Please
browse through these reprints of my published reviews of music and saxophones.
Student model saxophones: Music Teacher - June
2005 Instruments reviewed:
- Earlham Pro Series II
- Packers – Blues 141
- Jupiter JAS 565GL
- Yamaha YAS275
- Trevor James Classic
- Trevor James The Horn Revolution II
- Elkhart Series II
- Elkart Deluxe
Saxophone Music: Music Teacher - November 2005
music reviewed:
- A New Tune
a Day for Alto Saxophone Book 1
- Play-Along Saxophone (Junior) - Christmas
- 13
Ways of Getting There (jazzy pieces for alto saxophone and piano)
- Take
Off with your Saxophone
- Easy Pieces for Alto Saxophone and Piano
- Latin
Nights
- Sixty for Sax
- Creative Saxophone - Improvising
Compositions for
Alto Saxophone / Compositions for Tenor Saxophone Vol.1 Beginners to
intermediate Graham Lyons
Keilwerth "Shadow" Alto Saxophone review: Clarinet and Saxophone Society
Magazine - January 2006
Saxophone Music: Music Teacher - March
2006
music reviewed
- Dance of Uzume, For Alto Saxophone, Piet Swerts
- Play-Along Saxophone World Music – Brazil,
Jovino Santos Neto
- Jazz Sessions – Alto Saxophone, 10 jazz
standards and original pieces with play-along CD
Alexander L’Estrange, Tom Pilling
- Saxophone Scales and Arpeggios Grades 1-8 complete, compiled by Ian Phillips-Kerr
- Starter Studies 65 Progressive Studies for Saxophone, Philip Sparke
- Progressions
For Alto Saxophone and Piano, Alain Crepin
- Saxophone Basics Repertoire, Solos, studies and duets
for individual and group learning, Andy Hampton
- Latin Originals, Alto Saxophone and Guitar, John Sands and John Zaradin
- Amazing
Phrasing, 50 ways to improve your improvisational skills – alto
sax, Dennis Taylor
- Music Medals,Saxophone Ensemble Pieces , ABRSM Publishing
Saxophone Music: Music
Teacher - July 2006
music reviewed
- Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Play-Along Series, Alto
or Tenor Saxophone
- Selections from Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire,Alto Sax and Tenor Sax,
Music by Patrick Doyle and John Williams
- Kids Play Blues, Alto Saxophone, Klass de Jong and Jaap
Kastelein
- Humoresques, Solo Saxophone, Stephen Morland
- Elegy and Fugue, Tenor saxophone and piano, Stephen Morland
- Easy Winners, 55 well known tunes, Peter Lawrence
- Three Blues, Alto Saxophone and Piano, Alan Bullard
- Feeling Good, 15 Attractive Pieces with Piano Accompaniment,
Leslie Searle
- La Fleur et l'oiseau for alto or tenor saxophone and piano,
Jean Sichler
- Strophes for alto saxophone and piano, Pascal Proust
- Compositions for Alto Saxophone Vol 2, Compositions for
Tenor Saxophone Vol 2, Intermediate to advanced, Graham Lyons
- Structure, for solo alto saxophone, Dariusz Przybylski
- Prank for solo alto saxophone, Robert
Kosek
Saxophone
Music: Music Teacher - September 2006
music reviewed
- A New Tune a Day for Tenor Saxophone, Book 1 DVD Edition,
Ned Bennett
- Creative Saxophone Workbook, Techniques for intermediate
saxophonists and jazz improvisers, Kellie Stantin
- Jazzamatazz, Jazz Solos or Duets, Eb Alto Saxophone, Steve
Bulla
- Campfire Classics, Easy instrumental
solos or duets for any combination of instruments. Eb Instruments,
James Curnow & Paul Curnow
- Fun with Folk and Alternative Rock, Eb Alto Saxophone,
John Hosay
- Super Studies, 26 Progressive Studies for Saxphone, Phillip
Sparke
- Football Crazy, Footie Songs arranged for Alto Saxophone
and Piano or CD, Grades 1-4, Edward Maxwell
- The Concert Band at Home, Alto Saxophone, Jan Van der Roost
- Switch on to Jazz,16 fun pieces with piano accompaniment,
Alto saxophone, Andy Rogers
