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Can Anyone give me a list of SUPER fast jazz songs with tenor sax? And I mean Fast! lol?


If possible tenor sax and bass. :)

Countdown
Giant Steps
Impressions
Indiana
Cherokee
Eternal Triangle (Greatest tenor battle ever)
The way you look tonite

Basically Jamey Abersold Burnin! Volume 61
quarter note 240-350

300 is usually fast enough to still be creative. Anything faster is just blublublbublbublbub

"Giant Steps' by John Coltrane is pretty fast.
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Johnny Griffin from 'A Blowin' Session'
"Smoke Stack" - Johnny Griffin from 'A Blowin' Session'

'Little' Johnny Griffin has often been credited as the fastest tenor alive. Check out his recordings for some more fast, up-tempo selections.

Sonny Stitt played Alto and Tenor and did some pretty fast tunes himself on both horns.

Here's one often overlooked, but it's only fast in the solo part: Michael Franks - Underneath The Apple Tree. OK, so it's not Bird sax, but it's not Kenny G., either; just check it out, it's incredible!

You can play any song fast just increase your tempo. But if you are looking for some challenges try these songs:

Flight of the Bumblebee - Al Hirt did it on "The Green Hornet" theme song
Now's the Time - Miles Davis
Dig - Miles Davis
Giant Steps - John Coltrane

Good Luck

Almost any Charlie Parker tUne. go buy the Bb version of the CHARLIE PARKER OMNIBOOK. most tunes are quarternote =230

Jaco Pastorius was an incredibaly adept bassist. He would transpose, Charly Parkers birdland and do the same blazing fingerwork on a 4 string!! Dig back to those times and you1ll find a whole new world of magical music. Enjoy. RHW.

See if you can get ahold of the CD "Miles Davis, The Complete Concert 1964" with My Funny Valentine + Four & More, featuring George Coleman on tenor sax with Ron Carter on bass, Herbie Hancock on piano and Tony Williams on drums. The speeds are blistering!

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