i used to hate jazz but now when i watched a few anime i`m starting to love jazz and the sound of it, i really want to play it but it seems like everytime i play it, it never sounds even familiar to the tones i hear on TV, maybe cuz i play alto and they always play tenors? my teacher recently gave me a few blue sto play and they sound nice but are really easy, any suggestions guys?

Thanks

GO TO http://www.saxshed.com/ AND PRINT YOU SOME OF THE SCALES AND TEACHING AIDS FROM THIS SITE. BUILD YOURSELF A GOOD BASE TO PLAY UPON. IT WILL BE BORING AND SEEM VERY STUPID AT TIMES TRUST ME BEEN THERE DONE THAT. JAZZ IS EXPRESSING WHO YOU ARE THRU YOUR MUSIC. WHEN YOU TAKE A SONG THAT YOU HAVE HEARD PLAYED BY THE GREATS AND MAKE IT YOURS WITH YOUR RIFFS AND SOUNDS YOU GOT JAZZ INSIDE YOUR SOUL FROM THAT POINT ON.

If you can whistle, you can play jazz on the sax. Learn to whistle the standards, and the chord improvisations will become obvious. The rest is just excrutiating hard work.
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