Jazz Style & Analysis by
Harry Mediema 


"Harry Mediema book"

Content

125 altos Sax Solos , 103 soloist 

and for Cannonball Adderley ;

Sack o' woe , Quintet at the Lighthouse , Riverside RLP 9344

The Way you Look Tonight , Cannonball Enroute ,Emarcy 20616 

 

PREFACE


This volume is the second of a series of Jazz Styles & Analysis books tracing the musical development of in dividual instruments. The author believes the use of transcribed solos in the JS&A series to be a usable and unique approach to the history of contemporary music.
During earlier jazz eras most players learned their trade, in part, by playing along with records. However, with the advent of codified techniques for teaching and learning improvisation, playing-with-records threatens to become a lost art. While none can deny the benefits which have accrued to the aspiring jazz player as a re sult of advances in jazz pedagogy, it is nonetheless un fortunate that this valuable adjunct to learning (play ing-with-records) has been so neglected.

The format of this volume is predicated on practical considerations. It is designed to show:

I. Depth and breadth of jazz alto saxophone playing.

2. Identify the players of a particular era and pro vide an indication of their relative importance.

3. The enormous diversity of styles and approaches.
4. Each player's career background.

Assisting in the compilation and organization of ma terials in this book was Thomas A. Meyer, a jazz studies student at Indiana University. While at I.U., Meyer played in bands directed by -- and studied jazz with -- David Baker, Jerry Coker Tom Wirtel, and Roger Pember ton. He has also studied jazz and jazz saxophone with Jamey Aebersold, Joe Allard, and Eugene Rousseau. Meyer served two years in the U.S. Army Field Studio Band with trumpeter Ray Brown and drummer Steve Gadd. Among his professional engagements are dates with Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, and Michel Legrand.

We would like to thank and acknowledge the assistance of and suggestions made by David Baker, director of jazz studies at I.U. and an editor of the JS&A series; and Paul Demarinis, a jazz studies student at I.U.
The principal published sources for career background data of the players represented in this book are:
1. The New Edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather (Horizon, 1960).
2. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties by Leonard Feather (Horizon, 1967).
3. Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swingstreet by John Chilton (Chilton Book Co., 1970).

Some data was obtained from the musicians themselves and other private sources.

- - Harry Miedema Bloomington, Indiana