Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane - Bb Saxophone (book & Audio Online)

Publisher: Mel Bay
For Bb Tenor Sax - Trumpet, Soprano Sax, Bb Clarinet
Level : Intermediate
Language : English
Series: Essential Jazz Lines

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used.

First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used.

The Audio Online provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys.


The Style of John Coltrane

• Jazz Language
• Guide Tones
• Bebop Scales
• Mixolydian Bebop
• Major Bebop
• Minor Bebop
• Scalar Patterns
• Augmented Dominant
• Playing the Upper-Structure of Chords
• Targeting
• Substitutions