Let's Play Jazz!

Mastering Chords and Scales for Jazz Improvisation. Saxophon in B oder Es. Lehrbuch.
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-95481-076-5
Verlag: advance music GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 56 Seiten, Noten mit mp3-Pack | Lehrbuch (Rückendrahtheftung), Format (B × H): 228 mm x 311 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

Reihe: The Jazz Handbook Series

Der Weg von Null zur Jazz-Improvisation für Saxophonist:innen, leicht erklärt vom international erfahrenen Jazz-Pädagogen Martin Jacobsen. Erfahren Sie Schritt für Schritt mehr über die Geheimnisse hinter einem authentischen einfachen und fortgeschrittenen Jazz-Solo, angefangen von den ersten Tönen bis zu Jazz-Linien und Improvisationskonzepten. Die Ausgabe enthält Noten für Tenor- und Alt-Saxophon und ist damit sehr gut im Unterricht einsetzbar. Martin Jacobsen unterrichtet seit vielen Jahren erfolgreich Saxophonisten und Saxophonistinnen aller Levels in Europa und vielen Ländern Asiens.

Mit Übe- und Play-Along-Tracks.

Schwierigkeitsgrad: 2-3

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobsen, Martin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jacobsen, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Blasinstrumente
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction On the craft of Improvisation - Chapter 1 What is jazz improvisation? - Chapter 2 Preparation - Analysing the form and chord Progression - Finding a Chart - Chapter 3 Essential exercises - Bass line exercise - Arpeggios - Scales - Chord-scale Workout - Digital patterns and more - Chapter 4 Basic Improvisation - Long notes and embellishments - Diatonic lines - Chapter 5 Developing an easy solo Chorus - Arpeggios, scales and digital Patterns - Expanding the vocabulary: Melodic and harmonic concepts - Licks on II-V-I progressions - Transcribed licks and how to use them - Harmonic devices (1): Substitution - Harmonic devices (2): Superimposition - Chapter 6 Advanced Improvisations - Analysis - Chapter 7 Playing in other keys - Chapter 8 Learning a new jazz Standard - Appendix: Circle of Fifths - About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Jacobsen, Martin
Danish-born Martin Jacobsen has considered Paris his home base since 1995. Now dividing his time between Italy and Asia, the busy saxophonist keeps travelling extensively throughout Europe and the world. He has appeared at international venues in more than 25 countries.



Martin has performed and recorded with Doug Raney, Bobby Durham, David Sanborn, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Mark Taylor and many others.

With 25+ years teaching experience, he has frequently been invited to hold jazz improvisation and saxophone technique clinics in France, Italy, Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam and Mozambique, and has been teaching at music schools in both Paris and Copenhagen.

His book “Let’s Speak Jazz! A Conversational Approach to Jazz Improvisation for Saxophonists” was published by Advance Music in 2018, with the second volume “Let’s Play Jazz! Mastering Chords and Scales for Jazz Improvisation” following in 2024.



Martin Jacobsen is a SteepleChase recording artist. He endorses Vandoren reeds and mouthpieces and plays an Ishimori Woodstone tenor saxophone.

For further information and upcoming events, please visit www.martinjacobsen.com





“Martin Jacobsen’s most overt stylistic influence is Coltrane, yet he stands apart from the usual crowd of Traneites: He’s a self-taught player and seems to have absorbed Coltrane’s music in a very individual way, taking special interest in his early work on Prestige.”—Cadence Magazine, USA



“… a bold, soulful horn blown by Martin Jacobsen with a tone that’s right on the money, and a gentle swing.”—Dusty Groove, USA



“… Jacobsen seems well aware of what makes jazz a vital music. It’s the constant sense of growth and discovery, taking the old and making it new.”—All About Jazz, USA

Jacobsen, Martin
Danish-born Martin Jacobsen has considered Paris his home base since 1995. Now dividing his time between Italy and Asia, the busy saxophonist keeps travelling extensively throughout Europe and the world. He has appeared at international venues in more than 25 countries.



Martin has performed and recorded with Doug Raney, Bobby Durham, David Sanborn, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Mark Taylor and many others.

With 25+ years teaching experience, he has frequently been invited to hold jazz improvisation and saxophone technique clinics in France, Italy, Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam and Mozambique, and has been teaching at music schools in both Paris and Copenhagen.

His book “Let’s Speak Jazz! A Conversational Approach to Jazz Improvisation for Saxophonists” was published by Advance Music in 2018, with the second volume “Let’s Play Jazz! Mastering Chords and Scales for Jazz Improvisation” following in 2024.



Martin Jacobsen is a SteepleChase recording artist. He endorses Vandoren reeds and mouthpieces and plays an Ishimori Woodstone tenor saxophone.

For further information and upcoming events, please visit www.martinjacobsen.com





“Martin Jacobsen’s most overt stylistic influence is Coltrane, yet he stands apart from the usual crowd of Traneites: He’s a self-taught player and seems to have absorbed Coltrane’s music in a very individual way, taking special interest in his early work on Prestige.”—Cadence Magazine, USA



“… a bold, soulful horn blown by Martin Jacobsen with a tone that’s right on the money, and a gentle swing.”—Dusty Groove, USA



“… Jacobsen seems well aware of what makes jazz a vital music. It’s the constant sense of growth and discovery, taking the old and making it new.”—All About Jazz, USA