Archive for category Improvisation
Improv Etudes and their benefits
Posted by Evan Tate in Articles, Improvisation on December 30, 2009
All those who have read my articles and know my books, you’ve read that how I evangelize the benefits of “Improv Etudes”. In this article I’m going to attempt to explain some of those benefits. First of all, “What are Improv Etudes?“ Improv Etudes are comparable to Jazz Etudes or Studies with the special hook. As Jazz [...]
SaxTips Podcast #20 – A Simpler look at Jazz Improvisation.
Posted by Evan Tate in Audio, Improvisation on December 20, 2006
A Simpler look at Jazz Improvisation. Music of Evan Tate and Chris Burnett. Call in your comments or questions: +1-302-476-2517 SaxTips Podcast #20
SaxTips Podcast #19 – Jazz Improvisation and Learning Jazz Standards.
Posted by Evan Tate in Audio, Improvisation on December 12, 2006
Jazz Improvisation: My views. Learning Jazz Standards and My Rant. Call in your comments or questions: +1-302-476-2517 SaxTips Podcast #19
Jazz Improvisation
Posted by Evan Tate in Improvisation on March 8, 2005
If you’ve read the interview with Greg Osby, you’ll noticed that Greg talked about the need to optimize whatever techniques that you pick up and/or transcribe to improve your playing in general and for improvisation in specific. I’d like to introduce you to a technique that I have used over the years teaching students jazz [...]
A Minimalist approach to improvisation
Posted by Evan Tate in Improvisation on March 6, 2005
Often times when we are improvising in jazz or any other idiom for that matter, we come to a point where we are in search for new ideas. There has never been a shortage of scales and patterns to try and utilize. Improvisation can also be looked upon as spontaneous composition. So what about using [...]
