Patterns For Jazz TC Instruments

I'm now 84 yo and have been a performing musician for nearly seventy years, playing everything from blues, rock n roll, big band and small group jazz. I've taught saxophone, clarinet, flute, guitar and keyboard during much of that time, lectured on jazz and written two books on the subject. The publication 'Patterns for Jazz' is outrageously poor in fulfilling its supposed aim. Its contents could just as well be for classically-trained musicians; there's nothing exclusively 'jazz' about them. In my opinion, it is obviously purely a money-making venture, rather than something compiled with heart and soul, with the honest intention of helping would-be jazzers toward the beauty and magic of creative improvisation. Shame on all those who promote 'Patterns for Jazz' and for those who prosper from its sale.

Absolutely brilliant. Walks you from the basics right through to the most complicated stuff. My teacher recommended this book and I'm only part way through it buts its already improved my playing 100 fold. If you can play all the patterns in this book, you can play anything.

This book, recommended to me by my sax teacher who is a fine improviser and used and uses it still, is just the thing if you really want to improve your facility and speed. It is not for the fainthearted though. Only buy this book if you can give some regular time and are prepared to keep at it a bit. The good thing about it is that it is progressive and will eventually cover the ground you need. But it will take a long time to work through it properly.

Very good tutor and guide to playing from “Norfolk’s”!

Definitely the best - old but unbeatable. The exercises are challenging but worthwhile if you are disciplined and use a metronome to test yourself.