Playing the saxophone Music Minus One Series?

[TripleB]

Can anyone give me some feedback on the Music Minus One Series? Quality product or not?

The Music Minus One series was suggested in another thread of mine about becoming a better tenor saxophone player.

I've been listening to a lot of the Brian Setzer Orchestra and found this MMO that contained several of my favorite songs: http://musicminusone.com/woodwinds-1/tenor-saxophone/stompin-struttin-6-swing-bands-on-a-hot-tin-roof-tenor-sax-mmocd4215.html

Is it correct that it comes with: the sheet music, an orchestra playing the piece (with a tenor sax), and then another track where they leave out the tenor sax part and it's like you are playing with the orchestra?

Thank you for your help.

TripleB

 

[rhysonsax]

I've got the Music Minus One book and CD called "Back to Basics in the Style of the Basie Band" http://musicminusone.com/woodwinds-...in-the-style-of-the-basie-band-mmocd4277.html

The band is good, tunes are a mixture of originals in the Basie swing style and a couple of Basie tunes. It's well recorded and I really like it.

And the answer to all your questions is "Yes - that's correct" ! But for your "Stompin' and Struttin'" disc, I'm not sure whether the soloist would always be the tenor sax - it might be a trumpet or alto. It's not necessarily like the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band books and CDs where you do play the part of a particular musician.

Rhys

PS The sound clips on the MMO page you linked to sound really good !