Taylor, Sue: Amazing Phrasing Alto Sax (Book & CD)

Amazing Phrasing is a practical and pleasing manual for any Alto saxophone player interested in learning how to improvise and improve their creative phrasing.

The ideas are divided into three intuitive sections:

Harmony which explores:

- scales and barpeggios
- chord substitutions
- harmonic embellishments and other phrasing ideas

Rhythm covers:

- legato tonguing
- swing feel
- rhythmic displacement
- how to manipulate and mix-up time and syncopation

Melody:

- using contour lines
- making musical patterns
- developing motifs and building a solo

The companion CD contains demos for listening as well as many play-along examples so you can practice improvising over various musical styles and progressions.