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SHANE'S EQUIPMENT:

  • Saxophones: Selmer Series III (Tenor), Yanagisawa Vintage SN  Series (Soprano)
  • Mouthpieces: Meyer Gold (Tenor), Bari Gold Metal (Soprano)
  • Reeds: Superial by Tom Alexander 
  • Audio-Technica AT8533x Clip Microphone
  • Fender Power Stage 100 Monitor
  • Sibelius Notation Software

METHOD BOOK PICKS:

  • Bob Mintzer: Playing the Saxophone (Kendor Music, Inc.)
  • Walt Weiskopf: Around the Horn (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.)
  • Sigurd Rascher: 158 Saxophone Exercises (Hal Leonard)

JAZZ THEORY/IMPROVISATION:

  • Mark Levine: The Jazz Theory Book (Sher Music Co.)
  • Dan Haerle: Scales for Jazz Improvisation (Warner Bros.)
  • Frank Mantooth: Voicings for Jazz Keyboard (Hal Leonard)

SAXOPHONE EQUIPMENT WEBSITES:

ONLINE MEDIA:

MUSIC STORE PICKS:

 

SHEET MUSIC AND PUBLISHER PICKS:

 

CD PICKS-JAZZ (This is by no means a complete list.  I suggest that you listen to as many recordings by as many artists as possible.  This should help you get started.)

  • Lester Young- Lester Swings
  • Coleman Hawkins- Hollywood Stampede
  • Charlie “Bird” Parker- All
  • Stan Getz- All
  • John Coltrane- All
  • Miles Davis Quintet- All Prestige and Columbia labels
  • Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus, Tenor Madness
  • Johnny Hodges-All
  • Joe Henderson- All BlueNote and Verve labels
  • Michael Brecker- All Verve and Impulse labels
  • Bob Mintzer- Quality Time, all Big Band (DMP label) and Yellowjackets recordings
  • Cannonball Adderley-All

  CD PICKS-CLASSICAL: 

  • Branford Marsalis- Romances for Saxophone
  • Eugene Rousseau- Dubois, Ibert, & Glazounov Concertos for Saxophone
  • Aurelia Quartet- Scarlatti: Sonatas for Saxophone Quartet
  • Elision Saxophone Quartet- Live Through the Years
  • New Hudson Saxophone Quartet- The American Muse - A Century of Music for Saxophone Quartet   

  MAGAZINE PICKS: 

 

 

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