Thanks for your advice, I will look at those books that have been recommended. My tutor has always encouraged me to listen to various alto players, and I seem to be drawn towards Benny Carter, at this time I only have Sax a La Carter from his collection. My trouble at the moment is my timing with reading music, which is why I was asking about suitable courses for adult learners. My sound has developed well, particularly over the last month or so - again I sought advice from this forum, so it is proving invaluable for me.
My lessons predominately involve working from the Jimmy Dorsey saxophone method book, which is progressing quite slowly namely because of my reading ability, or should I say inability, which seems to irritate my tutor, and then I get more nervous leading to more mistakes - I want this to be fun!
I have found a local college, which runs a music theory course, which is held in the evening over a 30-week period. In the prospectus it states that, "this course will cover the full range of rudiments and theory of music to siut your needs". I am not particularly concerned with passing exams, I just feel that playing with other players who are in a similar position will help me develop, as well as course of grasping the technical stuff. If anyone has any knowledge/views of this type of course your view/s will be very helpful