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Sax: long notes (Dean Hilson)

Leo — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:04:28 +0000

Dean looks at long notes from several different angles – the growl, vibrato, dynamics and ear training.

Listen to Dean’s music here

The Pearly Shells

Zydeco Jump

The Vanguards

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Sax: chromatic warmup (Anton Delecca)

Leo — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:59:07 +0000

Anton Delecca explains the uses of chromatic scales in jazz improvisation and as a warm up excercise for sax. In this video, Anton describes three excersices for warm up that improve tone and dexterity and are very useful to enliven passages of improvisation.

This video works together with a pdf of the lesson available here

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Anton’s album is available on iTunes

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Digital Pill feature article in the Age

Leo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:48 +0000

Garry Barker has written a feature article in the Age GREEN GUIDE about Digital Pill and the Louie Prez CD launch.

Below is some info about the new Louie Prez album with Leo Dale, Ray Pereira and Doug DeVries.

Sample the first track – The Phantom – in this youtube clip

Visit Louie Prez online here

The album tracks are on iTunes

BUY the Louie Prez CD – SCAM – here

CDs are also available NOW instore at JB HiFi – Readings Carlton and Basement Discs as well as in any other store in Australia or New Zealand through our distributor the Planet Company

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Saltwater Sax at the Paris Cat

Leo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:42:25 +0000

Saltwater Sax at the Paris Cat playing a tune – Walking in the Moonlight – by Martha Baartz (on alto). In the group she plays with Tony Hicks on tenor, Leo Dale on alto and Paul Williamson on baritone. On this occasion they also appeared with Sonja Horbelt on drums.

Tony Hicks (on tenor, far left – playing the first solo) is going to do a post next week focussing on articulation – stay tuned

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Sax: bebop scales (Paul Williamson)

Leo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:09:49 +0000

Paul Williamson explains the uses of bebop scales in jazz improvisation. In this video, Paul’s first post for Digital Pill, he describes the construction of bebop scales, jazz articulation, the use of a metronome and how bebop scales place the chord tones firmly ON the beat to create an “inside” sound in improvisation. The video together with the pdf download explain the uses of bebop scales over major, dominant and minor scales.

Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lesson

Listen to Paul’s music here

Paul playing with Way out West on myspace

Way Out West – Old Grooves for New Streets available from iTunes

and from CDbaby

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Sax: stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson)

Leo — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:47:07 +0000

Dean explains how to slide effortlessly into the altissimo register of the sax in one long continuously ascending note.
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Listen to Dean’s music here

The Pearly Shells

Zydeco Jump

The Vanguards

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Sax: buzzing on the mouthpiece (Leo Dale)

Leo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:09:34 +0000

Leo gives a sax lesson on how to warm up your tone by buzzing on the mouthpiece

Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lesson
Listen to Leo’s music here

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Sax: tuning the registers (Leo Dale)

Leo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:50:48 +0000

Leo gives a sax lesson on how to keep the various registers of the sax in tune. Using the interval of the 6th and some handy tips he picked up from studying J. S. Bach’s cello suites.

Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lesson

Listen to Leo’s music here

Leo on myspace

And then there’s all the Oxo Cubans albums on iTunes

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