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 JAZZ DUETS FOILSAXOPJHONE
By Greg Yasinitsky

Playing duets is a great way to work on style, phrasing, intonation and blend, and
it's a fun way to make music with friends. This collection of jazz duets includes some
great American standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others; a jazz classic by
Dizzy Gillespie; and a few originals composed especially for this book.

These duets may be played on El> saxophones: two altos, two baritones or an
alto/baritone combination; or they may be played on two Bl> saxophones: two tenors, two
sopranos or a soprano/tenor combination.

A variety of dynamics is employed throughout the duets, and the jazz articulations
and phrasings are clearly marked. All the duets should be swung, cap accents should be
played short and a light tongue should be used for the offbeat phrasing on eighth-note
lines. I suggest listening to the CD for phrasing, articulation and style interpretation. The
enclosed CD includes my overdubbed playing of all the duets, first played on alto
saxophones and then played on tenor saxophones. These duets may be played either by
yourself with the CD or with a friend without the CD. To play the duets with the CD,
simply turn off one of the stereo channels.

I hope you have as much fun playing these jazz duets as I had writing and record-
ing them for you.

Greg Yasinitsky

Thanks to the Yamaha Corporation of America for cover images

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 CONTENTS

El. SAXOPHONES
CD Track 1: Concert Bb Tuning Note
CD Track 2: Concert A Tuning Note
CD Track 3: Bye Bye Blackbird 4
CD Track 4: Fly by Night 6
CD Track 5: A Foggy Day 8
CD Track 6: The Man I Love 10
CD Track 7: But Not for Me 12
CD Track 8: Good to Go 14
CD Track 9: Big Sky 16
CD Track 10: What Is This Thing Called Love 18
CD Track 11: Crazy Eights 20
CD Track 12: Groovin' High 22

Bt SAXOPHONES
CD Track 13: Concert Bl> Tuning Note
CD Track 14: Concert A Tuning Note
CD Track 15: Bye Bye Blackbird 4
CD Track 16: Fly by Night 6
CD Track 17: A Foggy Day 8
CD Track 18: The Man I Love 10
CD Track 19: But Not for Me 12
CD Track 20: Good to Go 14
CDTrack21: Big Sky 16
CD Track 22: What Is This Thing Called Love 18
CD Track 23: Crazy Eights 20
CD Track 24: Groovin' High 22
 GREGYASINITSKY

Gregory W. Yasinitsky, DMA, is professor of music and coordinator of jazz stud-

ies at Washington State University where he teaches saxophone, composition, arranging,
improvisation, jazz history and wind synthesis.

Yasinitsky is nationally known as a composer and arranger of music for big band,
combo and vocal jazz ensemble and has received grants and awards from the National
Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer West, ASCAP and Artist Trust. Warner
Bros. Publications, Kendor Music, Hal Leonard, Advance Music, Walrus Music, UNC
Jazz Press, Dom Music, Daniel Barry Music and Hoyt Editions have published several
of his arrangements. Yasinitsky has also accepted numerous commissions for orchestral
pieces, solo works, chamber music and jazz ensemble music including music written for
the USAF Airmen of Note. Yasmitsky earned degrees at the Eastman School of Music
(DMA) and San Francisco State University (MA, BM), and his teachers in composition
include Joseph Schwantner, Wayne Peterson, Lou Harrison, Samuel Adler and Robert
Morris.

As a saxophonist, he has appeared with many distinguished artists including

Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Bellson, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Manhattan
Transfer, Mel Torme and Clark Terry. Yasinitsky is currently principal saxophonist with
the Spokane Symphony and has performed as a member of the San Francisco
Symphony. He can be heard with Tom Harrell, Art Lande and others on recordings
released by the Musical Heritage Society, Soul Note, Palo Alto and Revelation Records.
His playing and compositions can also be heard on compact discs released on his own
label, Yazz Recordings.

A conductor and clinician, he has presented concerts and workshops through-

out the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan. Yasinistsky has been the subject of articles in
The Saxophone Journal and Jazz Player magazine, and he has contributed articles to
the IAJE Journal, Band World, The Saxophone Symposium and Yamaha's New Ways and
Aftertouch magazines. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha performing artist and clinician.
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