Teaching Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Jazz Saxophone Duets

[vittervinge]

Good morning!
So I've read about the Big Phat Jazz Duets and in the description it says:
There are opportunities to improvise too!

Does this mean that there are chords to the sheet music and are they transposed (eb/bb) or in concert pitch? Because it seems quit dull otherwise :/

Lots of love 🙂

 

[aldevis]

http://alfred.com/Products/Gordon-Goodwins-Big-Phat-Jazz-Saxophone-Duets--00-30676.aspx

Does not mention improvising.
Shame: yesterday I spent some time at the Alfred Music section at the Music Education Expo, but I was after theory books and missed the saxophone stuff.

 

[vittervinge]

Ah, well thank you anyways 🙂

 

[Pyrografix]

A couple of pieces in the book (Act your age, and Maynard & Waynard) do have places for improv with chords for those parts transposed for the relevant instrument. Parts for both tenor and alto in the same book.

Cheers,

Amanda

 

[littleplum]

Dont forget Jazz Police. I have 3 students at different schools doing this for their GCSE ensemble recordings. Excellent book.