The Ultimate Jazz Phrasing Deep Dive

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In this week's lesson you'll learn the inside line of how to phrase jazz by studying 2 jazz masters. I break down exactly how Sonny Rollins phrases on "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" on his The Sound Of Sonny album and how John Coltrane phrases on "Blues To You" from his Coltrane Plays The Blues album. The techniques here might surprise you!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:04 FREE PDF
01:30 Toot, Toot, Tootsie
13:15 Phrase Like a Pro Teaser
13:57 Blues To You
23:00 Now It's Your Turn
24:55 Before You Go...
25:56 Thanks For The Coffees! 🙏🏼
26:02 Practice Hard, Practice Smart and Enjoy Your Music!
26:06 End Music and Bloopers

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[tonyjones]

Thanks Jamie, been waiting for someone to go into this much detail about jazz phrasing. Great video as always.

[judithde]

Great information thankyou will be working on these ideas asap. 😊

[pavelpatsenkov]

Thanks, Mr Anderson. Im understood what peoples mean, when talking about "Doodle" - that is "T-HT-ST"! Thats GREAT!

[clivecolledge]

Thank you. Great clear teaching full of detail.

[johnwade]

Thanks for this excellent video! This is Gold!

[Rafael-nmuz]

Thank you, excellent video. So much detail and work to sound jazzy. You have an amazing tune

[LuanneFose]

Jamie, I loved this video! One of your best. You obviously put a lot of time into this one. Thank you for all the great instruction that you give to saxophonists the world over!

[montesfam]

Thanks Jamie, we need to keep this style of old school jazz method in our daily practice. Excellent lesson.🎷🤓

[derek_williams]

Fantastic video - thanks Jamie ☺. I only recently realised that there is so much variation in tonguing. This education is part of rhythm which is almost never taught, but is more important than harmony as it applies in all jazz not just bebop.

[cheknfaks]

Thank you Jamie, You are a great inspiration & positive in my life even when i can't get to play. Knowledge is tremendously powerful you provide us. Thank you again for another wonderful video!.. I need this as I am switching from blues to more jazz.

[thesaxlab]

Best lesson ever ! Thanks Jamie . i'm looking forward to Phrase like a Pro .😉

[hadenpolius]

Hi Jamie, another great video. This has to be the first time I’ve ever seen a sax tongue workout.🤣🎷🎶🎷🤣👌🏾

[paulgeiger]

Hi, great stuff! When can we enrol in the phrase like a pro course?

[waynepharo]

Wow just what I needed to hear!! Still not clear on how to do or play the ghost note but will continue to replay this video. Thanks

[juanmarinez]

great explanation thanks for the valuable show.

[solomann]

Thanks for the lesson Jamie, I have a lot of homework

[EliahHoliday]

I never understood the half tonguing where one is suppose to put their tongue on the side or left or right half of the reed. I tried it and it just feels really awkward, especially with any precision and speed. Dampening the reed straight on feels more natural but the challenge is then to get the pressure just right. Also I noticed that half tonguing drops the pitch to make the note flat. Not sure if that is part of the desired effect, like bending a note as common in the Blues tradition.

[DJsilversax]

Hi Jamie,
Great video.
At what stage in your playing did you discover half-tonguing?
I did a jazz degree and it was never mentioned by any of my teachers. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[mazzufun]

just another amazing lesson. thanks Jamie 🙏

[Improv_Your_Life]

As always Jamie, your information is top notch! I always look forward to your videos!