Jazz Improvisation

Berklee Workshop - Jazz Improvisation - A Personal Approach with Joe Lovano

Play any instrument with more spontaneity and feeling; relax and let your musical ideas flow.
Develop your own voice with the practice techniques that have helped make Joe Lovano one of the most respected improvisers of our time. In this berklee Workshop, Lovano shows you how to play with the greater spontaneity and feeling. He'll teach you how to interpret the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic essence of a tune. Create your improvisational ideas from within these musical elements.

In this master class DVD, 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.