Evan Tate
Lesson Feesfrom $40.00 / 30 Minutes
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About
Saxophonist, Composer, Author and Instructor Evan Tate has been a unique voice on the European jazz scene for nearly 30 years. He’s has appeared at several jazz festivals, recordings, radio broadcasts, and has taught on the jazz faculties of renowned universities. Evan Tate is an Endorser for Julius Keilwerth saxophones and presently an endorser for Cannonball Saxophones.
Evan Tate has been a member of the Jazz Saxophone Faculty at the University of Music & Performing Arts, Munich, as well as University of Music & Performing Arts, Mannheim.
He is the author of several books including;
"250 Jazz Patterns", "Blues & Rhythm Changes in All Keys", "Master the Basics: Saxophone", "The Soprano Saxophone", & "Coltrane Changes".
I teach embouchure, technique, tone, and intonation according to sensible principles that will make it easier for the student to understand and master. I teach jazz improvisation not according to the "Chord/Scale Theory", but first and foremost as a type of "Spontaneous Composition". We begin with melodies, manipulation of melodies, and understanding how they are formed and how they fit to a chord structure. For more advanced students, you will learn how to "turbo-charge" your improvisational skills with the creation of "Improv Etudes". There we will be focusing on learning to practice to play exactly how you envision your playing.