Václav Greif just finished transcribing a Dave Holland Quintet song, Eubanks Global Citizen theme off the album Not For Nothin’. No transcribed solos, just the chart. Good stuff. Check it out. [Continue]

Dear all, Just want to let you know a new project “50 Minor II-V-I Bebop Lines SK Edition” has been uploaded the to the Downloads section of my little website www.JKChang.com.  The SK “Single Key” Edition features bebop lines from the original “50 Minor II-V-I Bebop Lines” project organized into individual key. [Continue]

Dear all, Greetings! I am writing to let you know the complete set of “100 Major II-V-I Bebop Lines SK Edition” is now uploaded to the Downloads section at JKChang.com.  The SK “Single Key” Edition features bebop lines from the original “100 Major II-V-I Bebop Lines vol. 1″ organized into individual key. This [Continue]

After few busy weeks, I finally got some time to update the “Downloads” section of my little webpage at www.jkchang.com with a new project titled “Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Coltrane Lines.”  This project, similar to the previous project “Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Bebop Lines,” focuses on [Continue]

Vasik sent in this great transcription of Miguel Zenon on Ulysses in Slow Motion. Great stuff and great work! [Continue]

Finally, after few long days of struggling against my sluggish computer, I was able to get an old project “50 Minor II-V-I Bebop Lines,” about 100 pages, uploaded to my little website at www.jkchang.com.  The project focuses on II-V-I in minor and the lines are transposed to all twelve keys as usual.  These lines were [Continue]

The first volume of “Jazz Improvisation Series: II-V-I Jazz Lines in Fourths” is finally up in www.jkchang.com.  This volume of the jazz improvisational lines focuses upon the linear constructions based upon the intervallic value of the perfect fourth, and sporadically, the augmented fourth. The non-triadic formula generates ambiguous [Continue]

I finally got the “Intellectual Sight-Reading Series Vol. 1 Accidental Signs” project uploaded to www.jkchang.com as planned:-)  This project, completed in 2002, focused on exercising the mental response to accidental signs for saxophonists.  The project contains approximately 460 pages in six parts. Warm-up Exercise (Part I & [Continue]

Recently, I have some free time and managed to get some of my older jazz practice materials online.  The first package, “Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Bebop Lines,” was created few years back, containing approximately 70 pages of jazz materials suited for jazz saxophonists interested in getting more of Bebop:-)  The package is [Continue]

Ok, I decided to put this up. It’s an arrangement of Super Mario music I did last year. It is cool. Perhaps even cooler than Tank! Damn it, it is. It is MARIO. Scored for 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, guitar, piano, bass and drums. I make no promises on how good the guitar [Continue]

This is a transcription/arrangement I did for a Big Band I play with. The original Michael Buble arrangement this is based off of has guitar and a string section. This arrangement has no guitar and the string parts are in various instrument sections. If you enjoy this and want to see more arrangements up here, [Continue]

I came across German Saxophonist Norbert Stein’s website today. He has a TON of stuff up there for FREE. A comprehensive saxophone workbook (more like a book for free), compositions, CDs for sales (of course) and more. Highly recommended. Check it out. He’s getting a place on my “sites” links. [Continue]

I recently transposed and modified 2 movements of the Bolling Suite for Flute and Trio for Oboe. It was a simple click of a button to make a version for Soprano Sax. Enjoy. [Continue]

Ok, I think this is the FINAL version of this. Last updated in 2005, this version took out some stuff I had in there, and put in some stuff I have been practicing lately (triad things). 32 Pages of Saxophone goodness. It is FREE and available here and via Lulu here Plus you can buy [Continue]

Can anyone help me find these, he transcribed something like 650-800 songs, whole albums, and the most difficult ones. These are probably the most valuable thing to anyone studying or listening to Coltrane. I would love to purchase them, but it seems they are only located at University Libraries, thats as much as i can [Continue]