Symphony No. 16, for alto saxophone and orchestra (1979)—Allan Pettersson; Concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra, Op. 41 (1980)—Robert Muczynski
Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 [1] – October 18, 2010) [2] was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist.He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai.