Beginner-Intermediate DVD Recommendation

[spillenger]

My sister-in-law, an aspiring jazz alto sax player, has made it known she'd like an instructional DVD or 2 for Christmas. Can anyone recommend some good ones? She's more than a rank beginner, but perhaps less than a full-fledged intermediate. Feel free to direct me to a thread, if one already exists.

Thanks.

Paul Spillenger

[saxyclarinet]

If she's going for jazz, she has to be able to improvise, and there's no place better to start than here (http://www.berkleemusic.com/store/product?product%5fid=29466&category%5fid=15&usca%5 fp=t) -- the Eddie Tomassi DVD on beginning improv. Eddie teaches at Berklee and he is friends with my band director, as well as playing in a local dance band with him. You cannot go wrong with his material.

[bass]

Might also consider Jamey Aebersold's "Jazz: Anyone Can Improvise" DVD.

http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=JAD&Category _Code=

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