Jazz Improvisation: Starting Out with Motivic Development

Berklee Workshop Series

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  • Suggested Retail Price: $19.95
  • Format: DVD
  • ISBN: 0-87639-032-7
  • SKU: 50448014
  • Publication Date: March 06, 2003

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In this Berklee Workshop, Berklee Professor and Saxophonist Ed Tomassi shows you how to build compelling improvisations out of just a few notes. Tomassi’s method makes improvising simple. He demonstrates techniques for creating graceful solos from a two-, three- or four-note riff or motive … and shows how to add depth and variety by stringing several motives together. His system is easy to understand and practice; it will help you develop more interesting, cohesive, and creative solos within any form or structure.

Running time: 33 minutes

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Berklee Workshop DVDs is a series of Instructional DVDs featuring top Berklee teachers, alumni and visiting artists. These 30- to 90-minute sessions focus on a single professional music topic from one of the five learning streams that flow through the Berkleemusic experience: Production, Music Business, Writing, Education and Performance.

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Authors

Ed Tomassi

Ed Tomassi is an active performer and bandleader, playing saxophones, clarinet, and flute. He has performed with the Rhode Island…