Review of Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves Method Book & Playalong

Author(s): Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon Publisher: ADG Productions Publication Date: 2009 Price: $21.95 (for book/cd) $16.95 (for PDF/mp3 files) Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves is available on Amazon. I recently stumbled upon a series of books originally published in 2009 entitled “Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves” from ADG Productions. If the name sounds familiar, it …

Saxophonist Brandon Willis | Teen Jazz Artist

[twocol_one] Setup/Gear/Manufacturer of Instruments: Tenor: Brass Plated Keilwerth SX-90 R / Gold Plated Laser Trimmed Guardala Studio / Rico Jazz Select 3S Alto: 1942 Selmer Super Balanced Action / Beechler Metal 7 / Rico Hemke 2 ½ Where did you/do you go to school? I went to Liberty High School in Renton, Washington. I am …

Saxophonist Alex LoRe | Teen Jazz Artist

[twocol_one] Setup/Gear/Manufacturer of Instruments: Gold-plated Conn New Wonder II, mouthpiece is a Jody jazz DV NY 8, reeds are Vandoren ZZ 4 Why did you begin studying music? Originally I was classically trained on my instrument, and began seriously studying jazz music when I was about 16 years old. Who are some of your influences? …

A Look Back on 2013 at Teen Jazz

Happy New Year’s everyone! To celebrate the start of 2014, we thought that we would share a few fun facts and accomplishments on Teen Jazz in the last year. 2013 was our first full year since the site was relaunched (we started back up in August 2012). Here’s our very first article since our relaunch, but …