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tell us the 2 recordings you've got in Reference..... that every sax player Need to know for you!
tell us the 2 recordings you've got in Reference..... that every sax player Need to know for you!
I think I learned the words to most of the standards I know from listening to the 'Songbooks' series of Ella's--not to mention that they're all great arrangements.jrvinson45 said:How about these recordings as sort of a Standard's starting point?
-Charlie Parker with Strings
-Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers
-Phil Woods' American Songbook Album
-Kim Richmond's "Ballads"
AND,
By all means listen to everything you can by Ella Fitzgerald so that you can learn what the songs are about... You'll also pick up some great ideas about phrasing that can be applied to any instrument.