Mel Bay Presents Jazz Saxophone Licks, Phrases and Patterns

Rating:
Summary: excellent phrase book.
Review: The exercise in this book are commonly heard phrases that can be played over standard chord sequences. As practice material they are great and the explanations are simple and enlightening. This is a good book for developing dexterity and a feel for the keys and scales. Improvising is much more than repeated practiced licks but working through this book will give a player some chops to fall back on as well as a wider understaning of what is possible.