"Sweet" Sue Terry: DIGITAL; LEAD SHEETS
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"Listen, if you're ready for 63 minutes of solo saxophone, you're not going to find any CD better than this. Sue Terry does everything with the solo sax (alto and soprano) that can be done, and then some. This incredible artist wails out her soul to any and all who would hear -- as in, you know, really listen. This is playing where the music breathes as alive with breath as any vocalist can give you, even the best of them. And you get the privilege of writing the lyrics for yourself. OK, so Sue Terry is one of the best sax players on earth. What's likewise drop-dead impressive is that Terry is the composer of all this music, so rich and wild, yet built like a truck, and just as formidable. You could call this CD the prelude and fugue of sax. Dues paid. Send in the agents." --Michael Redmond*
*MR is an award-winning music critic who has written for The Newhouse News Service, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) and numerous music publications.
"A remarkable and important musical achievement."
--Bob Bernotas, WNTI FM
"If you love/seek unaccompanied saxophone that's less avant-garde and a tad more
'mainstream' (though mos def NOT run of the mill), Pink Slimy Worm will more than pique your interest and slake your sax-o-jones." --Mark Keresman, JazzReview.com
"Pink Slimy Worm is amazing music. Personal. Powerful. Human. Heartfelt. Real." --Frank London of the Klezmatics.
-------PRACTICE LIKE THE PROS book with 2 CDs ($17.95) ------- -
Favorite exercises of 20 professional saxophonists, with their bios and exercises notated and explained. Hear each player perform the exercise and go into even more detail on the 2 included CDs. It's like getting a private lesson with 20 pro players!
"Sweet Sue Terry is one of the reasons I picked up the sax again after a 30-year hiatus. Her innate ability to really understand complex rhythms and melodies and turn them into solid jazz conversations continues to drive me to the woodshed."--Jim Glass, Jr., Seattle
Saxophonist & Educator John Temmerman's review on Amazon.com: "Tremendous Book!, August 28, 2005 Reviewer: John F. Temmerman "Jazzman, saxguy" (Skokie, Il United States) - See all my reviews
"This is basically a book of written and recorded masterclasses by top saxophone players based in New York City. There are a number of excellent discussions and exercises on varied topics pertaining to saxophone playing: dexterity and speed, articulation, learning scales, changes, tone production, breathing, the overtone series and much, much more.
While I have seen snippets of a few of the exercises elsewhere, nearly all the exercises have a unique spin to them.
There are twenty different practice routines or masterclasses, if you will. Each has a written summary of the topic and exercise and then the CD has the player explaning the concept in his or her own voice, sometimes followed by some phrases played by the player. The nice thing about the book and the CD is that they are not an exact copy of each other, so each becomes even more valuable.
I disagree with the other viewer, in that this is not a sequential method book, but a book of various unsequenced methods. Players could benefit by reviewing the entire book, choosing a concept to start on, explore it long enough to master it and move on to the next one.
This would be useful for sax players who have played long enough to have a sound concept, some knowledge of construction of major and minor scales, and some interest in improvising jazz. I think it's best directed to high school students, although there may be a few advanced middle school students who could benefit from it.
I got a number of useful practice ideas out of this, and I plan to use this with my high school and advanced middle school students."
Review from saxophonist Jana Danu, Massachusetts:
"I dig it, it's really great. Thank you for addressing something which I've heard over and over from musicians I know, (not only horn players,) who have a goal in mind, but seem to have "I Can't Get Started" playing in the background as the soundtrack to their life.
People know they need to practice, but sometimes aren't exactly sure how. I've encountered that very problem. I used to know, back in the Hartt days,but in the course of life taking it's toll, I've forgotten more than a few things. Tim has given me so much incredible material to practice on, but some of it's mighty confusing, and I feel embarrassed and completely dweeblike to be at this stage of the game and asking baseline questions. This book clears all that up. I appreciate your writing it. I need to get myself back in shape, fast, and every tool in the toolbox is a great help.
Another thing I really dig is that the pro players represented are both Female and Male. It's nice to see powerful hornwomen. Sometimes this biz looks on the surface, to be such a boyz club. I get so tired of that attitude, it's insidiously demoralising. Good to know we're here. "
"Sweet Sue Terry is one of the reasons I picked up the sax again after a 30-year hiatus. Her innate ability to really understand complex rhythms and melodies and turn them into solid jazz conversations continues to drive me to the woodshed."--Jim Glass, Jr., Seattle
Saxophonist & Educator John Temmerman's review on Amazon.com: "Tremendous Book!, August 28, 2005 Reviewer: John F. Temmerman "Jazzman, saxguy" (Skokie, Il United States) - See all my reviews
"This is basically a book of written and recorded masterclasses by top saxophone players based in New York City. There are a number of excellent discussions and exercises on varied topics pertaining to saxophone playing: dexterity and speed, articulation, learning scales, changes, tone production, breathing, the overtone series and much, much more.
While I have seen snippets of a few of the exercises elsewhere, nearly all the exercises have a unique spin to them.
There are twenty different practice routines or masterclasses, if you will. Each has a written summary of the topic and exercise and then the CD has the player explaning the concept in his or her own voice, sometimes followed by some phrases played by the player. The nice thing about the book and the CD is that they are not an exact copy of each other, so each becomes even more valuable.
I disagree with the other viewer, in that this is not a sequential method book, but a book of various unsequenced methods. Players could benefit by reviewing the entire book, choosing a concept to start on, explore it long enough to master it and move on to the next one.
This would be useful for sax players who have played long enough to have a sound concept, some knowledge of construction of major and minor scales, and some interest in improvising jazz. I think it's best directed to high school students, although there may be a few advanced middle school students who could benefit from it.
I got a number of useful practice ideas out of this, and I plan to use this with my high school and advanced middle school students."
Review from saxophonist Jana Danu, Massachusetts:
"I dig it, it's really great. Thank you for addressing something which I've heard over and over from musicians I know, (not only horn players,) who have a goal in mind, but seem to have "I Can't Get Started" playing in the background as the soundtrack to their life.
People know they need to practice, but sometimes aren't exactly sure how. I've encountered that very problem. I used to know, back in the Hartt days,but in the course of life taking it's toll, I've forgotten more than a few things. Tim has given me so much incredible material to practice on, but some of it's mighty confusing, and I feel embarrassed and completely dweeblike to be at this stage of the game and asking baseline questions. This book clears all that up. I appreciate your writing it. I need to get myself back in shape, fast, and every tool in the toolbox is a great help.
Another thing I really dig is that the pro players represented are both Female and Male. It's nice to see powerful hornwomen. Sometimes this biz looks on the surface, to be such a boyz club. I get so tired of that attitude, it's insidiously demoralising. Good to know we're here. "